To make your own ceramic tile cleaner, put V* cup of baking soda, Vz cup of white vinegar, and 1 cup of household ammonia in a bucket. Add 1 gallon of warm water, stirring until the baking soda dissolves. Wearing rubber gloves, apply the mixture with a scrub brush or sponge and then rinse. Mix a fresh batch for each cleaning.
To make your own heavy-duty grout cleaner, put 3 cups of baking soda in a medium-size bowl and add 1 cup of warm water. Mix the contents to a smooth paste and scrub into grout with a damp sponge or toothbrush, rinsing thoroughly after wards. Mix a fresh batch for each cleaning.
A typewriter eraser from the stationery store is an excellent tool for cleaning the grout between bathroom tiles.
To make your bathroom walls sparkle, rub the ceramic tile with car wax and buff after 10 minutes.
You can remove most mildew from the grout between tiles by rubbing it with a toothbrush or nailbrush dipped in laundry bleach. (Don't use abrasive powders or steel-wool pads or you'll scratch the tile.) Rinse with clear water after cleaning. If spots remain, you could camouflage stained grout with a white fingernail pencil or white liquid shoe polish. (Ifyou get polish on the tiles, let it dry and then wipe it off with a rag.)
Bathroom Tiles and The Toilet Bowl
One-quarter cup of sodium bisulfate (sodium acid sulfate) can be sprinkled into a wet toilet bowl for a single scrubbing and flushing. (Wear rubber gloves.) Let it stand for 15 minutes, and then scrub and flush as usual. (Don t use with chlorine bleach because the resulting fumes would be toxic.)
Rust stains under a toilet bowl rim sometimes yield to laundry bleach but be sure to protect your hands with plastic or rubber gloves. (Note: Never combine bleach with toilet-bowl cleaners, the mix can release toxic gases.) Rub off truly stubborn stains with extra-fine steel wool, or with wet-dry sandpaperlavailable at hardware stores). Cola that has gone flat can be spilled into the toilet bowl and left for an hour. The soft drink will clean the bowl. Chemical toilet bowl cleaners should never be used to clean the bathtub or sink, the chemical will ruin the finish.
The Bathtub
A ring around the tub can be rubbed away without cleaners with a nylon-net ball or pad. Cover a stubborn ring with a paste of cream of tartar and hydrogen peroxide. When the paste dries, wipe it off along with the ring. To enjoy your bath without worrying about leaving a tub ring, add a capful of mild liquid dishwashing detergent to the bath water.
To get rid of rust stains on a bathtub, try rubbing them with a paste of borax powder and lemon juice. If the stain persists, use a diy- cleaning solution. An old nylon stocking rolled into a ball becomes a nonscratch scrub pad for cleaning sink and tub.
Clean a rubber or vinyl bathtub mat by tossing it into the washer with bath towels. The terry cloth scrubs the mat, and everything comes out clean.
Shower enclosures are a chore to keep clean but they can be less of a problem if you follow these suggestions: Keep mildew from taking hold by wiping shower walls with a towel after each shower, while you're still in the tub. When the walls need a thorough cleaning, run the shower water at its hottest temperature so the steam will loosen the dirt. Then, using a sponge mop, clean in a jiffy with a mixture of Vi cup vinegar, 1 cup clear ammonia, and "A cup baking soda in 1 gallon of warm water.
After cleaning, rinse with clear water. Note: Never use harsh abrasive powders or steel-wool pads.
Having trouble getting mineral deposits off" a shower head? Remove the head, take it apart, and soak it in vinegar. Then brush deposits loose with an old toothbrush. Clean the holes by poking them with a wire, pin, toothpick, or ice pick. Lemon oil will remove water spots on metal frames around shower doors and enclosures.
Glass shower doors will sparkle again if you clean them once a week with a sponge dipped in white vinegar.
To prevent shower curtains from wrinkling after washing, put them in the washing machine with '/2 cup of detergent and V2 cup of baking soda, along with two large bath towels. Add a cup of vinegar to the rinse cycle, then hang the curtains up immediately after washing and let them air dry. Keep a new shower curtain looking fresh by using the old shower curtain as a liner. Hang the new curtain on the same hooks, but in front of the old curtain. The old curtain will take the beating from water and soap scum while the new one stays squeaky clean.
When you clean a plastic shower curtain, keep it soft and flexible by adding a few drops of mineral oil to the rinse water. Maintain the curtain's softness by wiping it occasionally with a solution of warm water and mineral oil Mirrors To make your bathroom mirror sparkle, polish it with a cloth dipped in a borax-and water solution or in denatured alcohol. Or polish with dry facial tissue, a lint-free cloth, paper toweling, or old nylon stockings.
