What's Your Most Efficient and Cheapest Method to Clean Shower? (and Other Parts of Your Household)

TimApple on 09/11/2018 - 11:57

A few years ago, I found a cheap method to clean my shower. I buy a $3.50 jug of 1L undiluted bleach, fill a quarter of a spray bottle and dilute it with water. The whole jug last me more than a year and it's way cheaper than my old method of buying shower spray ($2.50 per bottle for about 4 months).

I've been thinking of using a similar method to mop my kitchen floor, but bleach doesn't seem to clean cooking oils on the floor as efficient as something like Domestos. Looking for recommendations

I also sometimes buy Carpet deodorant to put on my carpet before I vaccum (like this: https://www.productreview.com.au/p/coles-smart-buy-carpet-de…). Anyone found any cheap alternative?

Does any of you also have recommendation for other cleaning products?

Kind Regards
Nobita

Home & Garden

Comments

  • altomic on 09/11/2018 - 11:58
    +1

    vinegar is well regarded.

    I used to use it as a rinse aid. worked well. (then changed to better tablets)

    • Diji1 on 09/11/2018 - 12:07

      Vinegar is next to useless for cleaning.

      It works as a conditioner eg rinse aid or fabric softener.

      • TimApple on 09/11/2018 - 13:16

        I use vinegar on socks and other clothes that are pretty smells. It works out to be very good if you rinse it before throwing to the washing machine.

      • mr626 on 10/11/2018 - 16:19

        Vinegar is good for wet areas like a shower stall though, as it gets rid of mold really well. Mind you, I use cleaning vinegar which has higher acidity than regular white vinegar

  • kolorijo on 09/11/2018 - 12:02
    +6

    I gave up on cleaning.

  • Diji1 on 09/11/2018 - 12:08

    Isn't Coles bleach $1.29 per L?

    My tips is spread water/chemicals and leave it for a few minutes which makes it easy to wipe off. But in the bathroom I get the fun of using the shower to rinse it all off rather than wiping it by spraying water over the whole room where there's tiles :p.

    • TimApple on 09/11/2018 - 13:19

      How the hell does this become $3 in my local Coles?! https://shop.coles.com.au/a/a-nsw-metro-alexandria/product/c…

      This is outrageous, I might write strongly worded letter to Coles management.

      Yes I also leave it a few minutes to make it easy to wipe off. But my bathroom does not have detachable shower head so I can't do what you do.

  • Seraphin7 on 09/11/2018 - 12:10
    +3

    Most efficient … outsource.

  • scrimshaw on 09/11/2018 - 12:12
    +1

    Agar Freshmop 5 liters ($22.95 RRP), sold at Godfreys and any other place that sells cleaning supplies to commercial buyers.

    Aldi sells their Power Force line of general cleaners, about $2.30 which works very well for the toilet bowl — just spray generously, wait a while and then flush. Don't even need to scrub.

  • Yummy on 09/11/2018 - 12:32

    Most efficient: Garden slugs.

  • [Deactivated] on 09/11/2018 - 12:36
    +10

    i got married and now my shower cleans itself

    • dcep on 09/11/2018 - 13:10
      +1

      how much ?

      • [Deactivated] on 09/11/2018 - 13:20
        +4

        my wife isn't for sale

        • Yummy on 09/11/2018 - 15:37
          +1

          The shower head, you dummy. :P

  • [Deactivated] on 09/11/2018 - 12:59

    Definitely use a separate soap tray and not the inbuilt sink soap holder for the basin.

    • TimApple on 09/11/2018 - 13:24

      Oh really, why?

  • No Username on 09/11/2018 - 13:20
    +1

    The shower can clean itself.

  • boomramada on 09/11/2018 - 13:36

    BAM

  • singingwolf on 09/11/2018 - 14:32
    +2

    Bleach does not do much other than make fungus white. You need to remove scum etc. The magic product I have found is Bar Keepers Friend Cooktop Cleaner - is known to be the best shower cleaner.

    • 87percent on 09/11/2018 - 14:38

      Do you actually use this on the screen, tiles of the shower?

      • singingwolf on 09/11/2018 - 16:06
        +1

        Yes. But only on the inside - shower glass on the outside is very soft and will scratch very easily. Only use pure liquid on outside and non abrasive cloth.

        Rinse shower. Squirt some on, use an abrasive scrubber. scrub in circular motion around until you are all done. Then use Windex Shower each day after your shower to stop it coming back.

  • wei13 on 09/11/2018 - 15:11

    We use a steam cleaner. Expensive at first but then water is free, and little scrubbing needed.

    • TimApple on 09/11/2018 - 16:52

      So vinegar is better?

  • fantombloo on 09/11/2018 - 21:18
    +1

    For mopping the floor I use diluted metho.

  • spurf on 10/11/2018 - 08:11

    Use ammonia for cleaning floors. It is also friendlier on polymer coatings than metho. It's great at cleaning other greasy things in the kitchen like stove tops, ovens etc. I put gas burners in a sealed container with ammonia overnight and it removes all the grease splatter. Good at cleaning your washing machine too.

    • Quantumcat on 11/11/2018 - 08:19

      And you can make ammonia for free by saving your wee in buckets

  • TransportPosters on 10/11/2018 - 23:54

    If you're real lazy, there's this from The Reject Shop:

    https://www.rejectshop.com.au/All-Products/Home-%26-Garden/C…

    You spray on after each shower (while the tiles are still wet) and spray it off with the shower water during the next shower. It is a bit smelly but after several days it does make a decent difference. A toothbrush on the lines between the tiles will help give it that extra gleam.

    I've also heard that to keep the tiles fresh for a long time after they are fully cleaned, get a large $2 squeegee from Kmart and wipe them down after each shower, but that's not for a lazy person.

    A hotel cleaner also told me that they keep them clean by initially cleaning them fully and then just spraying hot water all over the tiles each time they clean a room.

  • [Deactivated] on 11/11/2018 - 00:09

    I do the same thing but it is pretty hard on the silicone etc in your shower.

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