Yucky Bathrooms

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Bathrooms, particularly when you have kids can get kind of yucky after awhile, particularly if your kids (and/or your spouse) spend a lot of time playing outside in the dirt!  Here’s how I’ve managed to save both money and time while keeping the bathroom grime to a minimum!

• Clean while you condition your hair.  How many of us actually leave the conditioner in our hair for the recommended 3-5 minutes?  Try this instead: put in your conditioner, turn off the water and pick up your Kaboom! (an extremely effective cleaning product that won’t burn your lungs like bleach) and a scrub brush and clean while your conditioner is working its magic on your hair.  You are already in the shower anyway, so you might as well make some good use of your time!
• Replace the vinyl shower liner with nylon.  There is a reason that hotels don’t have vinyl liners–they would have to replace them too often when they get moldy.  Instead of grappling with scrubbing your vinyl liner, replace it with a nylon mildew resistant one instead.  If the nylon liner gets grimy, you can simply throw it in the wash!
• Keep a container of Clorox or Lysol wipes in the cabinet. These are great for between major cleanings–you can quickly wipe down a sink or toilet without having to drag in the whole bucket of cleaning supplies!  The same goes for one of those Magic Erasers–they work pretty well on grout and paint stains.
• Use a flushable toilet brush.  These are the kinds that have a handle that releases the flushable ”brush” part into the toilet.  They are more expensive than having a regular old toilet brush, but if you are like me and grossed out by the bacteria & water harbored in that brush holder, this is a much more sanitary solution.

Happy cleaning!

Copyright 2008-2009 Kristin Delfau, author of Turbo-Mom's Guide to Saving Money Without Wasting Time a womens' personal finance book, and Aji Publishing.

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