Rubbing alcohol will wipe away hair-spray haze on a mirror. You can defog a bathroom mirror quickly by spraying it with hot air from a hair diyer. Mirrors in your bathroom won't steam up if you run an inch of cold water in the bathtub before adding hot water.
To make your own heavy-duty grout cleaner, put 3 cups of baking soda in a medium-size bowl and add 1 cup of warm water. Mix the contents to a smooth paste and scrub into grout with a damp sponge or toothbrush, rinsing thoroughly after wards. Mix a fresh batch for each cleaning.
A typewriter eraser from the stationery store is an excellent tool for cleaning the grout between bathroom tiles.
To make your bathroom walls sparkle, rub the ceramic tile with car wax and buff after 10 minutes.
You can remove most mildew from the grout between tiles by rubbing it with a toothbrush or nailbrush dipped in laundry bleach. (Don't use abrasive powders or steel-wool pads or you'll scratch the tile.) Rinse with clear water after cleaning. If spots remain, you could camouflage stained grout with a white fingernail pencil or white liquid shoe polish. (Ifyou get polish on the tiles, let it dry and then wipe it off with a rag.)
Bathroom Tiles and The Toilet Bowl
One-quarter cup of sodium bisulfate (sodium acid sulfate) can be sprinkled into a wet toilet bowl for a single scrubbing and flushing. (Wear rubber gloves.) Let it stand for 15 minutes, and then scrub and flush as usual. (Don t use with chlorine bleach because the resulting fumes would be toxic.)
Rust stains under a toilet bowl rim sometimes yield to laundry bleach but be sure to protect your hands with plastic or rubber gloves. (Note: Never combine bleach with toilet-bowl cleaners, the mix can release toxic gases.) Rub off truly stubborn stains with extra-fine steel wool, or with wet-dry sandpaperlavailable at hardware stores). Cola that has gone flat can be spilled into the toilet bowl and left for an hour. The soft drink will clean the bowl. Chemical toilet bowl cleaners should never be used to clean the bathtub or sink, the chemical will ruin the finish.
The Bathtub
A ring around the tub can be rubbed away without cleaners with a nylon-net ball or pad. Cover a stubborn ring with a paste of cream of tartar and hydrogen peroxide. When the paste dries, wipe it off along with the ring. To enjoy your bath without worrying about leaving a tub ring, add a capful of mild liquid dishwashing detergent to the bath water.
To get rid of rust stains on a bathtub, try rubbing them with a paste of borax powder and lemon juice. If the stain persists, use a diy- cleaning solution. An old nylon stocking rolled into a ball becomes a nonscratch scrub pad for cleaning sink and tub.
Clean a rubber or vinyl bathtub mat by tossing it into the washer with bath towels. The terry cloth scrubs the mat, and everything comes out clean.
Shower enclosures are a chore to keep clean but they can be less of a problem if you follow these suggestions: Keep mildew from taking hold by wiping shower walls with a towel after each shower, while you're still in the tub. When the walls need a thorough cleaning, run the shower water at its hottest temperature so the steam will loosen the dirt. Then, using a sponge mop, clean in a jiffy with a mixture of Vi cup vinegar, 1 cup clear ammonia, and "A cup baking soda in 1 gallon of warm water.
After cleaning, rinse with clear water. Note: Never use harsh abrasive powders or steel-wool pads.
Having trouble getting mineral deposits off" a shower head? Remove the head, take it apart, and soak it in vinegar. Then brush deposits loose with an old toothbrush. Clean the holes by poking them with a wire, pin, toothpick, or ice pick. Lemon oil will remove water spots on metal frames around shower doors and enclosures.
Glass shower doors will sparkle again if you clean them once a week with a sponge dipped in white vinegar.
To prevent shower curtains from wrinkling after washing, put them in the washing machine with '/2 cup of detergent and V2 cup of baking soda, along with two large bath towels. Add a cup of vinegar to the rinse cycle, then hang the curtains up immediately after washing and let them air dry. Keep a new shower curtain looking fresh by using the old shower curtain as a liner. Hang the new curtain on the same hooks, but in front of the old curtain. The old curtain will take the beating from water and soap scum while the new one stays squeaky clean.
When you clean a plastic shower curtain, keep it soft and flexible by adding a few drops of mineral oil to the rinse water. Maintain the curtain's softness by wiping it occasionally with a solution of warm water and mineral oil Mirrors To make your bathroom mirror sparkle, polish it with a cloth dipped in a borax-and water solution or in denatured alcohol. Or polish with dry facial tissue, a lint-free cloth, paper toweling, or old nylon stockings.
Rubbing alcohol will wipe away hair-spray haze on a mirror. You can defog a bathroom mirror quickly by spraying it with hot air from a hair diyer. Mirrors in your bathroom won't steam up if you run an inch of cold water in the bathtub before adding hot water.
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