DIY Toilet Bombs
These homemade toilet cleaning bombs make it easy to clean your toilet instantly! They take a little time to set up, but you can make a bunch at once and store them in a jar for easy natural cleaning. Plus, they're fun!
Equipment
- small bowl
- Spray bottle with water
- spoon
- Mini bath bomb molds (or 2 ice cube trays)
- Airtight container for storage (large glass jar or silicone bag)
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup baking soda
- 1/2 cup citric acid
- 20-30 drops essential oils
- water, as needed from spray bottle
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix together baking soda, citric acid, and essential oils. Stir well.
- Spritz with water from your spray bottle, stirring until you reach a wet sand texture. It should clump when you squeeze it with your hand.
- Use two pieces of your mini bath bomb molds to compress the powder. Repeat.
- Allow the molds to dry for at least 2-3 hours, pressing down to make them firm.
- Remove your fizzy toilet bombs and store in an airtight container like a mason jar.
- To use, add 1-2 toilet bowl bombs in the toilet bowl and let them fizz for 5-10 minutes. Gently scrub to remove any build-up, as needed, and flush it away.
Notes
- The mixture will fizz up slightly while you're adding water. Just keep stirring and it will be fine!
- For extra fizzing power, increase the citric acid to 3/4 cup. You will need to add more water, but only add enough until you reach that wet sand consistency.
- Use different essential oil blends to change up the scent.
- If you let the toilet bombs dry out overnight, you may need to tap or wiggle the mold to get it off. I had to use a butter knife and it helped to tap the molds first.
- You can try other molds, like an ice cube tray, but it's important to press the molds or they will fizz and become very crumbly.
- If you don't have citric acid, you can get a similar effect using 1/4 cup of each baking soda and white vinegar. I typically use a quarter cup of each. Let them fizz, then scrub with a toilet brush before flushing.