How to Modify your Swiffer Wet Jet Bottle TUTORIAL

This tutorial is designed to help you modify your Swiffer Wet Jet bottle so that you can refill it with your own cleaning solution!  Between modifying my own bottle, and making my own 'wet jet pad refills', I have saved a TON of money!

Step one:  The list of 'ingredients' you will need;

1. An empty Swiffer Wet Jet bottle
2. HOT water
3. A coffee mug
4. A kitchen towel
5. A set of snips (small scissors or nail clippers may work too)
6. A strong arm (getting the cap off can be quite a workout)
7. Your favorite mopping solution!

Step two:  Fill the coffee mug with the HOT water.

Be careful not to fill to the top, you just need enough water in the mug to cover the cap of the Swiffer bottle- to much and you'll make a mess (maybe even burn yourself) and the bottle will float right out of the mug!

Step 3:  Place the bottle, cap side down, in the hot water.  Set a timer for 5 minutes.

Step 4:  After the bottle has been sitting for 5 minutes, take it out, and with the kitchen towel muscle the top off- it helps to squeeze while you twist, but this step does take some muscle and patience.

This is what the cap looks like once you get it off- it has all sorts of nasty little teeth to help keep it from coming off... for now (insert a little evil laugh here, lol).

Step 5:  Now we are going to be using our snips (or tiny scissors, or nail clippers, small electrical pliers or whatever else you can find) to remove as much of those little teeth as we can, once you get them out you will be able to very easily remove the cap to the bottle to refill it any time you want!

Step 5:  TA-DA!  Now that you have pulled out all of those little teeth, you are ready to refill the bottle! I use 1/4 cup of my favorite mopping solution (whatever happens to be on sale, or at the dollar store!) and hot water, or you could use 1/2 - 1 cup of vinegar and water.  Screw on your now very easy to remove cap, and off you go!  DON'T FORGET- you can very easily make your own Swiffer Wet Jet Refill Pads (tutorial to follow at a later date) or visit me HERE to purchase some of my fantastic Zorb Swiffer Wet Jet Pads!


Can't get the bottle modified yourself, but still want to go green and use a modified bottle?  Get a hold of me at RenewReuseRefresh@yahoo.com and we'll work something out!

Thank you so much for using my tutorial!  'We all make a difference on way or the other!'

If there is anything I can do to help you be greener, something you think others should know, something I can help you with regarding this tutorial, or any other comments, please feel free to leave them below!