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Amazing Uses for a Bar of Soap Around Your Home

by Cleaning Tips

Don’t abandon that old-fashioned bar of soap that you have lurking in your cupboard because it can be used to do some fabulous things around your home. From loosening zips to compensating you when you have run out of laundry detergent.

Freshen up Your Underwear Drawers

If you have any little mesh bags hanging around your home that wax melts, often come in or you have left over from a wedding party then these are amazing for making up little scented bags. Grate up some soap and pop it into the bags and then hang or place them in drawers where you want a lovely fresh smell. Great to add to your underwear drawers, hang in your wardrobe, or hang in your car.

Prevent Foggy Mirrors and Shower Screens

This works just like shaving foam, very simply rub your bar of soap all over your dry bathroom mirror or shower screen, do not use any water at all, and once covered get a clean dry microfibre cloth and buff away. The next time you have a bath or shower you will not get any foggy.

Act as a Stain Remover

If you get to your stains quick, a bar of soap can lift with ease; simply dampen the stain and then rub the bar over the stain, leave it on for a few minutes before rinsing away.

Freshen up your trainers

Sprinkle some grates soap into your smelly trainers, leave over night and bash out in the morning and the odours will have banished.

Laundry detergent

Make up your own liquid soap as you never know when you’re going to run out of laundry detergent and this is so much better than adding in a squirt of washing up liquid that can actually end up causing havoc.

Simply grate up 20ml of soap and add to 150 ml of warm water. shake really well to allow the soap particles to dissolve, let it sit for an hour and then you can go ahead and use. Pour 25ml into the dispenser drawer detergent compartment and then keep the rest with the lid on tight until next time.

Fix sticky doors

When you find drawers and sliding start to stick and not open smoothly, then it is time to loosen them. Grab your bar of soap and gently rub in the tracks to make them openly freely again.

Loosen a stick lock

Rub the key over a dry bar of soap and then insert into the stiff lock, the lock will now become easier to use.

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Intense Bathroom Cleaning with the Queen of Clean

by Bathroom TipsCleaning Tips

Bathrooms are one of the worst places in the home for germs and bacteria to really spread so itโ€™s important that we give the bathroom a real deep clean once a week.

A have put together this simple guide to help you with your intense clean. This should take you approximately 30 minutes.ย 

Before you start you will need to make sure you have the following

  • Strongย Rubber gloves & Apron.
  • Plenty of cloths and a hard scrubbing-brush.
  • Rubbish bag
  • Bucket of warm water
  • Broom/Hoover
  • Multi surface cleaner
  • Bleach
  • Lime scale remover
  • Glass cleaner
  • White wine vinegar
  • Bicarbonate of soda.
  • Sonic Scrubber
  • Karcher Window Cleaner
  • Steamer
  • Lastly tie your hair back

Before you start Clear the Bathroom

Remove all bath towels and bathroom mats.

Remove laundry basket.

Shower curtain if you have one. (put this in the washing machine)

Empty all cabinets.

Clear the sides of any products.

Clear the window seal

Open the window.

Letโ€™s get cleaning

Fill the bath a quarter of the way with hot water and then add in 4 capfuls if neat bleach.ย  This will soak whilst you carry on cleaning. Don’t forget to open the window. You will see dirt that you didn’t think was there lift to the top.

Always work from the top down when cleaning so start by dusting the ceiling and removing all the cobwebs.

Dust the light fixture.

Remove the vent or fan cover and soak these in warm water, whilst this is soaking clean the fan well.ย  Then dry the cover and pop this back.

Using glass or window cleaner clean the window and any mirrors.ย  If you mirrors have bad water marks rub over these will a cut in half lemon and then rinse after approx. 15 mins. Alternatively use a steamer here.

Clean inside all the cupboards using a multipurpose bathroom spray, donโ€™t forget to clean the doors and handles and also reach to the top of the cabinet as dust can settle here and be thick.

Clean the toilet, pay attention to the bottom of the toilet as well as the pan, and add in bleach. If you have any brown toilet marks at the bottom of the pan add in a good quantity of lime scale remover. I always like to give mine a steam too to make sure I have killed all the germs and bacteria.

If you have any lime scale on the taps then use a strong lime scale remover to remove.

Use a small hard brush to scrub the grout and the tiles. Rinse with warm clean water and then buff dry.

Use the same brush to get into any small areas and really scrub clean.

Hoover or sweep the floor.

Use a solution of warm water and detergent to scrub all tiles and the floor.

Rinse the floor with clear warm water and then use a dry cloth to polish dry.

For the plug holes use a drain cleaner or mix bicarbonate of soda together with white wine vinegar

Clean the shower door and base thoroughly. I use myย Karcher for the doors as its brilliant.

Soak the shower in bleach and if it has lime scale, spray on some lime scale remover.

Make sure you clean the shower hose and the switches.

Clean the bathroom light cord/switch

Using the bleached water from the bath now scrub the rest of the bath using an abrasive cloth.ย  Rinse and buff dry.

Finish up

Put all items back in cupboards on the sides etc.

Bring the colour back into your bathroom by bringing in clean towels, mats, accessories and plants.

If you are at home light a few scented candles.

My Bathroom cleaning essentials are

Sonic Scrubber This is such a must as its great as cleaning in between and for tackling limescale.

Karcherย This will help remove hard water stains and leave your shower doors with a perfect streak free finish.

Strong rubber glovesย Cheap ones easily rip so invest in a good quality pair that fully protect your hands.

Cleaning Caddy ย Keep all your bathroom essentials in one box to save you from going up and down the stairs.

As I get asked all the time here is the link for myย Glitter toilet seat

If you feel that this has helped you then why not take a look at myย simple daily tasks to help you stay on top of your homeย orย Get the children helping out more

Now Enjoy a nice CLEAN Bathroom

Lynsey Queen of Clean xoxox

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