Homemade baking soda tablets for deep cleaning your toilet
If your problem is cleaning your toilet, you’ve probably already tried many industrial products. You may have found some of them good, some fair, some bad or even terrible.
Baking soda tablets do the trick.
The point, however, is that it is by no means obligatory, so to speak, to use these products, which not only cost money, but all too often pollute the environment, are potentially harmful and leave behind containers that need to be removed.
Bicarbonate: versatile and multi-purpose
If you want to tackle the problem of cleaning the bathroom in an environmentally friendly way, the solution we propose below is the home preparation of baking soda-based tablets: they are effective, disinfect thoroughly and do not require the use of chemicals.
Baking soda is a powerful disinfectant, it does not harm your health and is environmentally friendly. In short, we can have it as a precious ally when it comes to cleaning the house.
Homemade bicarbonate tablets: the ‘recipe’.
To prepare these DIY tablets you will need: 240 grams of baking soda, about fifty drops of an essential oil of your choice, 120 millilitres of lemon juice and a little water.
You will also need some non-stick silicone moulds, a spoon, a large enough container and a spray bottle.
Do it like this
Pour the lemon juice and baking soda into a bowl, then add the essential oil and mix well. If the solution is too thick, you can dilute it with two tablespoons of water.
Once you have reached the right density, pour the mixture into the moulds and let them ‘dry’ for at least a whole day.
Once they have dried, your ‘tablets’ (the actual shape will depend on the mould, of course) can be stored in a sealed container. However, you will not be able to use them immediately: it will be a good idea to wait at least a couple of days before using them ‘in the field’ or in the bath.
As for the methods of use, they are the same as for commercial tablets.