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How To Give Your Bathroom The Deepest Clean

Written by Posted On Tuesday, 12 September 2017 10:07

Face it - your bathroom is gross! You may have just finished scrubbing the floor on your hands and knees, wiping the sink down with a disinfectant wipe, and dousing the toilet bowl with cleansing liquid, but most of the time, those cleaning methods aren't doing enough to safely sanitize your bathroom.

Shower Heads. The problem with shower heads is that they're usually riddled with soap scum, which can harbor a pathogen called Mycobacterium avium, which has been linked to pulmonary disease.

To give your shower head a deep clean, submerge it in white vinegar and allow it to soak overnight. Remove it from the vinegar and reattach the fixture, then run water through it to clear away any caked on soap scum.

Shower Tile & Curtains. Soap scum knows no boundaries and could be covering your shower curtains, liners, or doors. Using regular laundry detergent, wash your shower curtain and liner with a few old towels, then hang dry. To remove soap scum from shower doors, use a white vinegar/baking soda paste. Apply the mixture to your shower door and allow time to soak. Using a microfiber cloth, rinse and buff away the dirt.

Prevent these issues from happening by airing your bathroom out once a day to prevent humidity buildup. If your bathroom doesn't have a window, wipe down surfaces after each use as a preventative measure.

Grout. This porous material covers a ton of real estate in every bathroom. Whether it's in between tiles in your shower stall, flooring, or sink backsplash, there isn't a bathroom design out there that doesn't feature some sort of grout. Because of its porous nature, grout harbors a ton of bacteria.

To remove any signs of bacteria life from your bathroom grout, dip a grout brush directly into bleach and scrub any areas that are discolored. Be sure to ventilate the room when you're doing this - the bleach can quickly become overwhelming and make it difficult to breathe. Once you're done, rinse well to prevent problems with the kids getting bleach anywhere they aren't supposed to.

Keep bacteria from coming back by resealing your grout every 6 months.

Toilet. Everyone's least favorite place to clean, the toilet is home to a plethora of lingering bacteria. When we flush the toilet, bacteria swirls around and around, flying onto the handle, seat, and other surfaces (depending on whether or not you put the seat down). That means disease like E. coli and salmonella could be lingering on and around your bathroom surfaces.

To give your toilet a deep clean, let a cup of baking soda linger in the bowl for 10-15 minutes. Use a brush to scrub away stains and bacteria, then flush.

Prevent the explosion of bacteria by always closing the lid before you flush. If your bathroom has a vent fan, use it to whisk bacteria away after flushing. Store as little as possible on your sink top to prevent bacteria from latching on to toothbrushes, bars of soap, and towels.

Sink. If you thought your shower head and toilet were bacteria ridden, you won't believe how much bacteria is sitting on your sink surface. The drain of your bathroom sink has the highest bacteria count in the entire room, with a finding similar to that of a cutting board that was used to cut raw meats.

Use the tried and true white vinegar or baking soda and douse the drain, then flush with hot water. To clean your faucet and handles, use disinfecting wipes and floss (you know, to get in that small but grimy in-between).

For an every-day clean, keep the disinfecting wipes under the sink for quick touch-ups.

Flush your worries down the drain with these sure-fire sanitizing hacks. Whether you assign these tasks out as chores to your kids or you tackle them all yourself, implementing these cleaning methods will leave your bathroom completely refreshed, sanitary, and safe for everyone.

This post brought to you by The Bath Outlet, an online retailer of luxury bathroom accessories and fixtures. 

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