thread: What do you clean your bathroom with?

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    Jul 2004
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    What do you clean your bathroom with?

    What do you use to clean your bathroom? Do you use the same thing for everything or something different for bath, shower, basin etc? What about floors? I have wooden floor boards in the bathroom, so not entirely sure what to use on it. Even plain water seems to damage it.

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    Sep 2006
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    Firstly - the wooden floors. What finish do they have? If it's tung oil, then you could reapply a coat of oil to it, and possibly reseal it. washing floors - water with a bit of vinegar or meths in it, or tea (natural antiseptic). don't use a lot of water, just a well-wrung mop.

    I usually use my enjo for all surfaces, but last night I had to do an emergency clean and windexed the whole thing. My mum uses dishwashing liquid. For the doors I use enjo or vinegar or meths.

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    I am the same as Kazbah - Enjo glove. All I need is the glove & water & I also have floorboards and tiles throughout my house & I use the Enjo floor fibre for matt surfaces (my floorboards are a matt finish). Very rarely I use Gumpton - which is like a non-abrasive cleaner sort of like Jif.

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    I don't have boards in the bathroom but for the rest of the house where I do have them, I use eucalyptus oil and hot water. It's a disinfectant and smells delish. In toilets etc. I use white king - my one and only 'nasty" cleaner left in the house because I love how it cleans compared to anything else and just can't drop it yet!

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    Dec 2007
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    I use bicarb and vinegar for the toilet and basin, vinegar for the bath and floors and at the moment I use gumption for the shower because I have some left in the cupboard and it does a good job Once its gone though, I'll just use vinegar, and bicarb for any stubborn spots.

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    Ouiinslano
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    Enjo for everything. When the shower door requires additional love, vinegarand newspaper.

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    I don't have boards in the bathroom but for the rest of the house where I do have them, I use eucalyptus oil and hot water. It's a disinfectant and smells delish. In toilets etc. I use white king - my one and only 'nasty" cleaner left in the house because I love how it cleans compared to anything else and just can't drop it yet!
    Tanstar - what is the ratio of eucalyptus oil to water?

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    I clean the shower and the basins with shower power , and clean the plugs holes an drains with an old toothbrush. Sometimes I use vinegar and bicarb, but the shower power is always in the bathroom, instead of going to the kitchen to get what I need.

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    Variations of bicarb and vinegar we have a squeezey bottle for the vinegar, and a air pressurised bigger bottle for rinsing (for the shower)

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    Oh, yeah, our Little Squirt is ace for rinsing too. Or to give the tiles a quick spray before I enjo mop.

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    So how much vinegar and bicarb? Do you mix them together or..?

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    Pretty much bicarb & vinegar for everything.

    I have a glass jar that I mix it in, I dump a few tablespoons of bicarb in & then add vinegar until I get the consistency i want (I use this in the kitchen as well).
    I have a spray bottle of vinegar that I use around the house but mostly I just dump it all out on the bath / basin / wherever.
    I did see a post in another thread here, someone who sprayed the shower with vinegar & then used bicarb in a stocking to scrub it, sounds like a good idea & I will try it when I clean the shower next

    Sometimes if the toilets are really bad I tip bleach in but for spraying & wiping, either plain vinegar or 7th generation (we have had for years & haven't used it up yet)... I also have some Method shower cleaner which is really nice smelling but doesn't work as well as bicarb & vinegar.

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    So does your house end up smelling like vinegar? I don't think I could handle that lol.

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    Nope but I add essential oils to it anyway, love lemon, it smells fresh & it's not too exxy.

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    Ooh, that's a good idea!