Here's how I figure that one out...
Ammonia @ Wal-Mart $2.12
Pine Sol @ Wal-Mart approximately $3.00
One 48 oz pine sol and one 64 oz ammonia will make over 6 refill bottles of floor cleaning solution!
Here's the recipe...and how to get it in the swiffer bottle!
1. Take your old swiffer bottle out of your swiffer, and turn it upside down into a cup of boiling (or really, really, really HOT water) for about 1 minute. See below.
2. Use your pliers to start twisting the cap, if the water is hot enough it should come off relatively easy. Once you get it started, finish twisting with your hands so you do as little damage as possible to the top. Twist the top off and rinse the bottle out with hot water.
3. Get your funnel out and pour in 1 c of pine sol (I used the traditional scent), 1 c of ammonia (I used the fresh scent, it is close to scentless...I mean it still smells like ammonia, but it doesn't conflict with the pine sol smell) and 3 1/2 c water.
4. Screw your top back on tightly and put the container back in your swiffer and WA-LA! Just like that, for about $1, you have another bottle of swiffer floor cleaning solution! So easy!
I went ahead and wrote the recipe on my bottle so I would have it handy for next time. As long as the lid survives coming on and off, you can use the same container as many times as you'd like! When it starts wearing down just ask a friend to save you one of their old swiffer bottles when they finish with it!
Happy (cheap) cleaning!
-Kristy
I also reuse the bottles but what I do is I trim off the lower lip of the cap to remove the locking feature. I'll utilize a serrated knife and I'll CAREFULLY lightly score thru the plastic. I've found that I don't need to cut thru completely, just enough to be able to take a pair of pliers, get under the lip and twist off pieces. Once the bottom rig is removed, the cap can be unscrewed normally. The only thing I ran into with reusing the caps is sometimes the needle in the Swiffer unit doesn't pierce the same spot, so I can get dripping from the bottle from the prior piercing. If I see that, then I just remove the bottle after every use and store it with the cap facing UP. Thanks for the recipe, I was using Windex/glass cleaner as a solution, I think I like your application better..
ReplyDeleteI also reuse the bottles but what I do is I trim off the lower lip of the cap to remove the locking feature. I'll utilize a serrated knife and I'll CAREFULLY lightly score thru the plastic. I've found that I don't need to cut thru completely, just enough to be able to take a pair of pliers, get under the lip and twist off pieces. Once the bottom rig is removed, the cap can be unscrewed normally. The only thing I ran into with reusing the caps is sometimes the needle in the Swiffer unit doesn't pierce the same spot, so I can get dripping from the bottle from the prior piercing. If I see that, then I just remove the bottle after every use and store it with the cap facing UP. Thanks for the recipe, I was using Windex/glass cleaner as a solution, I think I like your application better..
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