toilet cleaner
In my quest to find products that don't use plastic packaging, there was one product I use that I was dreading having to find a replacement for... and that was toilet cleaner!
But it ended up being relatively simple once I started to do some research, and here is the result.
Bicarbonate of Soda (in a cardboard box) for regular cleaning (cheap to buy) and special magnets which you put in the cistern which stop limescale which were £9.99 to buy for a packet of 2. They say on the packet they last for 5 years, but I can't see why magnets would need replacing at all. So for a small investment you will get a good return over a minimum of 5 years.
I did initially think I would need to use white vinegar as well, but in practice the bicarbonate of soda is so good you don't need anything else. I had an instantly shiny loo bowl after using. If you had a REALLY dirty loo then I suppose you could spray white vinegar on top of the bicarbonate, but so far I've not needed to.
I went to the local charity shop and bought a couple of mini glass shot glasses for a few pence to use as measuring containers, and I leave those along with the box of bicarb on the window ledge out of the way so it doesn't get knocked over. We also get a lot of visitors to the house, so I thought it best to put a label with instructions on the box just so visitors know what to do.
You need to flush the loo to start with so the bowl is wet. I use half a measure (half eggcup) of bicarbonate of soda and sprinkle round the bowl. The brush and flush.
1. No horrible chemically smell
2. Seems to do a better job than any product I've used before
3. Cheaper
This has got to be better for the environment than putting chemical cleaners into the waste water system.
But it ended up being relatively simple once I started to do some research, and here is the result.
Bicarbonate of Soda (in a cardboard box) for regular cleaning (cheap to buy) and special magnets which you put in the cistern which stop limescale which were £9.99 to buy for a packet of 2. They say on the packet they last for 5 years, but I can't see why magnets would need replacing at all. So for a small investment you will get a good return over a minimum of 5 years.
I did initially think I would need to use white vinegar as well, but in practice the bicarbonate of soda is so good you don't need anything else. I had an instantly shiny loo bowl after using. If you had a REALLY dirty loo then I suppose you could spray white vinegar on top of the bicarbonate, but so far I've not needed to.
I went to the local charity shop and bought a couple of mini glass shot glasses for a few pence to use as measuring containers, and I leave those along with the box of bicarb on the window ledge out of the way so it doesn't get knocked over. We also get a lot of visitors to the house, so I thought it best to put a label with instructions on the box just so visitors know what to do.
You need to flush the loo to start with so the bowl is wet. I use half a measure (half eggcup) of bicarbonate of soda and sprinkle round the bowl. The brush and flush.
1. No horrible chemically smell
2. Seems to do a better job than any product I've used before
3. Cheaper
This has got to be better for the environment than putting chemical cleaners into the waste water system.
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