Where To Buy Glass Spray Bottles for Cleaning Products

Want to know where to buy glass spray bottles for cleaning products? Let me share my thrifty secrets, as well as my favourite shops.

Ever wondered where to pick up those sleek glass spray bottles for your homemade cleaning concoctions? You’re not alone. My most-asked question of late is where I buy glass bottles and glass spray bottles for my homemade cleaning products.

To give you some context, this is some of my collection of homemade cleaning products in said glass bottles:

Repurposing Is Better Than Buying New

Want in on a secret? I didn’t buy a single one of these bottles for the sole purpose of storing cleaning products. I’ve recycled every single bottle, giving each bottle a new life once I was done with the contents.

From left to right, the first bottle is a gin bottle with a screw top that conveniently fits a spray nozzle. It’s an Edinburgh Gin bottle, in case you want to know. It contains my lavender daily shower spray, which smells amazing. The gin was pretty good too!

The middle bottle is another Lidl gin bottle with a cork /wood stopper. I think it was Lidl’s Hortus Gin (it was also very nice!). I like the size of this one and use it to store my homemade fabric conditioner.

The last bottle is slightly less fancy – it’s a plain old glass vinegar bottle. The vinegar makes a super thrifty natural cleaning product ingredient ,and then a handy storage bottle when you’re done. I’ve repurposed this to hold my homemade fabric refresher spray. 

Some shops have started to sell their white vinegar in plastic bottles (hello Sainsbury’s). However, small glass bottles of vinegar are still available in other shops (try the Co-Op if you’re struggling).

In short, any bottle will do. Just use what you already have, rather than buying something new. Bottles that have screw tops are especially useful as most will fit a spray nozzle, but as you can see, even stoppered bottles have their uses.

I store these clear glass bottles in either the cupboard under my sink or my bathroom cupboard. Sunlight, particularly direct sunlight, can degrade the effectiveness of the essential oils that these products contain, hence the need to keep them someplace dark.

What About Amber Glass Bottles For Cleaning Products?

For cleaning products that I tend to store on the worktop, e.g. my homemade kitchen cleaning spray, I store these products in amber glass bottles. These dark bottles help to prevent sunlight from affecting the cleaning solution.

Where to Buy Amber Glass Spray Bottles for Cleaning

I haven’t (yet!) found a way to purchase something I need in an amber glass bottle. Therefore, I do buy amber glass bottles specifically for use for storing cleaning products. 

I purchase my amber glass bottles from Lakeland. These are £4.99 per bottle and come complete with a spray top, making them a hassle-free choice. The bottles are 500 ml – I find that size the most practical for housing my homemade cleaning products. They also come with a handy three-year guarantee, which I would imagine would cover the nozzles.

Other places that you can buy amber glass bottles from include Bower Collective and Harts Of Sturr.

What About The Nozzles?

For the spray tops, I try to reuse spray nozzles from old eco-friendly cleaning product bottles. It’s frugal and helps reduce functional items from being wasted.

If I’ve exhausted that option, then I quite often ask friends who don’t make their own cleaning products to keep their spray nozzles for me, rather than recycling them.

If you are reusing nozzles, then it’s important to give them a clean to remove any pre-existing cleaning solution that could otherwise contaminate your lovely homemade products. Thankfully, it’s an easy task. Simply pop the stem of the spray nozzle in water and spray it a few times, to dislodge any cleaning product remnants.

I don’t have any other recommendations for replacement spray nozzles. The reason is that I just can’t find any that are particularly durable. Most seem to withstand two or three refills, before breaking. If I do find something good, then I’ll be sure to update here.

What About Labels For Cleaning Products?

When it comes to making labels for my cleaning product bottles, I use a Dymo Omega Home Embossing Label Maker.

Yes, the labels are plastic. However, over the years I have tried using stickers, paper washi tape, brown paper tape, or paper stuck on using regular sticky tape.

What I’ve found is that during the refill process, and sometimes during use, the labels get wet and just fall off – meaning you don’t always know what’s in the bottle. The longevity of the embossed tape offers a much more lasting and practical solution for me. However, if that doesn’t suit you, feel free to label as you see fit.

I hope these insights into my storage situation have helped with your glass spray bottles for cleaning product queries. And if you’ve found any unique bottles for your cleaning solutions I’d love to hear!

And, of course, if you are looking for some cleaning product recipes then I can wholeheartedly recommend this book – Fresh Clean Home! Not sure who wrote it though ;)