Super Secret Bathroom Tips
Super Secret Bathroom Tips & Tricks
Yep, that’s right! There are several super secret tips for using your car’s wax in your bathroom! First and foremost, it helps provide a slippery, slick surface. Scrub out your toilet as usual, then empty the water as much as you possibly can and allow the toilet to air dry for 20-30 minutes. Apply a thin coat of your car wax inside the bowl and especially around where the water’s rim sits, as well as slippery slope that slides down into the bottom of the bowl. Allow the wax to dry and then flush your toilet. The dried wax is now ready to provide extra assistance with any solid matter that would otherwise cling to parts of your toilet bowl—and it can help prevent toilet rings from forming! To make this even easier, use a spray-on car wax ! Reapply once a month or when necessary.
Soap Scum Buildup? Not a problem here! There are two tricks that can keep your shower, tub and sink walls from gaining a unsightly, dull, chalky finish. And those icky walls are begging for stains and mold to take over. Clean your shower, tub and sink walls very well. You can mix 2-4 Tbsp of laundry detergent in a pint jar of very hot water. Either place the resulting liquid in a spray bottle and use, or with a rag dipped in the solution begin wiping the surface of the walls. Allow to soak for a bit, then scrub as needed to remove all buildup. If you run into a super sturdy wall of built-up and caked on soap scum, use an orange-based cleaner and spray it on heavily. Allow the solution to sit for an hour or more to help soften the soap scum. You can even leave it overnight, spritzing a final layer on before you hop into bed. Next morning, scrub well and repeat if needed. Wax the walls, take care wax does not get touch tub or shower floors—this could produce serious falls when the floor is wet. Use a wax remover if any wax spills onto the tub or shower floor.
© 2009 Rebekah Wilson for Homemaker’s Society All Rights Reserved
Car Wax in the Bathroom?
Scrubbing the Sink’s Drain Pipe Your children will beg to help you with this task. All children enjoy making mini-volcanoes using baking soda and white vinegar. When the two are combined, a foaming and frothing action takes place to the delight of the little ones. Put this concept into action to scrub the drain pipe of any sink in your home! Areas you can’t reach down the drain suddenly become accessibly with a little help from the pantry shelf! To destroy bad odors, remove gunky build-up, and keep the drain draining well—simply spoon in 2-3 Tbsp of baking soda down your drain. Follow that with about a cup of white vinegar and allow the chemical reaction to do your dirty work for you! No harsh chemicals to slowly eat away at the metal pipe, not harsh chemical smell or worry over chemical burns. Your drain is clean and can be fully rinsed with running water when the foaming stops.
Stinky Bathrooms ~ How to Combat the Odors
Everyone knows lighting a match in a bathroom with an odor immediately relieves the smell. There are a few other tricks to keep up your sleeve too. Keep a Rosemary or Lemon Balm plant growing in your bathroom. When someone leaves behind a reminder of the job just accomplished, pinching the leaves of the plant provides a natural room deodorizer. The plant provides a green alternative to chemical air fresheners. For long-term odors, especially urine, there is a wonderful product available that uses natural enzymes to consume what is creating the odor. Simply spray on Nature’s Miracle and allow it to dry completely, that’s it! I keep plenty of Nature’s Miracle on hand with four boys in the house! And I’m happy to report, it truly does work! Even in the cat box or where the dog made a mess on the rug!
A Word About Toilets... I have as yet to meet anyone who enjoys cleaning the toilet. Some don’t mind the task, but no one ever tells me it is their favorite task in the bathroom. Several tidbits to know concerning the toilet and health. Wherever there is water, there is the potential for mold, fungus and bacterial growth. In a bathroom especially, moisture and water are continually present. When the shower is used, moisture coats every surface in the bathroom allowing mold and bacteria a refreshing drink and the ability to grow in spurts. To prevent excessive steam, crack open a window or the bathroom door allowing steam to escape. Close the lid of the toilet prior to flushing—with every flush moisture and bacteria rise into the air through water droplets and can land on any surface in your bathroom— even your toothbrush! Some toilets seem to leak a blackish type sediment from the water tank that collects around the water line of the bowl. This generally is not rubber dissolving from parts in the water tank—instead, this is black mold that is growing IN the water tank and being released into your toilet bowl! To combat this problem, use a quart of hydrogen peroxide or 1 cup of white vinegar placed into the toilet’s water tank and left overnight. The peroxide or vinegar will kill the mold and stop the black sediment from filtering into your toilet bowl. You will need to repeat this every 3-4 weeks however, as the toilet water tank is an enclosed area with moisture, a steady temperature and darkness—the perfect environment for black mold growth!
