Bathroom Green Cleaning

April 12, 2009

Next to the kitchen, the bathroom is the dirtiest room in the house. Add to that the moist atmosphere and you have a breeding ground for mold, fungus, and bacterium.

Every surface in the bathroom is suspect – the drain in the tub, shower head, base of the toilet and the shelves in the medicine cabinet. After all where is the first place you go when you’re sick? Straight to the bathroom to blow your nose, get an aspirin, grab some cold medicine, or heaven forbid, vomit. This can mean that even an immaculate bathroom can turn into a petri dish of disease in the duration of just one bad bug.

Luckily only a couple of supplies are needed to keep your  bathroom sparkling. Baking soda, borax, vinegar and a few drops of tea tree oil are all that is required to make cleaning solutions for your whole bathroom.

Borax is good for scrubbing tubs, sinks and toilets. You can also use borax on shower tiles by mixing it with water until it isn’t as abrasive.

Baking soda works well on floors, shelves, sink counters, vanities, and shower accessories. You can dissolve with water and use as a spray or you can use the  baking soda directly on the surface and rinse well with a wet sponge.

White distilled vinegar will work well on mirrors, chrome fixtures, glass shower doors and windows. Tea tree oil is a sweet smelling (it vaguely reminds me of eucalyptus) essential oil that was found to have antibacterial and anti-fungal properties. Just add three or four drops to each cleaning solution and you’ll boost your germ fighting power in an all-natural way.

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