Be honest – when was the last time that you cleaned your toilet brush? One cleaning influencer has shared an important hack to ensure cleanliness, and no mould and mildew
Toilet brushes help to effectively clean your loo – but how often do you realistically give them a clean?
We’ve all been there, cleaning up the toilet bowl when you’ve got guests coming round to ensure that your loo is sparkling and looking as good as new. But each time you scrub relentlessly at your bog, your toilet brush becomes dirtier and dirtier, and you may be rubbing bacteria back into the bowl, which is less than ideal.
According to Drench, toilet brushes should be washed every seven days, and replaced every six months, because they’re “riddled with germs” and “all that bacteria you’ve scrubbed away from the toilet is now thriving on your brush.” Thankfully, @home_reimagined on TikTok has the perfect hack to clean your brush in minutes.
When you’ve used your toilet bowl scrubber, it’s important to “disinfect it”, and let it “dry before storing”. Of course, for this hack, you’ll need to ensure that your toilet has been cleaned beforehand as the handle is being stored between the toilet lid.
Flash bathroom cleaning spray, which costs £2.49 from Tesco, or £2 from Poundland, promises “sparkling clean surfaces” and will ensure that you’re not touching a dirty toilet brush handle afterwards. Then, spray a disinfectant spray of your choice onto the toilet brush to ensure it’s clean.
@home_reimagined wrote in the caption: “After scrubbing your toilet, gently rinse your toilet bowl scrubber and disinfect it, before letting it dry between the seat covers. Always do this before storing so that you do not increase mould and mildew from a wet, dirty toilet brush!”
Someone asked in the comments “I don’t get why the toilet brush has to be disinfected?” Drench warns that “toilet brushes can be riddled with germs”, saying “it’s best to replace them every six months so you don’t just spread germs around the toilet bowl every time you scrub.”
They recommended, however, using a silicone toilet brush so “the bacteria doesn’t get caught up in the bristles”. In the comments, people praised the hack, saying: “Thank you for this!”
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