Yep, that’s right! There are several super secret tips for using your car’s wax in your bathroom! First and foremost, it helps provide a slippery, slick surface. Scrub out your toilet as usual, then empty the water as much as you possibly can and allow the toilet to air dry for 20-30 minutes. Apply a thin coat of your car wax inside the bowl and especially around where the water’s rim sits, as well as slippery slope that slides down into the bottom of the bowl. Allow the wax to dry and then flush your toilet. The dried wax is now ready to provide extra assistance with any solid matter that would otherwise cling to parts of your toilet bowl—and it can help prevent toilet rings from forming! To make this even easier, use a spray-on car wax ! Reapply once a month or when necessary.
Soap Scum Buildup? Not a problem here! There are two tricks that can keep your shower, tub and sink walls from gaining a unsightly, dull, chalky finish. And those icky walls are begging for stains and mold to take over. Clean your shower, tub and sink walls very well. You can mix 2-4 Tbsp of laundry detergent in a pint jar of very hot water. Either place the resulting liquid in a spray bottle and use, or with a rag dipped in the solution begin wiping the surface of the walls. Allow to soak for a bit, then scrub as needed to remove all buildup. If you run into a super sturdy wall of built-up and caked on soap scum, use an orange-based cleaner and spray it on heavily. Allow the solution to sit for an hour or more to help soften the soap scum. You can even leave it overnight, spritzing a final layer on before you hop into bed. Next morning, scrub well and repeat if needed. Wax the walls, take care wax does not get touch tub or shower floors—this could produce serious falls when the floor is wet. Use a wax remover if any wax spills onto the tub or shower floor.
© 2009 Rebekah Wilson for Homemaker’s Society All Rights Reserved
Car Wax in the Bathroom?
Scrubbing the Sink’s Drain Pipe Your children will beg to help you with this task. All children enjoy making mini-volcanoes using baking soda and white vinegar. When the two are combined, a foaming and frothing action takes place to the delight of the little ones. Put this concept into action to scrub the drain pipe of any sink in your home! Areas you can’t reach down the drain suddenly become accessibly with a little help from the pantry shelf! To destroy bad odors, remove gunky build-up, and keep the drain draining well—simply spoon in 2-3 Tbsp of baking soda down your drain. Follow that with about a cup of white vinegar and allow the chemical reaction to do your dirty work for you! No harsh chemicals to slowly eat away at the metal pipe, not harsh chemical smell or worry over chemical burns. Your drain is clean and can be fully rinsed with running water when the foaming stops.
Stinky Bathrooms ~ How to Combat the Odors
Everyone knows lighting a match in a bathroom with an odor immediately relieves the smell. There are a few other tricks to keep up your sleeve too. Keep a Rosemary or Lemon Balm plant growing in your bathroom. When someone leaves behind a reminder of the job just accomplished, pinching the leaves of the plant provides a natural room deodorizer. The plant provides a green alternative to chemical air fresheners. For long-term odors, especially urine, there is a wonderful product available that uses natural enzymes to consume what is creating the odor. Simply spray on Nature’s Miracle and allow it to dry completely, that’s it! I keep plenty of Nature’s Miracle on hand with four boys in the house! And I’m happy to report, it truly does work! Even in the cat box or where the dog made a mess on the rug!
A Word About Toilets... I have as yet to meet anyone who enjoys cleaning the toilet. Some don’t mind the task, but no one ever tells me it is their favorite task in the bathroom. Several tidbits to know concerning the toilet and health. Wherever there is water, there is the potential for mold, fungus and bacterial growth. In a bathroom especially, moisture and water are continually present. When the shower is used, moisture coats every surface in the bathroom allowing mold and bacteria a refreshing drink and the ability to grow in spurts. To prevent excessive steam, crack open a window or the bathroom door allowing steam to escape. Close the lid of the toilet prior to flushing—with every flush moisture and bacteria rise into the air through water droplets and can land on any surface in your bathroom— even your toothbrush! Some toilets seem to leak a blackish type sediment from the water tank that collects around the water line of the bowl. This generally is not rubber dissolving from parts in the water tank—instead, this is black mold that is growing IN the water tank and being released into your toilet bowl! To combat this problem, use a quart of hydrogen peroxide or 1 cup of white vinegar placed into the toilet’s water tank and left overnight. The peroxide or vinegar will kill the mold and stop the black sediment from filtering into your toilet bowl. You will need to repeat this every 3-4 weeks however, as the toilet water tank is an enclosed area with moisture, a steady temperature and darkness—the perfect environment for black mold growth!
