You may have the parents coming to visit, or perhaps there are some friends dropping by to have dinner. You have looked through your favourite receipe books attempting to discover something a little unusual that you're feeling confident enough to cook.You buy all the ingredients and spend the afternoon in the kitchen. Everything is going well and you're feeling happy as you finish the cooking. Then you decide to relax for a while, but as you wander down the hall, you see out of the corner of your eye the bathroom and you realise with a sinking feeling that you have to do some cleaning.You have been contemplating using eco-friendly ways to clean up your bathroom, and you've stocked up with the appropriate supplies.
But your dinner guests are are going to arrive soon and you consider if you should only revert to the normal chemical cleaners that fill your cupboard in the bathroom. But no, you made the decision to do the correct thing and this is an opportunity to give it a go. And if it doesn't, well, it should be a fun dinner topic.What you need to consider about chemical cleaning products that you buy from your store or supermarket, is that, even though they do the job, they can significantly impact on our environment. There will be risks from placing these sort of toxins into sewer systems. Most of the time this is going to be okay, but sometimes in some locations, if there is a downpour, the sewer system can be inundated and the sewer system overflow can go into the stormwater system and this may, in turn, be dispelled into our environment.
Chemical cleaning products also make use of such potent chemicals that they are labelled to keep up and out of reach of children and instructions on what you have to do if you swallow, inhale, or even let them to touch your skin. Cleaning your bathroom is, quite simply, a health hazard. You do so much to keep everything adequately hygienic and yet the substances you are using to clean up, can ironically end up being worse for you than a bathroom that hasn't been cleaned. This will be especially the case if you are using chemicals to clean up blockages inside your drains. These chemicals are so poisonous, do ensure you wear the appropriate gloves and even mask if needed. And even the antibacterial soap that is labelled as 99.9% potent at killing germs, can be bad to your ongoing health.
There is a gathering movement to get rid of these soaps particularly from villages for retired people and for use by children. This will be for the same reason that antibiotics are currently being overcome by super bugs because of the over subscription of antibiotics over the previous generation of doctors. The more you use the soap, the less your body is used to beating the germs by itself, and the greater chance there is of more super bugs being developed. Washing your hands frequently with normal soap is quite adequate.So, with a degree of determination, you stride into the bathroom.
You look into the cupboard with the alternative cleaners. There is the fresh club soda which is a stain remover and polisher. Liquid castile soap is an all-purpose cleaner, grease-cutter and disinfectant. White vinegar is an antifungal that gets rid of bacteria. Baking soda dispenses of unpleasant smells and can be used as a gentle scouring powder. White vinegar is an antifungal that gets rid of bacteria. Borax dispenses of unpleasant smells, takes away dirt and acts as an antifungal. Borax is the commonplace name for the natural mineral compound sodium borate. Hydrogen peroxide (3% concentration) is a stain remover, disinfectant and a non poisonous bleach.These are the simple ingredients you can use by themselves, or you can use them in combination to clean up your bathroom so that it's sparking clean.
For example you can create an all purpose cleaner with a mixture of white vinegar, borax and liquid castile soap. I found this on the internet and the credit goes to Karen Logan. The reason I point this out, particularly, is because the internet has a wealth of information on eco-friendly solutions and is your first-stop resource for discovering these sorts of helpful solutions. Put 2 tablespoons of white vinegar and 1 tsp. of borax into a 16 oz. spray bottle. Fill the rest of the bottle with very hot water and shake until the borax has completely dissolved. Then add 1/4 of a cup of liquid castile soap. This should supply you with an excellent all purpose cleaner that you can use for cleaning all the things inside your bathroom.
There is a simpler option with 2 cups of club soda mixed up in a spray bottle.You may clean your glass with club soda and one tsp. of lemon juice in a spray bottle. You'll discover this reduces those frustrating streaks of a number of chemical cleaners.You may remove mould, all too often a problem in the bathroom, with a mixture of 1/2 of one cup of hydrogen peroxide or white vinegar with one cup of water. Spray onto the mould and do not rinse off. You may also use a combination of 2 teaspoons of tea tree oil and 2 cups of water.There is even a alternative solution for the toilet. Either sprinkle in baking soda or borax, or pour in white venegar. Then, rather than using a traditional floor cleaner from the local store or supermarket, you can mix liquid castile soap, white vinegar and luke-warm water in a large bucket. This will do just as great a job as any business cleaner and your bathroom and you and your loved ones' health should benefit from it.Of course, you can use baking soda and vinegar to unblock your drains, so in reality, you can pretty well solve and clean almost all the things inside your bathroom with natural ingredients where you normally use chemical products. And don't forget that you can disinfect your sponges and cloths by boiling them in water for 3 minutes and then microwave for an extra minute.
Scott Rodgers is a recently retired Los Angeles master plumber and strives to provide healthy alternative options to clean up and solve your bathroom and plumbing issues. For more useful tips and information, visit Scott's website: http://eLocalPlumbers.com
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