I recently shared this tip in email with my sisters and niece...basically those with whom I share not only DNA but also complete abhorrence of all things related to cleaning. In my email I referenced this blog (which I know they almost never check) - telling them they really missed out on a fabulous tip.
When my sister asked for more details because she couldn't find it on my blog, I figured it really was because she couldn't find it on my blog. As it turns out, I apparently had better things to blog about that day.
I will immediately remedy that oversight! If you actually enjoy scrubbing bathrooms, STOP READING NOW!
So if you're still reading it's because you share my extreme distaste for cleaning bathrooms. Basically I don't think I really enjoy cleaning anything (except vegetables) but I really think that scrubbing bathrooms is on the very bottom of my list.
So unless I can find someone else to do it, I'm always on the look out for a better/easier way to accomplish this dreaded chore.
Have I mentioned how much I love Pinterest? I've got an entire board dedicated to "genius tips" (mostly so I can actually find them again!) And thanks to Pinterest I've come across the greatest discovery since...I don't know...what came BEFORE sliced bread?
Are you familiar with Myth Busters? Those crazy guys that go around testing even crazier ideas to see if they are really true (can you get better mileage if you "draft" your car behind a semi truck - yeah, don't try that one at home kids!)?
Steph is a "pin buster" - she tries out that seemingly too-good-to-be-true tricks on Pinterest and reports on which ones work and which ones don't. The In-Shower Cleaning trick is a keeper!
So easy - you just get one of those fillable scrubbing wands from your local grocery store and fill it 2/3rds full (that's pretty important - any fuller and it will leak soapy residue which is not helpful) with a simple combination of 1 part Dawn dish soap (I used the apple green version too - what I can say? It was on coupon at Costco that month) and 1 part basic distilled vinegar. That's it - how much greener could you get? Then, and this is double genius, you wipe down your shower WHILE YOU'RE IN THE SHOWER! I mean how great is that????Now my bathroom tile/grout is BLACK. I so don't recommend that. I figure some bachelor guy built it and figured nobody would ever notice how dirty it was getting. The problem with black is exactly that. You think it's getting clean when you spritz it down every day or so with TILEX but it turns out that it's not. And you can't see that....
...until...you use this scrubbing wand. I was afraid that the scrubby pad portion was going to damage tile and/or grout but it doesn't. What it did do was clean out that black moldy stuff as well as the TILEX sludge that had worked its way to the floor of the shower. Initially I was doing the scrubbing part for about five minutes every time I showered - sometimes I would only get one wall in that time.
But now, just a couple of weeks later, I can report that I just use the gadget to wipe down the wall every 2-3 days and takes only a minute or two (no scrubbing required - and yes, I do "spot check" the grout areas with the edge of the scrubber to see if I pick up anything that's not supposed to be there...I don't). Be sure to rinse the walls thoroughly (I keep a small cup in the shower and just fill and toss at a wall). My polished brass fixtures look like they were just installed. My glass door is so clean one might accidentally walk into it and my black tile absolutely sparkles!
Save yourself a return trip to the store - buy some extra scrubby "heads" while you're there. We pretty much tore through one the first week (okay that might have something to do with the fact that I went with the cheaper store brand of scrubby wand instead of the name brand one) but they are pretty cheap and will make scrubbing your shower a chore of the past!
You're welcome!
~later, tw
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