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Clean Toilets Naturally In 7 Simple Tips

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For those who feel cleaning toilets as a very hard task, then these few tips to clean toilets naturally can make your toilets sparkle and smell fresh. You may find various detergent brands in the market to clean toilets but they might spoil tiles and ceramic surfaces due to harsh chemicals in them and may even be poisonous to your family. Toilets have to be taken care else it may turn out to be a breeding place for dangerous germs. If you want a spic and span toilet then follow these simple ways to clean toilets naturally and keep your toilet germ free. Take a look ...

Tips To Clean Toilets Naturally -

1.Before following these tips to clean toilets naturally make sure you wear a pair of rubber or plastic gloves and keep the windows open for air circulation and drying.

2.Pumice stone : For hard water deposits rub the wet pumice stone lightly on the stained surface. Pumice stone removes all water stains and salt deposits.

3.Caustic Soda : If your toilet pipe is blocked then sodium hydroxide or caustic soda can clean your toilet pipes in no time. Add sodium hydroxide into the blocked pipe with gloves as the chemical is not good for skin and eyes and leave it to set. After a while pour water into the pipe.

4.White Vinegar : Vinegar kills Bacteria, so pour vinegar into the toilet and let it sit for half an hour. Then add a little baking soda on the stained areas of the toilet bowl brush and scour well and then flush.

5.Baking Soda: Sprinkle baking soda into the toilet bowl and let it stand overnight. Brush the bowl in the morning and flush the toilet until all grimes are removed.

6.Lemon Juice and Borax: Add Lemon juice and Borax in 1:2 ratio and make it into a paste. Wet the toilet bowl and rub the paste with the help of gloves or sponge. After 5 hours brush thoroughly and flush it until clean. It work great for tough stains.

7.Borax and Vinegar: Wet the sides of the bowl and add Borax around stained corners of toilet. Spray vinegar over the Borax and leave it overnight. In the morning scrub the corners with brush until clean.

Try these simple ways to clean toilets naturally as they are easily available, inexpensive, environmentally safe and safer for your kids as well as your family.

Story first published: Monday, December 20, 2010, 16:06 [IST]