Homemade Shower Cleaner
posted by Andrea | 02/1/2012
A few weeks ago, I shared how I keep our showers clean in about 10 minutes a month. I mentioned that although I try to use mostly homemade cleaners in and around our house, I still hadn’t found a great homemade cleaner for the shower.
Well, after that, I got a bunch of emails with different “recipes” for homemade shower cleaner; and although I was skeptical, I decided to try a few of them out.
Anyway, after experimenting these past 2 weeks (yes, our shower is now extremely clean) I’ve picked my favorite… and it’s REALLY simple!!
Recipe for Homemade Shower Cleaner
Thanks to Anna for sending me this “recipe”!
Step #1: Pour any amount of white vinegar into a plastic spray bottle {I started with about 6 oz.}
Step #2: Heat it up in the microwave until very warm. {you do NOT need to reheat it every time you want to clean your showers}
Step #3: Pour the same amount of Dawn dish soap into the spray bottle.
Step #4: Put the top of the spray bottle on and gently shake until they are combined.
That’s it!!
Just 2 simple ingredients and about 5 minutes of your time and you have a very inexpensive, homemade shower cleaner that works wonders on soap scum and smells great too!
NOTE: This cleaner is also great for removing greasy buildup in the kitchen!
Do you have any other great homemade cleaning recipes?
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Filed under: Cleaning • Going Green • Living Simply
Cap
07/05/2012I just finished using this to clean my bathroom with my grandbabies running around. What a nice feeling to be able to clean with a nonchemical, non bleach formula. I didnt have to worry about the babies, it was great and the bathroom looks good too!!! I had no problem with the suds or the spray nozzle!! thanx
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Stristan
10/05/2012Even though this recipe is homemade, it doesnt qualify as non-chemical. Dawn is not an all natural product and the one pictured here is antibacterial so it likely has Triclosan in it. This is great for a homemade product, but if one is searching for non-toxic, keep looking. I wonder though, if this would work with a different dish soap, like seventh generation or even a Castile soap?
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Amanda
11/05/2012I made this using Seventh Generation dish soap, and only used 1/2 cup of dish soap to 1.5 cups of vinegar. It worked really well and wasn’t so sudsy.
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Michelle
18/05/2012I live in England where the water is disturbingly hard. I have tried so much to get the scum off my glass shower doors. This worked really well. I used a magic eraser to add some extra scrubbing power. I also like it because I don’t feel like my hands are poison if I need to pick up the baby in the middle of cleaning. Thanks!
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