Linen spray is a bit of an indulgence, but we love it. We especially like lavender scented sprays for sheets and laundry, so we tried our hand at making some ourselves.
Ingredients:
More tips below the jump..
How To: Make Your Own Linen Spray
Use an empty spray bottle or rinse out an old bottle with hot water. In a small bowl, mix lavender oil and vodka together. The alcohol works as an emulsifier, allowing the oil and water to mix evenly. Pour the lavender-vodka mix into the spray bottle, add the 3 1/2 cups filtered water, and shake. Make sure to shake well before each use.
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Images: Spray Bottle from the Container Store, Sheets from Anthropologie.
(Re-Edited from 2007-7-5 - CB)
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If the vodka were substituted with dry vermouth you could spray this on top of a martini. Since vermouth is distilled with herbs it may be a nice linen spray as well. Not sure if vermouth would stain though.
view art's profile
Thanks for this! No more paying ridiculous amounts of money for lavender linen spray for me!
view Kristina's profile
You spray vodka on your....sheets? Why? What a waste of good alcohol!
view Monkeyme's profile
Hmmmm yes. Sometimes vodka gets on my pillow but only if I dribble.
view Kah's profile
...or you could buy lavender hydrosol. It's an all natural by-product of essential oil distillery. Here's where I get mine...
http://www.oshadhiusa.com/products.php?cat=skin_and_body_care
view chartreuse's profile
or you could just use ethanol. here's how: make friends with someone who works in a lab. you know, i think isopropanol (rubbing alcohol) would work and you wouldn't have to make any friends.
view sciencegeek's profile
Is there any reason why you couldn't use rubbing alcohol as sciencegeek suggests? I like the idea, so maybe I'll try it out and let folks know.
I do saturate a cotton ball with lavender oil and vacuum it up sometimes...or throw it in the dryer inside a sachet bag. It's nice and it's one of the few scents I really like.
view Charlotte's profile
To those confused by the vodka:
The alcohol makes the solution dry more quickly, as opposed to just dousing the fabric with water. Less water spots, less chance for it to sour. Vodka also naturally absorbs odors, although I don't really know the why on it.
Costume shops are always stocked with spray bottles of cheap vodka and water as a natural, scentless Febreze. We usually just spray the armpits of our costumes when they can't be laundered daily.
Thanks for the recipe, AT! I'm definitely trying this out!
view Llllacy's profile
My sister makes this and I love it, not only for linens, but also as a general air freshener. She adds a few drops of peppermint or grapefruit essential oil which seems to add a little freshness to the lavender.
view judy in TO's profile
Isopropanol would STINK and completely defeat the purpose of freshening the linens. Instead they would smell like a hospital. Stick with the vodka.
view crazy_betty's profile
thanks sarah!! i'm going to write this down :)
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