Natural toilet cleaning: Tackling odours with kitchen staples
How can you quickly eliminate unpleasant odours from the toilet? One ingredient in your kitchen can help. The same ingredient is also effective in removing stains.
Maintaining cleanliness in the bathroom is crucial for our health. Without regular cleaning, microorganisms and bacteria can thrive in the hidden corners of the room.
How can you clean the toilet without resorting to expensive and environmentally harmful chemical products? An alternative is found in your kitchen spices.
Clean the toilet to a shine: No need for "store-bought chemicals"
If you want to clean the toilet, opt for a natural antiseptic: table salt. This spice can eliminate bacteria and microorganisms, eliminating unpleasant odours. Furthermore, salt absorbs moisture, which helps tackle the limescale formed in the toilet.
A weekly "treatment" of adding a handful of salt into the bowl will neutralise unpleasant odours from the sewer pipes into the bathroom. If you want to try the effects of salt, follow these simple steps:
- Firstly, pour a cup of salt into the bowl (except when dealing with particularly stubborn dirt; in that case, you can use more salt);
- Then pour warm but not boiling water over the salt. Ideally, the water temperature should not exceed 40 degrees Celsius;
- allow the salt time to work - leave the solution in the bowl for up to two hours;
- After the time has passed, flush the solution away.
Stubborn limescale? You may need something stronger
If you struggle with removing limescale, try using baking yeast. This product contains ingredients that help break down mineral deposits. Just a teaspoon of powdered yeast mixed with half a cup of hot water is sufficient. Pour this mixture into the toilet overnight - in the morning, flush it with water. The limescale should be much easier to remove completely.
