How to Clean Your Toilet: Frugal and Green
You can clean your toilet bowl without unhealthy and expensive commercial products. With natural -- and common -- products that you may already have in your kitchen, you can create a homemade toilet cleaner that will be safe for your family and the environment and save you money, too. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Pour 1/4 cup of baking soda and 1 cup of vinegar into the toilet bowl. It will create a foaming action. Let it sit for 15 minutes.
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Scrub all of the inside surfaces of the toilet with a brush. Be sure to get under the rim and as far down the drain as you can go.
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Flush the toilet to rinse it.
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Tips & Warnings
As an alternative, you can sprinkle 1 cup of borax around the toilet bowl, then spray with 1/2 cup white vinegar. Leave the solution on for a few hours or overnight then scrub with a toilet brush.
References
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Comments
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DudMc3
Jan 04, 2009
Why is it important to kill bacteria in a toilet bowl? The next time it is used it will be full of bacteria once more. The main concern should be cleaning off the porcelain surfaces. -
jpwriter
Nov 06, 2008
vinegar is amazing. thanks for the tips.
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veryirie
Nov 05, 2008
Thanks for these tips; I'm going to do the vinegar tip in step 1 tonight!
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Desula
Nov 05, 2008
Thank you for the tips on cleaning your toilet the green and frugal way.
