When it comes to cleaning your bathroom, this can come with its own set of challenges, and usually requires a different cleaning approach than one you might use in the kitchen or living room. Often, hotspots for grime and mould due to the humid environment, the same products you use to clean the oven probably won’t work in your shower.
It can be easy to forget to keep stock of what cleaning products you have for different areas of the house. If you find you’re out of your staple bathroom cleaners, instead of running out to the shop, one expert has recommended trying out another item that’s probably already on your bathroom shelf. Removing limescale buildup from around taps and any grime that’s collected around toilet bowls, shaving foam is an effective bathroom cleaner that can effectively break down dirt on a number of surfaces.
In an Instagram video, Lynsey Crombie shared that she uses shaving foam to clean her bathroom, leaving it “smelling fresh and looking spotless.”
While she acknowledged that there are “mixed opinions about cleaning with shaving foam”, the bathroom staple is “essentially a mild soap”, which makes it a great cleaner for a number of areas in the bathroom — from the toilet bowl to shower screens and even bins.
Shaving foam doubles as an effective cleaner as it contains surfactants, which are chemical compounds traditionally found in cleaning products and help remove dirt from surfaces.
The foam can quickly break down grime, remove odours and stubborn stains from around the bathroom and even better, it’s “non-toxic, non-abrasive and gentle on surfaces”, which is important when cleaning the bathroom.
While it’s essential to keep bathrooms free of mould and grime, removing these using harsh chemicals can sometimes do more damage, especially if you use the wrong cleaning products.
As shaving foam is designed to be used on the face, it can work on even the most delicate surfaces in your bathroom, leaving shower doors sparkling and free of tough water stains, and is cheaply available at both Boots and Poundland for just £1.
In the comments, one Instagram user said: “I use it on mirrors and they don’t steam up, it’s brilliant”, while another shared, “I love the clean smell it leaves. Toilet and bathroom cleaner manufacturers should fill this gap in the market”.
To clean your bathroom, apply it to whichever surface needs cleaning and scrub it in using a sponge or microfibre cloth.