How to keep your toilet clean without chemicals

I hate cleaning the toilet and I also hate the smell of all the chemical filled toilet cleaners, they are too strong.

There is a natural way to clean your toilet and get it sparkling, without all the nasty chemicals. Make your own toilet cleaning bombs!

DIY toilet cleaning bombs

What you’ll need:

1/2 cup of citric acid
1 1/2 cups of baking soda
30 drops of lavender essential oil
30 drops of lemon essential oil
30 drops of peppermint essential oil
water
ice cube trays

Method:

Combine the citric acid and the baking soda in a bowl.
Add your oils while whisking.
Add a small amount of water at a time using a spray bottle until mixture clumps together like playdough.
Press mixture into ice cube trays (this quantity will fill 3 to 4 trays)
After 30 minutes, scrape off excess mixture that has risen and fill more trays with it.
Leave them overnight to set.
Pop them out of trays and store in an airtight container.
To clean your toilet, pop two in the bowl and leave to fizz for 30 minutes. Now simply scrub the bowl and flush.

I am going to make some of these; they are the perfect solution for natural toilet cleaning.

Try it out and let me know how you go. Please add your comment below.

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20 Comments

- - mom486197 said
  - 05 Jun 2024
    2:09 pm
I love the idea of using peppermint, what a great idea, it will leave the toilets smelling really nice.

- - Melissa89 said
  - 27 Jul 2016
    4:55 pm
It sounds great but I still think I would prefer to use the toilet bleach. Just one of those things I guess

- - mom113991 said
  - 26 Apr 2016
    11:45 pm
what a great idea instead of using chemicals

- - damish70 said
  - 23 Apr 2016
    6:36 pm
Its nice to see a natural alternative to using harsh chemicals all the time

- - mom57665 said
  - 19 Apr 2016
    3:10 am
I’m trying this for sure

- - Tinarh said
  - 18 Apr 2016
    1:14 pm
Having a grey water system I love the sound of this! I will be trying them asap, anything to get away from chemicals. I don’t like using them and I dont like them going out on my lawn. Plus I dont need to worry about my son near them.

- - sharna_booth_weinrowski said
  - 10 Apr 2016
    12:28 pm
Thank you so much for these tips!

- - curlytops said
  - 19 Mar 2016
    11:23 pm
you have put store in air tight container – do you then store this in the freezer?

- - serotonin said
  - 08 Mar 2016
    6:14 pm
What a brilliant idea! Love this, will have to try it. Dare I say toilet cleaning will be fun? Yes!
- mom103920 replied
  
  14 Mar 2016 , 10:12 am
  Can’t you imagine all the family crowding around the toilet bowl for the first cleaning? I love these natural solutions.
- - mom71670 said
  - 07 Mar 2016
    8:05 pm
That is so fascinating. It’s pretty scary what we put all around the house (and sometimes into ourselves) these days. I think I’ll give them a go!

- - lepumpkinhead said
  - 05 Mar 2016
    1:22 pm
This is wonderful, I prefer natural cleaning products!

- - mom90758 said
  - 05 Mar 2016
    12:16 pm
I love all these natural cleaning articles you are posting. I’m going to try it too!

- - mom74640 said
  - 05 Mar 2016
    11:12 am
Lke hz

- - june11 said
  - 04 Mar 2016
    11:41 pm
Does anybody know if this works on toilets that use only “recycled” water that is connected by purple pipes??. The water in the cistern is sometimes brown. I have actually taken the lid off the cistern and watched it refilling when the toilet has been flushed. It obviously isn’t filtered as much as is boasted by the “professionals”. I am allergic to the smell of lavender too.

- - mom93821 said
  - 04 Mar 2016
    9:21 pm
Interesting – thanks for sharing this toilet cleaning recipe.

- - Lori-Anne said
  - 04 Mar 2016
    5:47 pm
Wow. How awesome is this. Going to find where I can buy the essential oils and then get making.

- - mom112217 said
  - 04 Mar 2016
    4:26 pm
Sounds interesting! I do like the lavender,lemon and peppermint oils added.A very nice smelling toilet!
- mom93821 replied
  
  05 Mar 2016 , 6:26 am
  Nicer than some of the sprays on the market!
- - Nas01 said
  - 04 Mar 2016
    4:22 pm
I’m going to make these on the weekend and give them a go.