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Toilet bowl fizzy bombs
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Ingredients
- subheading: Here’s what you'll need for yours:
- • Baking soda: 1 cup
- • Borax (optional): ⅓ cup
- • ½ cup citric acid
- • Measuring cup
- • Container to mix
- • Essential oils. More on this later, in STEP 7
- • Tablespoon or measuring spoon
- • Spray Bottle or Vaporizer (recommended)
- subheading: • Silicone mold (Here’s what you'll need for yours:
- • Baking soda: 1 cup
- • Borax (optional): ⅓ cup
- • ½ cup citric acid
- • Measuring cup
- • Container to mix
- • Essential oils. More on this later, in STEP 7
- • Tablespoon or measuring spoon
- • Spray Bottle or Vaporizer (recommended)
- • Silicone mold (optional)
- Oh. And did I mention you can double the bombs as laundry detergent? Scroll down to STEP 13 for details.
Steps
- Let’s start with the baking soda
- STEP 2: BAKING SODA IS FIRST
- Baking soda is lightly abrasive, as well as an unscented deodorizer. It is easily decomposed by acid, that’s why adding citric acid will come in handy.
- Grab a mixing bowl or container, a measuring cup and baking soda. Next, measure 1 to 1 ⅓ cups of baking soda and add it to your mixing bowl
- NOTE: Do 1 cup of baking soda if you’re planning to add borax, otherwise keep it to 1 ⅓ cups.
- TIP: If the baking soda has clumps, use your fingers or spoon to dissolve them.
- Should we add some borax? Up to you!
- STEP 3: BORAX or NO BORAX?
- Though the basic recipe doesn’t call for Borax, I use it often as a detergent booster in my laundry and house cleaning recipes. It also makes a great Sweet DIY Ant Bait.
- (You can get the recipe here: www.hometalk.com/18515410/quick-dyi-sweet-bait-to-treat-a...)
- So I like to add ⅓ cup of Borax to the baking soda. You don’t have to, but will sure make the cleaning easier.
- Borax is a good cleaner, deodorizer and booster, which makes it a good combination for the baking soda.
- Add citric acid to make the bomb explosive!
- STEP 4: CITRIC ACID IS NEXT
- Next step is to add citric acid.
- Measure ½ cup and add it to your mixing container.
- The citric acid and baking soda will produce an acid-and-base reaction that creates thousands of tiny bubbles to fill your toilet bowl while releasing the essential oils.
- NOTE: If you replace ⅓ of the baking soda with borax, the reaction will be slower, but the cleaning is likely to be better.
- Mix. Mix. And then, mix some more!
- STEP 5: MIX DRY INGREDIENTS WELL
- That makes it for the dry ingredients.
- But before we add a little moisture, let’s make sure it’s well mixed.
- Use a tablespoon first to mix all ingredients. Then use your fingers to ensure there aren’t any baking soda clumps left.
- Ready? Time to add the water & essential oils
- STEP 6: LET’S ADD WATER FIRST
- We need to moisten the dry ingredients, so let’s add the liquid next.
- First, use a tablespoon to add 1 spoon of water to your measuring cup. You can also use measuring spoons.
- Pour the water into a vaporizer.
- TIP: we’ll use a vaporizer to mist the dry ingredients. It will moisten the dry ingredients better and prevent creating clumps again in areas that are excessively wet.
- Adding a nice fresh fragrance is easy!
- STEP 7: ESSENTIAL OILS
- Next we’re going to add a few essential oils to the water to make a nice fresh 'n clean scent.
- That’ll leave a nice fragrance in your toilet bowl with no extra work!
- You can use any oil you have: 70 to 90 drops of one, or several oils combined are a good amount.
- TIP: The more you use, the stronger the scent.
- For a clean and fresh scent, add 30 drops of each - PINE or TEA TREE OIL, EUCALYPTUS, and PEPPERMINT - to the water.
