Saturday, November 19, 2011

Homemade toilet cleaner

You'll need a squirt bottle like a dish detergent bottle. Mix 1/2 cup liquid Castile soap w/ cups of baking soda. Add 1/4 cup of water & then add 2 tbsp. Vinegar to make it foam. Add 1/2 tsp. Tea tree oil or 50 drops. Use metal spoons for measuring oils (not plastic). Shake bottle before using. I get my Castile soap from Trader Joe's for about $9 in a 32 oz. Bottle. I find this cheaper than most places. Baking soda is good for scrubbing. Tea tree oil is a good disinfectant. I use this w/ a separate dish detergent bottle of just bleach & squirt around under the rim. One good way of keeping your toilet cleaner longer is before you go to bed, squirt the bottle of just bleach underneath the rim & just leave it. I find I actually scrub the toilet less often when I do this. I also buy the bleach tabs to put in the toilet tank. I do not like the ones that turn your water green, blue, etc. They can stain & when you scrub your toilet, it's hard to tell if you got everything or not.

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