If you have tile in your bathroom, do a test in a small out of the way on the tile when cleaning. That way if it damages the tile you don’t have a major problem. This actually goes for all surfaces.

I’m really surprised at how many people have their why not to mix cleaning supplies wrong.

Bleach + ammonia can make chloramine gas by the bigger problem would be making NCl3 and blowing your toilet up.

Bleach + acid(like cleaning vinegar) is what makes chlorine gas that will auschwitz your bathroom.

Bleach + rubbing alcohol actually makes chloroform, which is fun.

For toilet bowl cleaner, you want to make sure it has the ‘quality seal’ on the packaging. It looks like this.

Generally, if you have hard water and a lot of issues with limescale, you will need an acidic cleaner. These are usually advertised accordingly. Bleach won’t help with limescale and is usually not necessary. It’s also very dangerous to mix bleach with acidic cleaners.

One thing I’ve learned is if you have hard, yellow stains inside your toilet, you can use a pumice stone to magically erase it away. Blew my mind.

Just pee on the stains until they give up and go away.

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Normally I use a bucket of hot water and mix in a bunch of dawn and use a mop. If it’s a particularly stubborn pinesol works fine. A sponge to gently wash the walls too.

Edit: Mr clean magic eraser is great for stubborn need but be careful with it. It’s essentially sandpaper. Wear gloves!

Elbow grease.

It’s not the only one you should use, but white vinegar is underrated. It’s safer than most options, strong if used right, and deodorizes. You can buy bottles of stronger %s at a hardware store and mix what you need in a spray bottle.

Bleach is awesome! Mix it with some water, use a rag or sponge and scrub. DO NOT mix anything else with the bleach. Bleach is basic, and a lot of other cleaning products are acidic. Mix a strong enough acid with a strong enough base and you get mustard gas. It doesn’t smell too great, on top of other issues. If you want to clean with bleach plus something, be safe and buy premade cleaner with bleach.

EDIT: I should also say you can’t use bleach on everything, it can damage some things. Always test a small, hard to see area before you clean a surface with bleach. For the stuff that you can’t get bleach on, you can use white vinegar or all-purpose cleaner.

Toilet and drains: bleach Discoloured/mouldy grout: bleach Soap scum, general grime: citric/lactic acid based cleaners Floor: disinfectant floor cleaners

I’m not sure the application, but probably fire could be useful. Just being silly. Ignore me.

50% or greater concentration of hydrochloric acid, wearing a hazmat suit, spray with standard spray bottle on everything disgusting and let it sit, wash thoroughly with sodium hydroxide to neutralize any remaining acid.

What kind of surfaces do you have? For example, I’ve found CLR is good for grout and tiles, while a basic bleach-based spray is good for porcelain and fiberglass. You can also mix in an ammonia-based cleaner if you want to recreate the Third Battle of Ypres in your bathroom.

Bleach for pretty much every surface compatible with it. CLR for the shower itself (or a bathroom cleaner specifically for scale and soap scum). Simple Green (or whatever the equivalent is where you’re from) for every thing else. Buy a decent non-scratch scourer (or a couple) as well as some magic erasers to help with any scale that’s resistant to removal. Oh and glass cleaner for the mirror and maybe shower. Nitrile gloves never hurt if you’re dealing with heavy duty chemicals either. Keep the bathroom well ventilated and never mix chemicals.