- Or you can also use LEMON, LAVENDER, and PEPPERMINT: again, 30 drops of each.
- Tea Tree Oil and Eucalyptus are excellent air disinfectants, perfect for a bathroom!
- All citrus (lemon, lemongrass, grapefruit, lime ), Peppermint and Lavender are also very good air purifiers - not to mention they smell great!
- TIP: If you only have 2 oils, add 45 drops of each, and if only 1, add 90.
- Let’s add a lil moisture to dry ingredients!
- STEP 8: MIST and MOIST
- Start spraying the water & essential oils mix into your dry ingredients.
- Spray a couple of times and mix with the tablespoon. Continue misting and stirring a few times until you see the texture changing.
- Again: Mist, Stir, and Test!
- STEP 9: STIR and TEST
- As you keep adding liquid to the dry ingredients, you’ll see small clumps forming. Continue stirring and misting until you've used ⅔ of the liquid in your vaporizer.
- TIP: You can use the spoon or your hand to dissolve the clumps.
- Mix well and get a small amount in your hand to make a fist. If it clumps well - it doesn’t need to be completely moist or wet! - it’s ready to pour into the mold.
- Otherwise, continue misting. If you still need more water, add a bit more to the vaporizer and spray a few more times.
- TIP: Wait a few minutes before you add additional water to your mix.
- Keep in mind the ideal mix should be slightly dry, rather than a sticky paste.
- The moisture will activate the citric acid and start a reaction between the citric acid and the baking soda.
- CAUTION: If you add too much liquid, your mix will expand and start the fizzing now, instead of later.
- Time to make the Love Bombs!
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- STEP 10: POUR INTO MOLD
- With your mix ready, it’s time to pour into your mold. Silicone molds are best, since they’re easy to demold.
- Pinch a small amount from your container and press into the mold. You may need to add a bit more to fill it to the top. Fill each one until you’re done.
- TIP: Don’t have a mold handy? Use your hands to make small balls.
- The mix yields a full mold, about 28 hearts. You can use half the amounts for a smaller batch.
- Cover and let it dry for a few hours. You can wait up to a day or two, but keep in mind they won’t dry in the silicone mold.
- Demolding is easy with a little trick!
- STEP 11: A LITTLE TRICK TO HELP DEMOLD
- Now, if your bombs are on the soft side they may be harder to demold.
- But I have a little trick that I'll share with you: put your mold in the freezer for 30 min and try again. If still soft, keep them for another ½ hour.
- Get them out and demold right away!
- So much easier, right?
- Almost done. But first, let's label the jar!
- STEP 12: STORE AND LABEL
- Store in a jar and label: put the name and date. You can also add the ingredients.
- As it turns out, my bombs came up too moist. I’m going to close the jar and keep them in the fridge - it’s so hot (we’re having almost 100 degrees temps here!) that I’m afraid they’ll stick together.
- Because they're cold, they may take a bit longer dissolving in the water.
- Dread no more: Let’s clean that toilet bowl!
- STEP 12: DROP THE FIZZY BOMB IN THE TOILET
- Are you ready? Let’s put some love into that toilet bowl.
- Drop a bomb or two and wait a few minutes for it to dissolve. If you added borax, the chemical reaction between the citric acid and the baking soda will take longer and release less bubbles.
- If they're cold (out of the fridge, like mine) they'll also take longer to dissolve.
- Either way, once the bomb is dissolved, use the scrubber to clean the bowl. All while you’re enjoying the fresh - and healthy! - scents of the essential oils.
- TIP: If the toilet needs a boost cleaning, drop a couple of bombs.
- Use the Bombs in your laundry too!
- STEP 13: ADD THE LOVE BOMBS TO YOUR LAUNDRY
- Now guess what?
- You can also use the bombs to boost your laundry! Think about it: baking soda and borax are deodorizers and cleaners, and it is citric acid.
- And the essential oils will add a nice, fresh fragrance to your laundry!
