I contacted Sandra and although she has a consulting business called Tech Coaches For Coaches and charges for her time,  she kindly offered to meet up with me via telephone if the call was kept under 20 minutes.

At the time Sandra was busy moving house so she had quite a bit on the plate but she’s still took the time to arrange for us to meet and we had a really good chat and I found her advice really really helpful.

When we were chatting somehow the topic of eucalyptus trees come up, I think it was because Sandra had traveled to Australia and she told me how much she likes the smell of eucalyptus. It just so happens that my mum is a cleaning freak and uses eucalyptus oil for all sorts of things with her cleaning. I told Sandra that I would find out exactly how mum uses it and let her know.

I really appreciated Sandra’s time and I wanted to send her a nice thank you card with the eucalyptus oil cleaning tips on the inside. I also sent her a a package of coffee, a coffee mug, and some sweets to go with it.

I love creating my own cards so I found a picture at iStock.  In the end I created a 3 panel card so that I would have enough room to put all the cleaning tips on the inside.

Just in case you’re wondering how to use the eucalyptus oils for your own cleaning, here are the tips that I sent to Sandra.

Eucalyptus Oil Tip #1 – Washing Clothes

Put eucalyptus oil in a small squeeze bottle and then squeeze about a teaspoon of the eucalyptus oil on top of the washing powder. This helps the clothes become cleaner and also keeps your washing machine clean at the same time.

My mum also uses it as a stain remover and rubs it directly onto the stained clothing before putting it into the wash.

Eucalyptus Oil Tip #2 – Cleaning Windows and Mirrors

Get a spray bottle and fill it two thirds with water, add half a cup of methylated spirits, and add a tablespoon of eucalyptus oil.  Mum says that this cleans windows better than anything else that she’s ever used.

Eucalyptus Oil Tip #3 – Warding Off Rodents

It seems that mice and rats really can’t stand the smell of eucalyptus oil and so wiping out cupboards with water and eucalyptus oil and then putting a cotton balls dipped in eucalyptus oil in the corner of the cupboards  keeps mice away.

If you have any tips on using eucalyptus oil then we’d love to hear them.