There’s little I hate more than cleaning the bathroom. It’s a haven for dust, mold, splatters from washing hands and brushing teeth, and the steam from mine (even with a fan) adds to the trouble! The dust and mold really get to me, as it’s a never ending battle and the mold requires stronger cleaning products. The almost overpowering chemicals in cleaning products make me dread the task even more. Is there no end to the annoyance of cleaning a bathroom with products that make you sick?! —Bathroom Blues
This article appears in Dec 13-19, 2012.
you could always stop using harsh chemical cleaners and switch to using natural cleaners.
They are available almost everywhere. check out any specialty grocery store and ask for a chemical free natural cleaner.
Hire a maid?
Or….
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and…
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Hah – try sharing a house with 5 college buds. The annual cleaning of the bog required some very specialized equipment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thaP_5d8ZpQ
There’s only 2 cleaners in my house – baking soda and vinegar – I can’t stand the stench of so-called antibacterial cleaner – plus I save a ton of money and it’s enviornmentally safe.
maybe, op, it’s less the ‘grime’ making you sick than the products you are using. go for the baking soda/vinegar suggestion. they work, and won’t kill you in the process.
I stick with green products. Although there are some that don’t clean anything. Trial and error. But yes, cleaning the bathroom sucks.
I sympathize…
we should use the center of the oval as a communal latrine and do away with this ‘indoor plumbing’ altogether.
I hope you’re not on a septic system! If you are, you’ll be sorrr eee!
Mold grows when you let damp sit on a surface, so wipe down the walls after you have a shower/bath, and ditto on what everyone else is saying. Baking soda and white vinegar is all you need, if you don’t let it turn into a green fuzz factory.
Make sure your bathroom fan is adequate for the size of your bathroom and is working correctly. Ensure that you have it turned on when you shower and let it run for 15-20 mins after your shower to ensure that all the residual moisture is drawn out of the bathroom. Additionally, you can crack a window when you shower, just be careful when it is freezing outside. If you forget to close it, you’ll have bigger problems to worry about than excess moisture.
I despise cleaning the bathroom so I use whatever products clean the fastest and doesn’t reek me out. I can’t admit to be enviro-friendly though. I know, I know.
I’m with you #1.
Whatcha mean you hate cleaning the porcelain? I love doing it, especially with my roommates toothbrushes, they really help to get into those corners! Haha jkz
God op, if you can post a bitch, you have internet.
So why not use google?
Oh here op.. just let me do it for you -_-
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=all+natural+cleaning+alternatives
personally i use lemon juice and baking soda. Vinegar works just as well. Lemon juice and a little dishwashing liquid is epic. Lemon, like vinegar, has a similar effect that bleach does.
This is a basic, known thing op. Cripes..
Umm I’ve had lots of bathrooms over the years and never had a mild problem – maybe a bit of mildew on grout lines but that’s it. More serious problem perhaps?
Really have nothing to add to this bitch other than the fact that I have nothing to add. Which, of course, is obvious and a tad redundant.
You could always use this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPXVGQnJm0w
Spray Nine! Spray and let drip. Kills everything. Removes everything. Takes the bike chain grease stains out of your pant legs. Best shit since… I don’t know what!
Meaty I second that.Spray Nine is good shit. *This is not a paid advertisement* hehe
white vinegar
baking soda
hot water
done
Stockpile the bleach, the Taliwankers need a good supply to chuck in girls faces.
that sounds like sorcery to me, alleycat^^
Hay Baz – My muslim neighbor was concerned that the media was giving me the wrong impression of his faith and culture so he had me round to his place for dinner the other night.
I spent 3 hours grousing about how offended I was by his food, his furniture, his decor, his books, his DVDs, the conduct of his wives, the way he was raising his children. I brought nothing to the soiree, made sure everybody knew what a lousy time I was having and when the evening ended, I refused to go back home.
“Allah be praised!” he cried. “You DO understand”
>; )
Plenty of people are looking for some work on the side, hire them to do it. Leave the house and come back later, then you are not exposed to the cleaning chemicals during use and you don’t have to do something you hate.
Swampdonkey said “Mold grows when you let damp sit on a surface, so wipe down the walls after you have a shower/bath”
THAT IS THE TRICK!! I’ve done that for years and years – never is there anything to clean if you do this little wipe down!
Take the towel you just dried off with and use it to dry the shower walls and floor/tub – leave the curtain expanded so it can dry too.
No water = no mold = nothing to clean.
smee, long time no see. we have a shower stall, so no shower curtains that like to get fresh with your legs
Thanks paingirl.
If I didn’t at least have the plastic shower curtain getting fresh with me………I’d get NO flurting what-so-ever!
It could be argued that parading around all wet and lathery you may have encouraged the shower cur…….OWWWWWW!
I hate it when SOBova reads over my shoulder >: (
I’ve been having issues with allergies to chemicals. I personally enjoy the new wipes sold in the grocery stores. They go on sale for 2 bucks a tub. Even dollarama carries them now. Like clorox, lysol, or noname disinfectant wipes. One for the light switch, door handles and inside of sink. One for the counter top, and one for the toilet, on a good day. 2-3 for the tub, and blammo, bathroom is disinfected. Cheap, and effective, no bottles of cleaner, less the bowl cleaner. Don’t forget your gloves, the less touching the better. I use these wipes throughout the house. They still have chemicals, but no spraying, and 99% kill rate for germs. I’m sold. Just don’t flush them.
Ivan, did they serve Pork at dinner? Nothing says Halal like white steak.
Baz, it was to DIE for. >; )
In retrospect I probably should not have have shown up and announced :
“Guess who’s coming to Dhimmi?”
And wearing this :
http://acimg.auctivacommerce.com/imgdata/0…
was a tad tactless, I have to admit.
Just wondering, OP, do you rent? Your landlord should be informed that there is mold present, and asked for something to be done. Maybe new drywall is in order; maybe mold resistant paint; maybe there’s a nasty leak somewhere, and no matter how much you clean, it won’t help.
Mold can be serious shit, and if it’s not cleanable, it’s probably time to call for backup.
bluegreenred Assuming OP’s landlord isn’t one of MANY slumlords in the HRM.