- I added a couple of bombs to my laundry detergent, to hand wash a few delicate whites, but you can use them in your regular machine wash too.
- TIP: If you’re doing whites, you can also add a ¼ cup of white distilled vinegar along with your regular laundry detergent.
- CAUTION: Though the bombs shouldn’t damage colors, you should try a hand wash with a color item first. Borax and citric acid may affect colors.
- And that makes it for the FIZZY LOVE BOMBS!
- Oh. And did I mention you can double the bombs as laundry detergent? Scroll down to STEP 13 for details
- Let’s start with the baking soda
- STEP 2: BAKING SODA IS FIRST
- Baking soda is lightly abrasive, as well as an unscented deodorizer. It is easily decomposed by acid, that’s why adding citric acid will come in handy.
- Grab a mixing bowl or container, a measuring cup and baking soda. Next, measure 1 to 1 ⅓ cups of baking soda and add it to your mixing bowl
- NOTE: Do 1 cup of baking soda if you’re planning to add borax, otherwise keep it to 1 ⅓ cups.
- TIP: If the baking soda has clumps, use your fingers or spoon to dissolve them.
- Should we add some borax? Up to you!
- STEP 3: BORAX or NO BORAX?
- Though the basic recipe doesn’t call for Borax, I use it often as a detergent booster in my laundry and house cleaning recipes. It also makes a great Sweet DIY Ant Bait.
- (You can get the recipe here: www.hometalk.com/18515410/quick-dyi-sweet-bait-to-treat-a...)
- So I like to add ⅓ cup of Borax to the baking soda. You don’t have to, but will sure make the cleaning easier.
- Borax is a good cleaner, deodorizer and booster, which makes it a good combination for the baking soda.
- Add citric acid to make the bomb explosive!
- STEP 4: CITRIC ACID IS NEXT
- Next step is to add citric acid.
- Measure ½ cup and add it to your mixing container.
- The citric acid and baking soda will produce an acid-and-base reaction that creates thousands of tiny bubbles to fill your toilet bowl while releasing the essential oils.
- NOTE: If you replace ⅓ of the baking soda with borax, the reaction will be slower, but the cleaning is likely to be better.
- Mix. Mix. And then, mix some more!
- STEP 5: MIX DRY INGREDIENTS WELL
- That makes it for the dry ingredients.
- But before we add a little moisture, let’s make sure it’s well mixed.
- Use a tablespoon first to mix all ingredients. Then use your fingers to ensure there aren’t any baking soda clumps left.
- Ready? Time to add the water & essential oils
- STEP 6: LET’S ADD WATER FIRST
- We need to moisten the dry ingredients, so let’s add the liquid next.
- First, use a tablespoon to add 1 spoon of water to your measuring cup. You can also use measuring spoons.
- Pour the water into a vaporizer.
- TIP: we’ll use a vaporizer to mist the dry ingredients. It will moisten the dry ingredients better and prevent creating clumps again in areas that are excessively wet.
- Adding a nice fresh fragrance is easy!
- STEP 7: ESSENTIAL OILS
- Next we’re going to add a few essential oils to the water to make a nice fresh 'n clean scent.
- That’ll leave a nice fragrance in your toilet bowl with no extra work!
- You can use any oil you have: 70 to 90 drops of one, or several oils combined are a good amount.
- TIP: The more you use, the stronger the scent.
- For a clean and fresh scent, add 30 drops of each - PINE or TEA TREE OIL, EUCALYPTUS, and PEPPERMINT - to the water.
- Or you can also use LEMON, LAVENDER, and PEPPERMINT: again, 30 drops of each.
- Tea Tree Oil and Eucalyptus are excellent air disinfectants, perfect for a bathroom!
- All citrus (lemon, lemongrass, grapefruit, lime ), Peppermint and Lavender are also very good air purifiers - not to mention they smell great!
- TIP: If you only have 2 oils, add 45 drops of each, and if only 1, add 90.
