Homemade bathroom cleaner

Ben84

You don't even need a recipe, ordinary soda crystals (about 80-90p a kg) are great for cleaning the bathroom. I use them down the toilet with the toilet brush, as well as dissolved in some hot water with a foam scouring pad to clean the sink, bath and tiles. You do need to rinse or you'll have a white deposit on the surface, but they rinse off really easily and leave everything very clean. I don't miss expensive spray cleaners and toilet gel, they didn't clean as well as soda crystals and cost a lot more. I also wonder what pouring all the chemicals in them, including dyes and perfumes down the drain does to the environment eventually. Soda crystals are made from one ingredient which is biodegradable, plus they go a long way and are widely sold in a thin plastic bag so you can avoid a big pile of bulky plastic bottles each year.

welsh_mummy

Linda32 wrote: »

Its still good is it, when watered down? I see you can use it neat on worktops etc then wash off. I was going to decant some for spray on and use the rest for washing the floors etc.


I surpose the watering down acts as the wash off process as well. Good thinking

I find that it gets all the grime off, only rarely do I need to use a second cleaner ie cream cleanser to get rid of Scum on bath.

bearcub

I've not used Flash cleaner - of any kind - for years, as supermarket own brands are just as good, and considerably cheaper. Alternatively, look out for the Astonish range of cleaners in various hardware shops. One word of warning, though, DON'T buy these through certain door-to-door suppliers, as they'll cost you a LOT more!

*A word of warning to those who use disinfectant. Cheap disinfectant is permitted to be called that because it has a certain percentage of 'active ingredient' in it. However, it also has in it something to make it thicker, so that it appears to be like the more expensive stuff, plus perfume. If you dilute it, as you would a more expensive disinfectant, you may well end up with a negligible amount of active ingredient. Do make sure you check the recommended dilution, if you are going to dilute it for use it for something like food prep areas. If not, you may well not be disinfecting anything at all!

mrsmadmand

Thanks everyone! Bought a bottle of stardrops yesterday from A$da so I will use this from now on!

diluvsdiscounts

mrsmadmand wrote: »

Thanks everyone! Bought a bottle of stardrops yesterday from A$da so I will use this from now on!

Ooooh you will never look back I promise you!

geri1965_2

I use 1/3 Stardrops, 1/3 white vinegar and 1/3 water.

minniemaus1970

My kitchen cleaner - half cup of vinegar, squirt of stardrops and top up with water.
Bathroom cleaner - Half cup of vinegar (or lemon jif) & a good squirt of washing up liquid or any other soapy liquid ( it's a different colour, thats all).
White stardrops is my fav cleaner, especially for carpets and white window frames, they come up like brandnew :j
dishwasher cleaner/ washingmachine cleaner- half bottle of vinegar in boilwash ( in an empty machine - I put it in when its hot) + a little squirt of bleach in softner tray, not to be mixed together they react and fumes are created

everything else gets cleaned with soapy water and cloth :T
MM

LittleMissAspie

It's not homemade but Astonish cleaners are cheap (you can get them in pound shops) and they aren't tested on animals, use no animal ingredients and are more eco-friendly than most brands.