The kitchen sink in my house is in constant use, I must do dishes at least twice a day. I’m sure so many of you can relate, we wash dishes, dirty hands, toys, aquarium parts (just happened yesterday in our home), babies, even our pets. It gets any kind of liquid imaginable poured into it, YUCK! It is one of the dirtiest spots in the whole home & it needs a good scrub down daily. Also, if you have a disposal it can start to smell really bad if you don’t take care of it on a regular basis.
This DIY natural sink scrub smells so good and freshens the whole kitchen up. It has minimal ingredients and is safe and natural for everyone, and saves money and time. You can make just one small amount or have a bigger batch, & put it in a pretty container and store under the sink for a quick freshening up.
Ingredients for sink scrub
Directions: in a mason jar or container of choice mix
- One cup of baking soda
- 5-6 drops of Lemon Essential Oil
- 5-6 drops of Grapefruit Essential Oil or use what ever essential oils you really love.
- Pour baking soda into the jar and put the drops of essential oil in, mix until it’s dissolved evenly into the baking soda
Directions: Spray Sink completely down with water. Making sure to get all of the surface area completely covered.
Sprinkle on the Baking Soda and Oil mixture over the whole area with a spoon.
Add a few squirts of Pure-Castile Soap, I love the Dr. Bronner’s 18-in-1 Hemp Citrus scent (you can find this on Amazon Prime) It really goes along with the essential oils in the mixture.
Scrub down the whole sink area with a scrub brush and let sit for 5 minutes.
If you have a garbage disposal add a real lemon cut in half. Squeeze the juice down into the drain and then toss the half a lemon in turn disposal on and run water until lemon is gone. It freshens it up so nicely.
You can start rinsing and also use a Magic Eraser to get off the tougher areas and it leaves the sink shining. This also helps tremendously with soap build up.
Rinse completely and then dry off with a microfiber cloth.
Voila!!! A fresh clean sink. Use a Daily or a couple times a week depending on how much your sink is used. If your home is like mine you’re gonna need it a lot. XO ~Sherri
