Homemade Spider Repellent
Servings: 2 cups spray
Cost: $3
Ingredients
- 1 Spray Bottle
- 2 cups Water
- ½ cup White Vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Dish Soap
- 15-20 drops Lemon Essential Oil (A number of strongly scented essential oils can be substituted including Orange, Peppermint, Cinnamon, Cedar, Eucalyptus, Lavender or Thyme)
Instructions
- Pour 2 cups water into the spray bottle
- Add ½ cup vinegar to bottle
- Add 1 teaspoon dish soap to bottle
- Add 15-20 drops Lemon Essential Oil
- Close spray bottle and gently shake to combine ingredients
- Clean area you will be wanting to repel spiders and vacuum up any cobwebs.
- Use your spray generously around baseboards, windowsills, and doorways. Also spray in areas where you have seen spiders or spider webs in the past. If you have a basement don't forget to spray down there also.
- Reapply the spider spray weekly if the scent of the essential oil lessens.
Notes
Disclaimer: Please don't spray this in your face or eyes. It's relatively innocuous, but it does have vinegar and soap in it which could irritate your nose and eyes if sprayed in your face.
The soap is used to enable the essential oil to mix well with the water (otherwise it would be sitting on top of the water). The brand is not important.