Thread: Homemade Toilet Cleaner

I've never used lemon juice -- will have to try it.

I have used baking soda & vinegar to clean my drains and it works well. I've found that it also works well for unclogging the toilet when the plunger doesn't work. I just plunge till most of the water is gone, then add baking soda and follow with vinegar. I let it sit awhile (15 min or so) and follow up with a really BIG bucket/pot of hot water. Usually doing this twice will restore the 'glug' sound. (for repeat problems you may want to call the toilet manufacture. I did this and (honest - it's true!) he had me flush the toilet and hold the phone over the toilet so he could hear the sound. He talked me through a few adjustments to the tank parts and flushed again and the toilet 'glugged' properly!) I was amazed!

I cheat and throw in a chlorine tab from the pool in the tank .. We have horrible hard water (it will leave deposits in less than a week), the chlorine tab takes care of it.

I did have to change the flapper, but it has also helped on flushing !!! The outside sewer pipes were moved a few years ago and they do not slant as much as they used to as a result everyone on the street was having a problem of plugged toliets especially in winter. The chlorine I think clears the pipes of buildup which means it flows faster, less chance of freezing.

My son uses on his bathroom too and he had always had a problem of flushing at his place - it stopped the problem (same town/same water)

Ria

I don't clean my bathroom, I daily swish it. Every time I go in I do something different. I get up in the morning and my first trip I throw a little body wash or shampoo in the toilet and swish it around. I actually do this twice a day because we got nice orange iron water and doing it twice keeps it from staining. Next trip I swish the sinks. Take a bath when done swish out the tub. Take a shower swish on the way out. Wipe down mirrors with damp towel on next trip. Once a month I vacuum. It is so simple and I hardly notice doing it now but I never actually clean my bathroom except for the once a month vacuum. No chemicals just sweet smelling bath products. I use to fight and work hard trying to keep the stains off and now they are gone and I don't have to scrub it each week and I do mean I scrubbed it!

I never thought to use shampoo in the toilet but sounds like a great idea that I will be trying. I have tried the baking soda and lemon juice though and it works great...smells good too!