Comments on: Homemade Softscrub Cleaner Recipe

By: Craig the chemist

Craig the chemist — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:09:56 +0000

This recipe does not make chemical sense. Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate, a mild alkaline substance. Vinegar is 5% acetic acid, obviously a mild acid. Mixing the two together will form a neutralization reaction. You will get a foaming of carbon dioxide, which has no real cleaning power but the advertising people make it sound good. Perhaps this formula works, but I would guess substituting another liquid for vinegar such as water might work just as well.

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:19:58 +0000

I tried this cleaner on my shower, which had soap scum and hard water build up. It worked great!! I did find it too soapy, it seemed to take forever to rinse all of the bubbles away. Next time I make it I’m going to try and decrease the soap by half and perhaps add a bit more vinegar.

By: Derenda

Derenda — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:44:27 +0000

Vinegar really does work good on soap scum. I it to clean my vinyl shower curtain by throwing it in the wash with a couple of towels, a cup of vinegar, and some detergeant. It comes out looking like new!

By: Jennie

Jennie — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:22:01 +0000

I wouldn’t leave the soap out entirely, but add just a little at a time until it has a little foaming power, but isn’t hard to rinse off.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:48:26 +0000

Found the dish detergent to make this recipe too soapy… I was hesitant to use it to clean my child’s bathtub for fear of it making the tub slippery. I would just leave the detergent out.