Using What’s Left: Orange oil

In my quest of learning to make things from scratch, I decided to try essential oil. The easiest one I found was orange oil. 

Orange oil is good for many things like cleaning solution and also for your body. 

You need to eat a bunch of oranges and save the skins! 

 
Let them air dry on a baking sheet for a couple days in a warm area. It is important to just let them dry rather than dehydrate them in an oven.  

 
Find a mason jar with a lid. You can chop up the oranges into smaller pieces if you would like or just put them into the jar how you dried them. 

  

Find a cheap vodka or grain alcohol. This was $6 vodka from the store, it tasted pretty cheap so that’s ok! 

Let this soak for a week or so. If you want to make it less than put it in a sunny window.  Shake everyday at least once. 

  
I let mine sit for a week or so. It’s very cloudy and strong. Get a coffee filter to strain it for the next step. 

  
Once it’s strained put it in a clean jar. I used a mason jar and kept the ring part of the lid only. Put a thin piece of napkin on top and secured with the ring part of lid so there’s airflow. Let it sit like this for a week so that the vodka can evaporate. (To further process- put in the sun)

Once it evaporates you can put it in a dark glass jar (I used old Yeast jar)

 
Some uses for orange oil include:

• Antidepressant- use in a diffuser
• Cleaning solution- add it to your homemade glass cleaner or vinegar cleaner
•  Use it for your teeth- can use some in water for mouthwash
• Homemade poopouri spray- small spray bottle with water and heavy amount of oil. Spray the toilet bowl before doing number 2 and it will release a fresh scent. No febreeze chemical crap needed.
• Stain remover for tiles. 
• General antiseptic. 
• Add to your homemade sugar scrubs for refreshing scent.