AH-MAZ-ING Soap Scum Remover

I will start by saying that this is not the best smelling cleaner ever, but HOLY SHINY SHOWER BATMAN! Light a candle because this one is SO worth it! I found it on Pinterest of course on this site. We have really hard water here in the big dirty city ;) and I never get all of the soap scum out of my shower unless I scrub for hours with a magic eraser (which gets demolished with one shower scrub). I tried this and I am pretty sure that I have never seen these showers so shiny. 

Here is what you need: 

 12 ounces of white vinegar and 12 ounces of Dawn soap

Heat the vinegar in the micro until is it hot (not boiling). Add the Dawn soap stir until mixed then pour into a squirt bottle. I added some lavender oil to mine hoping to make it smell better. It still smelled pretty strong so I wouldn't waste your time with it. 

Just spray this on your shower and let it sit for a little while then scrub it off, rinse and enjoy you shiny new shower! :) A couple tips:

 

This may have been going a little over board. When I tried to wipe it off with a wash cloth it kept getting too soap and took me a good while to clean off. The second time I did this I sprayed less then used a cleaning brush to spread it around before letting it sit.

I recommend a brush like this to scrub it. The first time I used it, the soap scum was so bad that I had to scrub some, but the second time was more like maintenance and took less work. It was amazing to do one section and then rub my finger on it to feel how smooth it was compared to the soap scummy area that I had not done yet. This one definitely makes it onto my list of favorite homemade cleaners.

Homemade Alternatve to Chlorox Wipes

This is one of my favorite homemade cleaners. I LOVE the convenience of Clorox or Lysol wipes so I was THRILLED to find alternatives on Pinterest. I actually combined a couple of recipes to get the cleaning power and smell that I wanted. Here is what you need:

1/2 cup of water

1/8 cup rubbing alcohol

1 T. Dawn dish soap (*author says to only use Dawn)

A few drops of Tea tree oil

Container (I just saved a Lysol wipe one, but you could use a baby wipe container too)

Cut up men's undershirts

I filled the container about this full of my "wipes" which I LOVE that I can wash a reuse! That saves money and eliminates wastes! 

 

I love the smell of tea tree oil so that was appeal, but did it clean well??? YES! Here is a before and after picture of where my very messy daughter sits to eat. :)

 

I really love these and think that they work well, but I had to put the to the "husband test". He agree that they work well with one comment of thinking that it did not feel wet enough. I think that they are fine, but next time I may put less wipes next time. If you find that a wipe is too dry you can wet it with a very small amount of water. If you use too much water they get too soapy.

I normally will do a cost comparison here, however since the wipes are washable and reusable, there is just no comparison, it is obvious that this will save tons!

 

Since I decided that these are for sure something I will repeat, I wrote the recipe on the container. Happy cleaning  all of you money and Earth saving DIY friends! ;)