5 Ways to Clean the Bathroom with a Homemade Lemon Scrub

No one wakes up in the morning to scrub a bathroom. It needs to be scrubbed, though. The catch is, most bathroom cleaners are so pungent that they have the ability to blow a hole through the nose and, at times, even irritate the skin.
But there's a homemade solution to it that not only thoroughly cleanses but keeps your bathroom fresh and doesn't harm your skin too, and that is lemon.
This common fruit found in every kitchen can be turned into your personal favorite cleaning go-to, and soon your bathroom will smell and feel more fresh, and your spending on expensive cleansers and detergents will go down too.
All you have to do to is simply mix the lemon juice with anything you find, baking soda, or maybe vinegar; in fact, salt works too. And you have made yourself the perfect scrub that fights stains, bacteria, and odor too.
These are five easy steps to use a homemade lemon scrub to clean the bathroom.


Tiles get dirty quickly. Grout spaces between them are worse. They trap dirt and water and darken and harden to clean every week. Mixing lemon juice, baking soda, and a dash of salt makes for a simple scrub that is like a gentle bleach without the toxic fumes.
Spread paste on grout lines, let sit for a few minutes, and sweep off. Stains are dissolved with acid in lemon and swept away by grit in soda and salt. Two cycles of this process have the desired effect clear, grout cleaner, tiles smoother.
Even shower walls will take it. Soap scum clings to a misty water film that won't dissolve. Scrub with half a lemon that's been saturated with baking soda and slices through. It ain't magic, just the way they mix together.


Faucets are reservoirs of toothpaste spots, water spots, and toothpaste smudges. They get worn out quickly and their sheen is lost soon. The first thing that naturally comes to most of us is metal polish or ammonia sprays, but a lemon scrub will do the trick with less side effects.
Mix lemon juice with vinegar and baking soda to create a loose paste. Rub onto faucets with a soft cloth and mineral streaks disappear. For more severe white spots from hard water, rub half a lemon on the metal and leave it there prior to rinsing.
When it dries with a wipe, the brass or chrome is radiant, and only the fresh lemon smell is around, no chemical mist. The same trick is true for showerheads. Weeping them with a cloth soaked in a mixture of vinegar and lemon for an hour descales the tiny pores that are prone to clogging with limescale.


The toilet bowl is always the fear factor. Commercial gels are okay, but they're full of chemicals. Lemon scrub does the same job but in a safer, more relaxed manner.
Shake on a few sprinkles of baking soda directly into the bowl, and add a half-cup lemon juice. The carbonated bubbles break down grime and pre-treat stains. The thicker paste of lemon juice and borax rubbed under the rim is still best if allowed ten to fifteen minutes to work first before scrubbing.
This approach will not chemically bleach the bowl overnight as the commercial products do, but it removes odors and does not provide a place for bacteria to live. The bathroom smells fresher, not chemically. It takes a bit more elbow grease to clean, but for most, that is a sacrifice they are willing to make.


Glass shower doors and mirrors have it all, steam, splashes of toothpaste, fingerprints. Cleaning sprays take them off, but they streak or smell like solvent. Lemon solution, which is a homemade one, is good enough with less trouble.
Combine lemon juice with water and vinegar, and soak a microfiber cloth in it. Wipe mirrors or doors in a circular motion and the smudges vanish immediately. To remove tough soap scum, rub a half-dipped lemon in salt on the glass, rinse, and dry.
The finish is streak-free, clean, and the bathroom has a nice light scent but no acrid unpleasant one. It is also safe to use where children exist, so families can find it easier to discard chemical sprays without forfeiting clear glass.


Soap scum, toothpaste, and water spots that dull the surface accumulate on sinks. Shine is restored immediately with a lemon peel rub, baking soda, and vinegar applied on a sponge.
Drains are another. They absorb stinks that penetrate the entire bathroom. Down the drain go lemon half remainders with a spoonful of baking soda and then flushed with hot water, and it deodorizes right away. It's a little habit but a good one.
The lemon juice dissolves the grease, the soda deodorizes, and both give a sink that is easier to clean every time. It's more about making it easy enough to clean on a weekly basis rather than doing an intense cleanse once and then skimping on the cleaning.

Bathrooms do not need bottles of chemicals to wash them in to be cleaned. Lemons, and the available household items like baking soda, vinegar, and salt, are good enough to handle tiles, toilets, faucets, glass, and sinks. They are scent-free, can be handled easily, and leave everything light and fresh.
It's not perfection, it's a process that leaves no cloud of toxic fumes behind. With a couple of lemons and some of the simplest things, one of the most stubborn rooms to clean is made just a little easier, a little neater, and a whole lot more pleasant.

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