My favorite products to make cleaning the bathroom easier

There are a surprising number of products on the market designed to help you clean your bathroom. You don’t necessarily have to spend a lot of money to find some good ones that will actually make your job easier, but some are definitely better than others.

As someone who writes about cleaning for a living, you can imagine that I’ve tested many of these. Here are the ones I’ve found to be the best over the years.

The two best products for cleaning (most of) your bathroom

It’s not worth worrying about the different products you’ll need to clean your bathtub, sink, toilet, and faucets – you actually only need two products, and they both work great.

For porcelain and tiles, get some Gentle peeling. I first came across this product two summers ago when my friend suddenly decided to buy a boat. Each night when we docked we had to scrub away the salty water that covered the many surfaces, and we quickly found that Soft Scrub, with its mix of gentle abrasion and lots of foam, was the most effective and least damaging product for the job .

I soon got some to use around the house. For me, it’s a mild scrub for anything that needs to be cleaned. It polishes easily and renews the surface, never scratches and foams to ensure a good cleaning. For the bathroom, I recommend formulating with bleach.

I recommend for fittings such as taps, handles or toilet flushing the same thing I recommend for kitchen metals: Brasso. This 7-in-1 polish is inexpensive—typically available for less than $5—and will brighten copper, steel, chrome, and more with minimal effort.

My favorite products for cleaning stubborn spots in the bathroom

In the past I have recommended using it electronic scrub brushes to make scrubbing tiles, grout and crevices easier. However, since using the more abrasive Soft Scrub, I find that these are usually unnecessary.

For anything that I need to scrub a little more vigorously, I go back to another product that I like to use in the kitchen: My Trusty Mr. Clean Magic Eraser Extra Foamy. You can get five of these sponges for under $10. I buy a pack and use it everywhere in my house. Like traditional melamine sponges, they quickly remove sticky messes and scuffs, but thanks to the little foaming cleaner capsules inside, they also foam up for extra dirt removal effectiveness.

Last week I tried a new body scrub, what does that mean? The This week I had an ugly ring of crust around my tub. My Mr. Clean Extra Foamy fixed the problem immediately – a huge relief for me, a renter who didn’t expect the cheap body scrub to make such a mess in my bathroom.

However, if you have a lot of small crevices in your bathroom – tiles, vents, and spaces between storage containers – an electronic brush may still be useful to you. There’s really no good reason to strain your elbows There is such a thing as this Rubbermaid scrubber and costs about $20.

Other important things for bathroom cleaning

In addition to the above trusted tools, I also keep a miniature squeegee in the tub. Whenever I finish showering, I use it to quickly clean the glass shower door. This means I have to clean the device much less often and more thoroughly, as it prevents moisture build-up and prevents water stains and streaks before they occur. Here is what I havewhich cost me less than $10.

I never use liquid cleaners or unclogging agents to clean drains because their effectiveness is less compared to one Drain weasel. This long drain snake device features a rotating handle. With regular preventative use, I find it easily pulls dirt and hair out of the drain before large buildup becomes a problem.

Because I am a firm believer in the old adage that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, I also consider other preventative measures as part of my “cleanse” routine. I have This set of three coatings from spotLESS MATERIALS ($24.99), and I have found them to be effective. One is for coating the toilet, another is for handling faucets and the third is for glass. I spray it onto the appropriate surfaces to create a moisture-repellent barrier that prevents streaks and stains from forming. (Me too Use the glass coating on my glass table to avoid food-related clutter.)

Finally, consider the following Cordless window vacuum from Sharper Image if you hate cleaning your mirror covered in toothpaste. You fill in water, run it over your mirror, and let it do the work for you. It sprays onto the glass, removes the water and sorts it into a separate container so that clean and dirty water never mix. It costs $63.99 and is admittedly unnecessary, especially if you only have a small mirror (like me) and realize you can achieve the same thing with a little effort and a bottle of Windex (which I do). Still, it’s cool and that counts for something.