How to Make Toilet Cleaner Naturally – 4 Ways

I have successfully converted all of my cleaning products over to all natural recipes that I make myself. All of my cleaning supplies that is except for toilet bowl cleaner. I have still been using the kind that you have to worry about when your children use it because they could easily bleach the rug, their clothes, or burn their skin if it touches them. It was about time that I started using a Homemade Toilet Cleaner Recipe.

I ran out of toilet bowl cleaner….then I forgot to buy some more…and forgot again…and, well, I will not go into what my toilets started looking like. So, I figured it was time to start experimenting and seeing what I like the best and what I thought works the best so I could finally stop buying and instead make a homemade toilet bowl cleaner.

On a side note, if you are like me and trying to get rid of the toxins in your environment, make sure to check out my recipes for cleaning, like:

• 3 Natural Oven Cleaning Recipes
• 3 Laundry Soap Recipes
• 4 Great Window Washing Recipes
• 9 Recipes to Clean Your Floors Naturally
• DIY Bath and Shower Scrubbers
• Natural All Purpose Cleaner Recipe
• Natural Grout and Tile Cleaner
• Homemade Natural Wood Furniture and Floor Polish

As you can see, I have a lot of ways that I love to use for natural cleaning methods.

Homemade Toilet Cleaner Recipes

There are a number of recipes out there that call for 10 or more ingredients and a lot of prep work. As my name implies, I like things simple! I want the least amount of ingredients and prep work with the greatest results.

Recipe #1

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup Vinegar
• 1 cup Baking Soda
• 3 – 5 drops Essential Oils (Lemon, Lavender, Tea Tree, or Clove are great choices to disinfect and freshen the air)

Directions:

1. Sprinkle all ingredients around the toilet bowl; vinegar first, then baking soda, then essential oils.
2. Let sit for 15 minutes.
3. Scrub and rinse by flushing.

Recipe #2

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup Vinegar
• 1 cup Borax
• 3 – 5 drops Essential Oils (Lemon, Lavender, Tea Tree, or Clove are great choices to disinfect and freshen the air)

Directions:

1. Sprinkle all ingredients around the toilet bowl; vinegar first, then borax, then essential oils.
2. Let sit for 15 minutes.
3. Scrub and rinse by flushing.

Recipe #3

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup Baking Soda
• 1/2 cup Citric Acid
• 3 – 5 drops Essential Oils (Lemon, Lavender, Tea Tree, or Clove are great choices to disinfect and freshen the air)

Directions:

1. Sprinkle all ingredients around the toilet bowl.
2. Let sit for 15 minutes.
3. Scrub and rinse by flushing.

Recipe #4

Ingredients:

• 1/4 to 1/2 cup Hydrogen Peroxide
• 1 cup Baking Soda
• 3 – 5 drops Essential Oils (Lemon, Lavender, Tea Tree, or Clove are great choices to disinfect and freshen the air)

Directions:

1. Sprinkle all ingredients around the toilet bowl; hydrogen peroxide first, then baking soda, then essential oils.
2. Let sit for 15 minutes.
3. Scrub and rinse by flushing.

The Results

Essential Oil: As far as using a few drops of essential oil: I love it! I used a few drops of lemon and it gave a beautiful smell to the toilet and bathroom. Wonderful.

Ability to Stay Clean: All of the recipes work surprisingly well. Makes me wonder why I’ve been buying extra cleaners. You know as well as I that when you scrub with just a brush the toilet gets dirty again very quickly. All of the recipes help to clean the toilet bowl and it stayed clean for the same amount of time as when I use a store bought toilet cleaner.

Ease of Ingredients: I gave you approximate measurements so you’d have a general idea of what to use, but I merely sprinkled or dribbled in the ingredients and then scrubbed. It was no big deal and very quick to grab and do. All recipes were equal in this area.

Frugality: All recipes are approximately the same price wise. If you were just buying for one recipe it would be about the same as another recipe.

Safest Ingredients: The goal is to reduce toxic fumes and bleaching to skin, clothes, and rugs. All of these ingredients are a huge step up from using bleaches and other strong fume emitting chemicals.

Because the citric acid that we buy is made from a mold that is fed gmo corn syrup. That mold is then filtered out to a high degree and then what we have left is a citric acid. I know a number of people who have allergic reactions to citric acid and (I’m guessing) it could be from residual mold. We have mold allergies, so I’d rather stay away from that unless buying one like this one.

You don’t want to breathe in the powder of borax, but that’s with most powders. I don’t want to breathe in confectioners sugar either.

No poisonous gases are produced. Just carbon dioxide and/or oxygen.

Favorite Recipe: Hydrogen peroxide and baking soda is the winner for me. It took away the ring in the toilet easily and I was able to clean it beautifully and easily. I felt I had the most scrubbing to do with just the baking soda and vinegar, though it did stay clean afterwards (whereas just using the brush doesn’t keep it clean for more than a day) so it did still work. Though all recipes worked, I just felt that the easiest and fastest clean came from the hydrogen peroxide and baking soda recipe.