DIY Linen Spray

This lovely smelling DIY linen spray is a homemade linen spray that disinfects. Linen spray is incredibly easy to prepare. Once you make your first DIY linen spray you will likely keep making your own. This fresh smelling spray can be used on your curtains, rugs, pillows, and linens.

Ingredients 

DIY linen spray is made with (1) a distilled water, (2) a drying agent, and (3) a fragrance.  

1. Distilled Water

When preparing the DIY linen spray, you should use distilled water. Distilled water has has been processed in such a way that most of the impurities have been removed. Faucet water is usually filled with impurities that you do not want to spray on your sheets, linens and other household items you are trying to freshen up. 

2.  Drying Agent

Water is of course naturally wet. So, you will need a drying agent that can help the DIY linen spray dry faster once a fine mist is sprayed on your linens and fabrics. You can use (1) rubbing alcohol or (2) witch hazel as a sort of drying agent.

The rubbing alcohol is my first choice because it is a disinfectant and an effective drying agent that smells decent all by itself. Witch hazel has astringent properties that can be used as a last resort. In my experience, witch hazel can alter the smell of whatever fragrance or essential oil(s) you decide to use. While it does not smell bad, it is not something that you would necessarily say smells good. 

3. Fragrance 

You can add fragrance to your DIY linen spray with (1) essential oils or (2) fragrance oils. Essential oils are all natural and can provide real aromatherapy benefits.

Lavender essential oil is probably the most popular DIY linen spray with essential oil. This is because the smell of lavender essential oil makes you feel good while promoting a good night of sleep and rest. However, with that said, I will encourage you to get a small set of essential oils with lavender because some essential oils smell even better and are more effective when combined with other essential oils.

The fresh linen and fresh cotton fragrance oils are probably the most popular DIY linen spray with fragrance oil. Both have a wonderful clean smell. To keep things fresh and interesting, you can get a small set of fragrance oils (fresh cotton, sweet pea, mountain rain, ocean breeze, vanilla, and baby powder) that can be used to make a variety of DIY linen spray fragrances or DIY room spray recipes.

Linen Spray Recipe: 

• 2.7 oz. Spray Bottle 
• 4 tbsp. Distilled Water
• 1 tbsp. Rubbing Alcohol 
• 1/8 tsp. Lavender Essential Oil (or Fresh Linen Fragrance Oil) *
• Supplies: Small Funnel, Metal Measuring Spoons

*Some fragrance oils and essential oils have stronger or lighter smells than others. Therefore, you can add a little more or little less fragrance/essential oil as needed. 

How To Use: 

• Shake the DIY linen spray before each use to combine the ingredients together.

In Summary 

You can find the DIY linen spray on the DIY laundry spray page. Visit the DIY Laundry page for laundry specific links including DIY laundry detergent and DIY dryer sheets. If you have not already done so, check out the DIY room spray recipes. With your collection of essential oils or fragrance oils they are lovely and quite easy to make as well. Anyway, that is all for now. I hope you enjoy making and using the DIY linen spray! 

DIY Laundry Spray (Scent Booster)

This DIY laundry spray is a lovely prewash fabric refresher, odor eliminator. If you are already adding one of the laundry fragrance oils to your DIY Laundry Detergent or DIY Laundry Detergent Without Borax, you can use the same fragrance in the DIY laundry spray! In this way, you can give your clothes the same wonderfully clean scent boost. I personally used the same fragrance combination that was used to make my latest batch of DIY Laundry Detergent. The DIY Laundry Detergent Without Borax is still my favorite, but the DIY laundry detergent definitely works well. Some things may ultimately depend on whether or not you have hard water.

Ingredients

This DIY prewash fabric spray is prepared with a mixture of water, vinegar, dish detergent, and optional fragrance.

1. Water

In my opinion, it is a good idea to make small batches of your DIY Cleaning Products. In this way, you can have a steady supply of fresh cleaning products to use. Then too, you can easily tweak the recipe here and there to customize the ingredients to better fit your needs. With all that said, if you are making a small batch of this DIY prewash fabric spray to use right away, you can make the recipe with clean faucet water. Otherwise, if you think you will end up having some left over, you can use distilled water to help it stay fresh.

2. Vinegar

I am partial to apple cider vinegar because of the physical health benefits apple cider with vinegar with mother. However, when it comes to making DIY cleaning products, the white vinegar can be used because it works just as well. Vinegar is an odor eliminator that allows the entire load of clothes to experience a deeper cleaning. The vinegar does what it is going to do and then the vinegar smell dissipates. In fact, vinegar can be used as the solution for one of the DIY laundry sheet recipe combinations.

3. Dish Detergent

A concentrated dish detergent is used to make this DIY prewash fabric spray. The Dawn dish detergent is a good option. It can be used to start breaking down the small particles of dirt trapped in your clothes. Once added to your wash, it ultimately contributes to the whole load of clothes.

4. Fragrance

The fragrance oil is completely optional! Many people want their clothes to smell nice and fresh when they come out of the wash. So, to achieve that goal, a fragrance of some sort must be added. However, remember not to use too much of the fragrance oil and do a test run beforehand.

DIY Laundry Spray

• 1 – 2.7 oz. Spray Bottle
• 3 tbsp. Distilled Water (Or Clean Faucet Water)
• 1 tbsp. Vinegar (White or Apple Cider)
• 1 tbsp. Dawn Dish Detergent
• 1/4 tsp. Laundry Fragrance Oil

Preparation:

1. You can use a small funnel to place the ingredients directly into the spray bottle or place the ingredients in a measuring cup with a pourable spout first.
2. For a small batch of the DIY laundry spray, place the needed amount of water, vinegar, dish detergent, and fragrance oil (optional) as shown in a container. Otherwise, you can double, triple, or quadruple the recipe as needed.
3. Mix the ingredients well by shaking the bottle with the lid securely in place or stirring the mixture in the measuring cup.
4. Once mixed, the scent boosting DIY laundry spray is ready to use.

In Summary

This DIY laundry spray is a really good addition to whatever load of laundry it may be added. But that is all for now. Feel free to like, comment, or share. You can also subscribe to get notified when posts are made. Enjoy this DIY laundry spray.

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