Bathroom should be hygienic to maintain the cleanliness at home and surroundings positive. Here are few steps to keep your bathroom clean and hygienic.

Get rid of grime and soap scum

Forget about buying "miracle" products and following complicated cleaning instructions. Add 3 tablespoons baking soda and ½ cup of household ammonia with two cups of warm water. Bathroom surfaces will shine after you've wiped the solution on and rinsed it off with a sponge or rag.

Toilet cleaning made simple

Cleaning the toilet becomes out of one of those household chores that a person doesn’t want to do but at the end it’s the job you have to do. Here are a few tips for making the job easier while saving money on specialty cleaners.

• Antacid Tablets: Dissolve 2 tablets of antacid or add a denture tablet that contains baking soda and leave it for 20 minutes before scrubbing it with a toilet brush. A vitamin C tablet will suffice as well.

• Mouthwash: Take a bottle of mouthwash from the medicine cabinet and pour 14 cup into the mixing bowl. After about 30 minutes, scrub the toilet bowl with a toilet brush and flush.

• Cola: Pour a can of cola into the bowl and leave it there for 30-60 minutes before scrubbing and flushing.

Purchase mildew-free shower curtains

Mildew thrives in the moist environment of a bathroom, so don't be surprised if it appears on your shower curtain. By soaking curtains and liners in salt water before hanging them, you can keep it at bay for a while. When they're up and any mildew appears, do the following:

• To the affected areas use ½ cup borax and ½ cup of vinegar.

• Make spray of vinegar in the bottle and use it to clean the stains and tiles.

• Make a vinegar-salt paste and apply it to the mildewed area. Allow it to dry for one to two hours before wiping it down with a damp cloth.

These seemingly innocuous bathroom habits may have an impact on your health and hygiene.

Make the ceiling sparkle.

You're probably so preoccupied with cleaning your bathroom's fixtures and tiles that you don't even consider the ceiling. Look up, but be prepared to see mildew, spots, and built-up grime. Fill a mop bucket with equal parts water and white vinegar to easily clean it. Then put on goggles or other eye protection. Use a sponge mop dipped with a long handle into a solution, squeeze it out and then clean the section.

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Make your bathroom tiles spotless.

The grouting between bathroom tiles attracts dirt and germs, and it's easy to overlook these difficult-to-reach crevices during routine cleaning. It also looks bad every now and then:

• Use old tooth brush to remove the stains near sink and taps.

• Use pencil eraser to clean the grime of the bathroom places.

• Scrub with a tooth-whitening mouthwash.

• To bleach through household ways place it on the spot of badly stained worktops for a few hours.

Toilet cleaner with lemon flavour

To clean a stained toilet bowl, make a paste of two to three parts borax and one part lemon juice (stir the juice in gradually until you have the right consistency). Allow it to sit for 1 1/2-2 hours before scrubbing with a toilet brush. This treatment is particularly effective for removing the ring that frequently appears at the water level on the toilet bowl.

Remove obstinate scum and water spots

Many of the surfaces of washroom like ceramic tiles, around the sinks, tubs or buckets and these can be dulled by using mild acid and other bathroom cleaners. Take on these heavily soiled surfaces with zeal and...

• dissolve 2 cups salt in 4 litres of water.

• 12 cup vinegar, 1 cup ammonia, and 14 cup baking soda dissolved in 4 litres warm water. Apply one of the solutions, wait about 15 minutes, then scrub and rinse.

Remove rust stains with a brush

Squeeze the toothpaste over an old toothbrush and scrub it away at the stains of rust. Use borax-lemon juice paste or a solution of equal parts turpentine and salt and scrub the stain. Whatever method you use, attack rust stains as soon as possible. The sooner you deal with them, the easier it is to get rid of them.

Keep showerheads free of clogs.

If you live in a hard water area, you've probably noticed how mineral deposits can clog showerheads. You don't need to replace it; simply unclog it with denture tablets or vinegar.

 If you can remove the showerhead, soak it in a bowl of water with four to five denture tablets. Alternatively, soak it in white vinegar overnight. (If you want more cleaning power, warm the vinegar in the microwave first.)

      • If you are unable to remove the shower or it is not able to be detached, use vinegar to clean it. Place vinegar in a bag and keep that bag to the fixture by tying it around.

Clean out the holes with a needle, piece of wire, or toothpick to ensure the showerhead is completely unblocked. Then, using a cloth dipped in vinegar, wipe the head.

Make your glass shower doors shine

Clean the glass doors with soap scum and foam. The following for some heavy-duty cleaning:

Make use of shaving cream while clean the glasses from fogging.

White vinegar: Use white vinegar to clean the places using scrub and sponge.

Baking soda: Dishwashing liquid, hydrogen peroxide and baking soda all these three things can be used to make a solution. Wash the things by using scrub or sponge.

Vegetable oil: You can use a small amount of vegetable oil to keep the doors clean and polished.

Polish of furniture:

Apply polish to doors directly with a cloth, and then wipe it through a clean cloth.