Bathroom Cleaning Made Easier (NAPSA)—Scrubbingthetoilet, scraping mildew from the sink and mopping the bathroom floor are chores for the birds. While it’s a pain to clean the bathroom, believe it or not, you can make the task less daunting with a combination of old-school methods and new, effective products. Check out these helpful hints to save some time and energy. Sinks Pour one cup of baking soda and one cup of vinegar down your drain each month. After waiting for about an hour, flush the drain with warm or hot water to break down the buildup, making clogs andfoul odors a thing of the past. This method is most effective on showers, tubs and kitchen sink drains. Faucets Here’s an easy tip for removing water deposit buildup around faucets and drain areas. Wrap a paper towel, soaked with vinegar, around the faucet, then plug the drain and pour one half cup of white vinegarin the sink. Wait for a short period of time and watch as the vinegar dissolves the alkali, which is the root cause of the buildup. After at least an hour, scrub the sink with stiff-bristled nylon toothbrush to help remove the stubborn mess and make your faucet look like new. Toilets Alkali can also cause rings to form around yourtoilet. To remove the unsightly rings, pour one or two cups (two cups if you have hard water) of white vinegar into the toilet each month to both remove current rings and keep others from forming. You mayfeel flushed with pride at how sparkling your bathroom canbe with little effort and a lot of ingenuity. All-Purpose Cleaning Your best bet for all-purpose cleaning is to use a powerful, allpurpose cleaner, such as X-14. X- 14 is the most intense bathroom cleaner you can buy. Try X-14’s two newest products, which deliver a powerful clean but offer an alternative to harsh-smelling cleaners. X-14 Orange Aerosol has a concentrated formula that is proven to clean two times moreeffectively than the leading aerosol bathroom cleaners. It effectively removes soap scum and features a widearea sprayer that provides greater surface-area coverage. This inno- vative formula is the only aerosol bathroom cleaner with a fresh, orange fragrance. X-14 Oxy Citrus combines two well-known cleaning agents: an oxy-powered formula that whitens and brightens hard surfaces, and citrus cleaning action, which attacks tough soap scum, mineral deposits and hard-waterstains.
