If you think of garlic as a food that can only add flavor to your dishes, you are very wrong!
This pantry ingredient, in fact, is also effective in ecological household cleaning , since it is capable of disinfecting thanks to its antibacterial action.
And what better place to use it than the bathroom ? In this sense, today we will discover together the trick of garlic in the toilet!
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You can try the garlic trick in two ways , either simply using the cloves or making a mixture. So, let’s start by seeing together how to try cloves to thoroughly clean the toilet.
All you have to do is take the garlic you definitely have in your pantry and chop just one clove . Then, peel it, flush it down the toilet and let it sit for a few hours or even overnight, to intensify its effect.
The important thing, however, is that you do not use the toilet during this operation and therefore let the garlic clove act deeply.
The next day, flush the toilet and that’s it: your bathroom will be disinfected thanks to the antimicrobial and antifungal power of garlic, which will free the toilet of the bacteria that usually settle inside. And all naturally!
To always have a clean toilet, it is advisable to apply this method at least twice a week .
garlic tea
A second method to use garlic in your toilet as a true disinfectant and antibacterial is to prepare a garlic tea . So equip yourself with:
- 3 cups of water
- three cloves of garlic
First, pour the 3 cups of water with the three cloves of garlic into a saucepan and bring everything to a boil.
Once the boiling point is reached, turn off the heat and let the mixture thus obtained cool. After that, pour it into the toilet and let it sit overnight , making sure to pour it along the walls as well. The next day, flush the toilet and you will notice that your toilet will be perfectly clean !
Furthermore, in fact, to naturally disinfect your toilet, this mixture will also allow you to eliminate those much hated yellow stains that we often find in our toilet!
why it works
This trick seems to work because, as already mentioned, garlic is a well-known food, dating back to our grandmothers, precisely for its action as a ” natural antibiotic” , thanks to the presence of allicin , a substance capable of fighting viruses and bacteria. , fungi and parasites.
In addition, it also has antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties . In fact, it is usually used to treat inflammations and infections in our body.
Other tricks to clean the toilet
Garlic can not only be a godsend for cleaning the toilet naturally! There are, in fact, other equally effective pantry ingredients to keep the toilet always clean. Let’s see them together!
Vinegar
The first remedy we suggest is to use vinegar, which has degreasing, descaling, cleaning and anti-limescale properties. In short, perfect for cleaning the toilet and preventing the proliferation of germs.
Simply pour 100 ml of white vinegar , 100 ml of water and 4 drops of tea tree essential oil into a spray bottle . After that, shake the mixture well, spray it into the toilet and let it sit for about 30 minutes . Finally, scrub with the toilet brush and flush the toilet.
This mixture is sanitizing thanks to the presence of tea tree, which has strong antibacterial properties.
NB There seems to be a long debate according to which vinegar could have a polluting effect on the environment. In any case, it is always preferable to commercially available detergents.
Never use it on marble or natural stone surfaces as it could corrode them.
Bicarbonate
To intensify the effect of vinegar, you can also use baking soda, which helps remove limescale and eliminate yellow stains thanks to its whitening function. Not in vain, in fact, it also helps remove yellow sweat stains from t-shirts!
Start, therefore, by first pouring 150 ml of vinegar into the toilet bowl, then pour 150 grams of baking soda, so that the vinegar and baking soda can react.
Leave it on overnight , then scrub with the brush and flush: your bathroom will immediately be cleaner !
How to remove yellow lime stains from the toilet?
Pour the vinegar directly onto the yellow stains and onto the newly coated baking soda walls of the toilet. Let it sit, then scrub with a toilet brush and flush.
How to clean the toilet from the most stubborn scale?
All you need to do is mix a glass of citric acid and a little dishwashing liquid and pour the mixture thus obtained into the toilet. Leave it on for a few hours or overnight, then scrub with a brush and rinse.
How to remove the smell from the bathroom?
Bathroom odor can be easily removed using vinegar. You will have to wash the bathroom completely with this product and leave some in a glass for a few hours. You will see that the smell will disappear permanently.
How to remove yellow stains from bathroom furniture?
Simply pour a couple of tablespoons of baking soda in all toilets: on the sides of the toilet, bidet and sink, rubbing with a small brush or sponge in the toilet, bidet and sink.
How to remove limescale from shower tiles?
To remove limescale from shower tiles, spray some white vinegar or citric acid solution, scrub and rinse. Alternatively, you can also use baking soda.