There are quite a few recipes out there for homemade furniture polish.  This is the one I use and like because I don’t have to put it in a spray bottle.  I do this every few months so it’s more like Murphy’s Oil Soap than actual polish that you use weekly.  I dry dust with a swiffer the rest of the time.

Ingredients:

1 teaspoon olive oil (mineral oil will also work)

1 teaspoon lemon juice

5 drops lavender dish soap (I love the stuff from Trader Joe’s)

4 cups warm water

1 old washcloth

Directions:

Mix all in a bucket.  Wring all of the water out washcloth and wipe furniture.  If any water remains on the furniture use a clean dry cloth to wipe it off.

Cost: 

I buy olive oil and lemon juice in bulk at Costco so it’s almost difficult to calculate the cost here.  I’d say about 10 cents.