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The Best Natural Degreaser

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Cleaning Tips· Essential Oils

13 Jun

Looking for a natural way to remove grease and grime from your kitchen? I have found one ingredient to be the best natural degreaser around.

How to naturally degrease your kitchen with lemon essential oil
 

I took a little time away from the blog last month to get our house in order; basically doing the 8 Week Cleaning Challenge in 3 weeks’ time. One thing I noticed in our kitchen was this nasty greasy grime attaching itself to every surface within 10 feet of our stove. This grime is a result of cooking with oil that splatters and sprays about the kitchen; and it is next-to-impossible to clean. I have tried soap and water, but this just smears the dusty grease around, creating a sticky smear of goo. It’s gross.

I decided I needed to try something different, ’cause the soap and water was not working. This one ingredient worked so well, I just had to share.

What You Need To Degrease the Kitchen

What you need to naturally get rid of grease: lemon essential oil and cotton balls
 

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  • Lemon Essential Oil– Lemon essential oil is wonderful for cleaning, and is known for its ability to break down grease. You will often find it added to store-bought cleaners for this very purpose. (Wondering where to buy essential oils? Check out this post)
  • Cotton Balls– I have tried using paper towels (versus the cotton balls) but I feel like cotton balls do a better job.

How to Degrease The Kitchen with Lemon Essential Oil

If working on a vertical surface, apply a few drops of lemon essential oil directly onto the cotton ball. If working on a horizontal surface, apply a couple drops of the oil, a few inches apart, directly onto the surface, as this helps preserve the oil.

Applying lemon essential oil to a cotton ball.
 

Simply use the cotton ball to wipe the surface…

Wiping off grease on a microwave door using a cotton ball with lemon essential oil
 

… and you’re done

Cotton balls showing greasy grime after removing grease with lemon essential oil
 

I tried this method on the top of my refrigerator, on my microwave, on the clock display of the oven, and on my kitchen cabinets… It seriously works like magic.

Before and After of microwave door using lemon essential oil to remove grease and grime
 

You can see, in the image above, all the dust that is sticking to the greasy grime on the microwave. After a wipe down with the lemon oil, it is completely gone.

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The Best Natural Degreaser for use in the kitchen
 
The Best Natural Degreaser for use in the kitchen

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Comments

  1. Brenda says

    September 25, 2022 at 6:04 AM

    It really works 😊

    Reply
  2. Renee says

    January 13, 2020 at 8:48 PM

    Great tips

    Reply
  3. Livinglifewithbebe says

    July 13, 2017 at 5:32 PM

    Love using Lemon EO to degrease!! I also use it to “polish” bathroom faucets

    Reply
    • Erin says

      July 19, 2017 at 7:34 AM

      Good idea! I’ll have to try that next time I’m cleaning the bathroom 🙂

      Reply
  4. Via B Design says

    June 15, 2017 at 2:04 PM

    Looks like that stuff really works! I’ll have to keep this in mind the next time I go to clean my kitchen.

    Reply
  5. Kim Watts says

    June 13, 2017 at 4:09 PM

    Have you tried this on grease stains on clothing? I wondered if it would work better than dawn?

    Reply
    • Erin says

      June 13, 2017 at 6:02 PM

      I have not tried it on clothing, but I might have to try it. I use a combination of Dawn and hydrogen peroxide. I did a post on it here if you’re interested: https://www.lemonslavenderandlaundry.com/cleaning-tip-tuesday-diy-stain-remover/

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