Holi Special- DIY Home Made Bathroom Cleaner

Bathrooms are prone to mildew, bacteria, and viruses that aren’t so nice to have hanging around (especially when you have boys whose aim isn’t always the best!). This natural bathroom cleaner is tough on grime, soap scum, and germs… and smells amazing too!

This natural bathroom cleaner can tackle most of the bathroom cleaning to-do list. The washing soda is more alkaline than baking soda, with a pH of 11. It’s useful for softening hard water and cutting through lime scale and grease.

Ingredients

2 tsp borax
1 tsp washing soda
8 oz very hot water
1 TBSP Sal Suds
about 1 cup room temperature water
¼ tsp lemon essential oil
½ tsp orange essential oil
10 drops cinnamon leaf essential oil
¼ tsp clove essential oil
OR 1 tsp of a “thieves” essential oil blend like this one (instead of the above 4 oils)
16 oz glass spray bottle

Method

* Pour the washing soda and borax into the spray bottle, then the hot water. Cap the bottle, and shake well until the powder dissolves.

* Remove the cap and then add the Sal Suds and essential oils. Add room temperature water until the bottle is just shy of full, making sure to leave room for the sprayer lid.

* Gently shake the bottle to combine.

Procedure To Use

* Spray on all surfaces in the bathroom, including sinks, toilets, tile, floors, and fiberglass. Test a small area first if there’s any concern the spray may damage a material or surface.

* For disinfection, spray and wait a few minutes before wiping off. This gives the essential oils time to kill pathogens on the surface.

* For tougher spots, leave the spray on for 10 minutes before scrubbing off.