Pro tip: I saved $340 by mixing my own floor cleaner concentrate

I was going through those ready-to-use spray bottles way too fast for my reno projects. Last month I finally did the math and realized I was spending about $12 a week on just floor cleaner. So I bought a gallon of concentrated cleaner for $18 and a couple of empty spray bottles. That one gallon makes 32 full bottles using the dilution ratio on the label. It took me 3 batches to get the mix right but now I'm saving big time. Has anyone else switched to concentrates for their cleaning supplies?

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walker.julia8h ago

That $18 gallon sounds like a deal, but what specific brand of concentrate did you get? I've been burned before by the cheap stuff leaving a weird film on my tile.

the_wesley8h ago

The whole concentrate thing is actually a smart move that fits into this bigger pattern I've noticed, where we pay way too much for water in a bottle. It's not just cleaning stuff either, think about salad dressing or iced tea mix, you're basically buying water and shipping costs. Mixing your own forces you to slow down and actually read the label too, which is something most people never do with the ready-to-use stuff. I started doing this with my all-purpose cleaner last year and now I catch myself eyeballing every single product in the store thinking "how much of this is just water?" It's like a whole new way of looking at shopping once you get into it.