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Make Your Own Bathroom Cleanser

bathroom  Learn to make your own tub cleanser for a frugal alternative to a commercial cleanser. It just costs a few pennies and is so easy to make.

You know those scrubbing powders that come in a cardboard tube with a shaker top? Well, it isn’t hard to make your own version that works just as well but is a lot cheaper to use.

You can use this cleanser for your tub, tile, toilet and sink. While it does have some scrubbing powder, it isn’t too abrasive, and I have never seen this home made cleanser scratch any bathroom surface. In fact, I often use this cleanser on my kitchen counters, as well, without any problems.

To make this homemade cleanser, fill a container with a box of baking soda and about two or three tablespoons of salt. If you are lazy, like me, you can just use the box the baking soda came in and just add the salt to that. Just be careful to sprinkle the cleanser instead of pouring it, since you won’t need much of it to clean. You can find a plastic container with a shaker top, to make the cleanser a little easier to dispense.

Use your cleanser as you would use any scouring powder. Sprinkle it onto your surface, add just a small amount of water and scrub. Rinse when you are done.

The baking soda does all of the cleaning, and the salt acts as a gentle abrasive to help get any stubborn spots scoured away. It always gets the bathroom cleaned up nicely, and it doesn’t irritate skin the way those commercial cleaners do. Also, there are no harsh fumes.

Since I hate waste, I actually take advantage of baking soda I already have on hand to make my cleanser. I bake often, but sometimes I don’t use up all of my baking soda before it expires. So instead of throwing the expired baking soda out, I repurpose it to use for cleaning. That means that I have essentially made some cleaner for free, since I would have thrown out the baking soda anyway.

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About Mary Ann Romans

Mary Ann Romans is a freelance writer, online content manager, wife and mother of three children. She lives in Pennsylvania in the middle of the woods but close enough to Target and Home Depot. The author of many magazine, newspaper and online articles, Mary Ann enjoys writing about almost any subject. "Writing gives me the opportunity to both learn interesting information, and to interact with wonderful people." Mary Ann has written more than 5,000 blogs for Families.com since she started back in December 2006. Contact her at maromans AT verizon.net or visit her personal blog http://homeinawoods.wordpress.com