Once, I made a bunch of my regular sea salt and postpartum bath fizzies to give as gifts to friends who were expecting babies. I kept some of the broken ones, planning to use them myself, and left them in a bag by the bathtub. In a typical one-year-old fashion, my toddler got into them. At that time, she was obsessed with tossing everything into the toilet, and these fizzies were no different.
Initially, I was annoyed yet again by something else being thrown into the toilet and upset that I couldn’t use the bath fizzies. I hesitated to flush because I wasn’t sure if that would be bad for the plumbing. As I stood there watching them fizz and lamenting the loss of a relaxing bath, I noticed the toilet was actually getting cleaner as they dissolved.
I used a toilet brush to ensure they fully dissolved, and when I flushed, I was surprised by how clean the toilet looked. This made me realize that the ingredients in the bath fizzies, which are naturally detoxifying, worked well for cleaning toilets too.
So, I tweaked the recipe to make it a bit stronger since it didn’t need to be gentle for skin use. The result was a cheap, easy-to-make, and highly effective toilet cleaning disk. The bonus? The kids think they’re fun, so my toilets get cleaned several times a week.
They freshen up the bathroom and leave the toilet sparkling. I store them in an airtight glass jar in the bathroom and use them as needed. When stored right, they last for months.
If you’re still using those hazardous cleaners that warn you to call poison control if you eat, drink, or even look at them sideways, give these a try. All the ingredients are food-grade and safe enough for cooking (though you wouldn’t want to eat them due to the high concentration of baking soda and citric acid).
Just a note: I haven’t tried flushing before they’re fully dissolved, so I wouldn’t recommend it since I suspect the pipes might not handle that well!
Have you ever stumbled upon a cleaning recipe like this by accident?