- Let’s add a lil moisture to dry ingredients!
- STEP 8: MIST and MOIST
- Start spraying the water & essential oils mix into your dry ingredients.
- Spray a couple of times and mix with the tablespoon. Continue misting and stirring a few times until you see the texture changing.
- Again: Mist, Stir, and
- STEP 9: STIR and TEST
- As you keep adding liquid to the dry ingredients, you’ll see small clumps forming. Continue stirring and misting until you've used ⅔ of the liquid in your vaporizer.
- TIP: You can use the spoon or your hand to dissolve the clumps.
- Mix well and get a small amount in your hand to make a fist. If it clumps well - it doesn’t need to be completely moist or wet! - it’s ready to pour into the mold.
- Otherwise, continue misting. If you still need more water, add a bit more to the vaporizer and spray a few more times.
- TIP: Wait a few minutes before you add additional water to your mix.
- Keep in mind the ideal mix should be slightly dry, rather than a sticky paste.
- The moisture will activate the citric acid and start a reaction between the citric acid and the baking soda.
- CAUTION: If you add too much liquid, your mix will expand and start the fizzing now, instead of later.
- Time to make the Love Bombs!
- STEP 10: POUR INTO MOLD
- With your mix ready, it’s time to pour into your mold. Silicone molds are best, since they’re easy to demold.
- Pinch a small amount from your container and press into the mold. You may need to add a bit more to fill it to the top. Fill each one until you’re done.
- TIP: Don’t have a mold handy? Use your hands to make small balls.
- The mix yields a full mold, about 28 hearts. You can use half the amounts for a smaller batch.
- Cover and let it dry for a few hours. You can wait up to a day or two, but keep in mind they won’t dry in the silicone mold.
- Demolding is easy with a little trick!
- STEP 11: A LITTLE TRICK TO HELP DEMOLD
- Now, if your bombs are on the soft side they may be harder to demold.
- But I have a little trick that I'll share with you: put your mold in the freezer for 30 min and try again. If still soft, keep them for another ½ hour.
- Get them out and demold right away!
- So much easier, right?
- Almost done. But first, let's label the jar!
- STEP 12: STORE AND LABEL
- Store in a jar and label: put the name and date. You can also add the ingredients.
- As it turns out, my bombs came up too moist. I’m going to close the jar and keep them in the fridge - it’s so hot (we’re having almost 100 degrees temps here!) that I’m afraid they’ll stick together.
- Because they're cold, they may take a bit longer dissolving in the water.
- Dread no more: Let’s clean that toilet bowl
- STEP 12: DROP THE FIZZY BOMB IN THE TOILET
- Are you ready? Let’s put some love into that toilet bowl.
- Drop a bomb or two and wait a few minutes for it to dissolve. If you added borax, the chemical reaction between the citric acid and the baking soda will take longer and release less bubbles.
- If they're cold (out of the fridge, like mine) they'll also take longer to dissolve.
- Either way, once the bomb is dissolved, use the scrubber to clean the bowl. All while you’re enjoying the fresh - and healthy! - scents of the essential oils.
- TIP: If the toilet needs a boost cleaning, drop a couple of bombs.
- Use the Bombs in your laundry too!
- STEP 13: ADD THE LOVE BOMBS TO YOUR LAUNDRY
- Now guess what?
- You can also use the bombs to boost your laundry! Think about it: baking soda and borax are deodorizers and cleaners, and it is citric acid.
- And the essential oils will add a nice, fresh fragrance to your laundry!
- I added a couple of bombs to my laundry detergent, to hand wash a few delicate whites, but you can use them in your regular machine wash too.
- TIP: If you’re doing whites, you can also add a ¼ cup of white distilled vinegar along with your regular laundry detergent.
- CAUTION: Though the bombs shouldn’t damage colors, you should try a hand wash with a color item first. Borax and citric acid may affect colors.
- And that makes it for the FIZZY LOVE BOMBS!