I am still here ... I deserve some kind of award for this on again off again blogging! When life gets busy my computer time is the first thing that goes … but I’ll report more on that in my monthly wrap-up!
More interesting posts are planned … but while I work on those I thought I would share an excerpt from the wonderful Shannon Lush whose books 'Speed Cleaning' and 'Spotless' are my new favourites.
Her show has been on TV here lately, and while she's not the most charismatic television presenter, she's had me cleaning out the inside of our kettle (with CLR and a scourer), polishing the silver (washing soda and aluminium foil) soaking net curtains in napisan and generally using bicarb (baking soda), vinegar and clove oil with gay abandon!
Her books are so detailed, she even gives precise instructions to a task most of us don't give much thought to ...
'How to Clean the Toilet'
(with two sponges, white vinegar, baking soda and a bowl of hot water).
1. Flush the toilet to wet the sides of the bowl.
2. Sprinkle bicarb soda over the inside of the bowl.
3. Wipe the top of the cistern
4. Wipe the top of the lid, under the lid, the top of the seat and under the seat using bicarb and white vinegar and the two sponge technique.
5. Splash white vinegar over the bicarb in the bowl, then use a toilet brush to scrub, including up and around the rim.
6. Wipe the top of the rim with a sponge that’s been dipped in vinegar
7. Wash the sponge in hot water and wipe rim again.
9. Flush
9. Rinse the sponge in white vinegar and wipe the outside of the toilet bowl right to the floor including the plumbing at the back.
10. Congratulations, you’re done!
(the two sponge technique - one damp sponge dipped in baking soda, one sponge rung out with white vinegar, put the vinegar one on top of the baking soda one and wipe, using the pressure of your hand to squeeze the vinegar into the baking soda).
Personally, the toilet is one place I don't use baking soda and vinegar ... but I'm sure it would work. On that note, I am really delighted to see that Ecostore have changed the formulation for their previously useless toilet cleaner!
More interesting posts soon!
Yours with rubber gloves on,
Gypsy xx
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3 comments:
Yes, using baking soda and vinegar in the toilet has been a step too far for me...but I've been quite happy with ecostore!
that two sponge idea is interesting! must try it sometime :)
i did rather like the smell of the old ecostore stuff- it didn't smell like loo cleaner, maybe that was a clue ;)
Great cleaning tips! I think toilet cleaning brushes (you know, the ones that people have that sit next to the loo) are the most disgusting things ever in the whole wide world! Especially prone to being played with crawling babes if they're in the area...eww!!! So am with you all the way on this toilet cleaning technique, lol. :)
just browsing your blog...
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