Swiffer Wet Jet Refills – How To Save Money By Making Your Own Homemade Cleaning Solution!

I am in love with my Swiffer Wet Jet. With 4 kids I end up using my Wet Jet at least every day, if not multiple times a day. I’m okay with purchasing the pads (I buy the off-brand and they work great, although you can make them if you really want to with old socks) but I don’t want to spend the money on the cleaning solution.

Not only does the solution have a ton of chemicals that I’d prefer not to walk on (we take our shoes off at the front door to help keep the carpets clean), the solution bottles are EXPENSIVE. And when the 5 year old gets ahold of the Wet Jet and decides to spray out the entire bottle on the kitchen floor to “help”… an inexpensive bottle of cleaner is definitely a plus. 🙂

The Swiffer Wet Jet cleaning solution bottle seems impossible to open if you try it with your hands, but I was able to get it off really easily with a large set of pliers (I had to put some force into turning it, but I was able to do it without Ryan’s help.) 🙂

Some people have said that you need to soak the cap in hot/boiling water first to get it off, but mine didn’t need that step.

Then, once the cap is off you can fill it with whatever cleaning solution you want to fill it with! Once it’s filled just screw the cap back on tightly and it should work just as well as before (at least it did for me).

Here are some homemade cleaning solution options:

1/2 water
1/2 white distilled vinegar
a few drop of your favorite essential oil (lavender and lemon together smells great!)

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1/2 water
1/2 white distilled vinegar
a few DROPS of dish soap

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3/4 water
1/4 favorite floor cleaning solution

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Fill up with water
Add 2 capfulls of Thieves concentrated cleaner

I’ve also read some reviews that recommended the Libman Spray mop over the Swiffer Wet Jet. It’s a little more expensive, but doesn’t use batteries (the Swiffer uses batteries, but you can use reusable batteries), and you can use your own solution with the Libman as well. Check out the reviews on all of the spray mop options below (who knew there were so many??):

• [easyazon_link asin=”B003NYFDWK” locale=”US” new_window=”yes” nofollow=”yes” tag=”survthestor-20″]Libman Freedom Spray Mop[/easyazon_link]
• [easyazon_link asin=”B00008MOQA” locale=”US” new_window=”yes” nofollow=”yes” tag=”survthestor-20″]Swiffer WetJet Spray, Mop Floor Cleaner Starter Kit[/easyazon_link]
• [easyazon_link asin=”B003UA7F46″ locale=”US” new_window=”yes” nofollow=”yes” tag=”survthestor-20″]Rubbermaid Reveal Spray Mop Kit[/easyazon_link]
• [easyazon_link asin=”B0016M4YQ2″ locale=”US” new_window=”yes” nofollow=”yes” tag=”survthestor-20″]BonaKemi WM710013348 Hardwood-Floor Spray Mop with Replaceable Cleaner Cartridge[/easyazon_link]
• [easyazon_link asin=”B0002HOULG” locale=”US” new_window=”yes” nofollow=”yes” tag=”survthestor-20″]Leifheit 56590 Pico Spray Mop[/easyazon_link]
• [easyazon_link asin=”B00CIC2F1K” locale=”US” new_window=”yes” nofollow=”yes” tag=”survthestor-20″]Superior Microfiber Spray Mop Set with Mop Pad[/easyazon_link]
• [easyazon_link asin=”B004HBCIR6″ locale=”US” new_window=”yes” nofollow=”yes” tag=”survthestor-20″]ProMist Microfiber Spray Mop[/easyazon_link]

Please let us know which mop you would recommend and feel free to share any other homemade floor cleaner recipes in the comments!

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