How to Make Your Own Shower Spray
Instead of purchasing commercial cleaners to clean your shower, you can make your own with common household supplies. Cleaning a shower often requires a lot of effort and time, but if you take the time to spray the shower with a homemade spray regularly, it will help to keep the shower clean by killing bacteria. You can make a large batch of shower spray so that you always have some on hand to save even more time. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Pour purified water into a 1-quart spray bottle until it is filled halfway.
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Add 1 oz. of ammonia to the bottle. Ammonia removes soap scum and mildew. However, ammonia needs to be diluted with water because it can overwhelm the senses and cause irritation to the lungs.
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Add 1½ oz. of rubbing alcohol. The rubbing alcohol helps to kill germs. You can increase the amount of rubbing alcohol in the solution to 2 to 3 oz. if the shower appears dirtier than usual. Once mixed with ammonia, the solution will disinfect and clean the shower.
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Fill the remainder of the bottle with purified water. Close the bottle with the spray nozzle top and shake to mix the ingredients.
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Spray the solution on the shower walls and curtain or door. Do this immediately after a shower or bath while the walls are wet.
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Tips & Warnings
Multiply the recipe by four to make a gallon of the shower cleaner.
Replace the ammonia with vinegar for a stronger sanitizing shower spray.
If the ammonia does not remove of the hard water stains and limescale, try diluting 1 cup of bleach in a gallon of water. Spray the diluted bleach in the shower after you rinse away the ammonia.
If you are sensitive to ammonia, do not spray the cleaner in a closed shower.
Never mix bleach and ammonia together. This can produce lethal gases.
References
- Photo Credit shower image by Dragan Trifunovic from Fotolia.com
