Natural Bathroom Cleaner
Someone told me once to enjoy my neck while I was young, because before long, the wrinkles would come.
That moment has arrived.
And speaking of the passing of time and inevitable ugliness, let's move right along to bathrooms.
You can't live with four other people, three of them male, and expect the bathroom to remain spotless.
For years I have cleaned my bathroom with a whole assortment of chemical laden solutions. But then the kids came along, and they persisted in sticking their hands in the toilet and spraying cleaner in their mouths.
And then there's that little detail of flushing harsh chemicals down the drain and spraying toxins in the air.
I mean, but who cares about that anyway.
[Snark, snark.]
So I changed to Borax. I keep a recycled Parmesan cheese bottle filled with the powder and sprinkle a little of it in the toilet and let it rest. Meanwhile, I sprinkle a little more in the sink and fill that with hot water. Then I just grab a rag and get busy. Counter top, sink, toilet bowl, floor. Mirrors if I feel like it (and have a dry towel handy). Then I scrub the potty with a brush and I'm done.
You can usually find Borax in any grocery store. Look up high, and look near the laundry detergents. It's a handy dandy thing to have around.
It's cheap, it's green, and it Works For Me.
**Note: Borax is "natural," in that it is found in nature, but it should not be ingested. So keep out of reach of children.
That moment has arrived.
And speaking of the passing of time and inevitable ugliness, let's move right along to bathrooms.
You can't live with four other people, three of them male, and expect the bathroom to remain spotless.
For years I have cleaned my bathroom with a whole assortment of chemical laden solutions. But then the kids came along, and they persisted in sticking their hands in the toilet and spraying cleaner in their mouths.
And then there's that little detail of flushing harsh chemicals down the drain and spraying toxins in the air.
I mean, but who cares about that anyway.
[Snark, snark.]
So I changed to Borax. I keep a recycled Parmesan cheese bottle filled with the powder and sprinkle a little of it in the toilet and let it rest. Meanwhile, I sprinkle a little more in the sink and fill that with hot water. Then I just grab a rag and get busy. Counter top, sink, toilet bowl, floor. Mirrors if I feel like it (and have a dry towel handy). Then I scrub the potty with a brush and I'm done.
You can usually find Borax in any grocery store. Look up high, and look near the laundry detergents. It's a handy dandy thing to have around.
It's cheap, it's green, and it Works For Me.
**Note: Borax is "natural," in that it is found in nature, but it should not be ingested. So keep out of reach of children.
8 comments:
Is borax non toxic?
Good question. Borax is NOT to be ingested and should be kept in a safe place. Baking soda is a better choice if you want something truly non-toxic, though a Mom would keep this out of reach from the troops as well.
The best thing going for Borax is that it works, and is eco-friendly.
I have a mix of borax, baking soda, and salt that I use for everything. It gets my flat top stove clean, the crockpot clean, the junky burned nonstick cooking spray off my pyrex, and floors clean too.
It helps get the stink out of mildewed laundry as well - not that I've ever forgotten about a load or three.
Thank you for these tips. I've just started having my daughters help me with the cleaning, and it has been bothering me to have them use the harsh chemicals. I've been using Borax as a laundry booster. I'll have to try it in the bathroom now. : )
I use Borax as a desert topping. It's delicious when sprinkled on the top of a pie or mixed with my favorite flavor of ice cream--Vinegar!
Seriously, this was as cool post. I think I'll go pick up so Borax for the wash AND the bathroom. You not that it should not be ingested. This is true as it can cause kidney damage and even be lethal. However, it can also cause skin irritation, so I suppose rubber gloves would be in order--which reminds me of a quote from one of my favorite movies of all-time Fletch:
ALAN STANWYCK: You'll be wearing rubber gloves. Do you own rubber gloves?
FLETCH: I rent 'em. I have a lease with an option to buy.
I love Borax, I started using it when my children were born and it works perfectly for me, no other product does the same!
To clean a flat top stove:
I use 1c. baking soda, 1 c. borax, 1/2 c. salt.
Sprinkle and wipe - for really tough ones (I hate my flat top, every drip is a tough one because it sears to the surface instantly) sprinkle on and squirt with Windex until it's pasty.
It's actually a recipe for homemade dishwasher detergent, but our dishwasher broke and I found out it
was good for so many other things! My crockpot liner is white and always looks bad but this cleans it up nicely.
I use a putty knife to scrape the stove as well. The instruction manual for it says to use a razor blade, but I'm just not that dedicated.
I love Borax too, 5 mins and it's all good and clean.
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