This Dawn and vinegar homemade bath and shower cleaner is fantastic. The recipe has been floating around the web and so I had to give it a try for myself!

Couldn’t be more thrilled to have found an inexpensive powerful homemade bathroom cleaner. Once again vinegar proves to be a great household cleaner and you can even mix vinegar with baking soda for a great way to unclog a drain.

DIY Tub and Shower Cleaner

Homemade Bath and Shower Cleaner Recipe

You probably have the ingredients already at your house.

  1. Dawn Dishwashing Liquid
  2. White Vinegar
  3. Spray bottle with tight fitting lid
  4. Measuring Cups

Homemade Shower Cleaner Instructions

No need to use bleach, just equal parts Dawn Dish Soap and vinegar does the trick!

  1. Measure out equal parts of Original Blue Dawn dishwashing detergent and white vinegar.
  2. Heat vinegar a couple of minutes in microwave or on cook top until vinegar is hot.
  3. Carefully pour vinegar into a spray bottle.
  4. Add in Dawn dishwashing detergent and shake to mix.

Ways to Use this Homemade Cleaner

This Dawn & vinegar cleaner will cut through soap scum, clean sinks, glass shower doors and also the toilet bowl. Just spritz it on, scrub and rinse. For tough soap scum build-up, spray the mixture on and allow it to sit for about 30 minutes. Scrub and rinse.

Do be careful, it does make a lot of bubbles, so the tub might be slippery. If there are too many bubbles adjust the ratio by mixing two parts vinegar to one part Dawn. Salt will also dissolve the bubbles.

There’s More

Don’t stop with a clean shower, grab your kitchen sponge and wipe down any grease or grime you see on your cook top, counters and appliances!.

You will be amazed by this bottle of blue magic! 

homemade bathroom cleaner



If you like this cleaner you might like this DIY Laundry Detergent Recipe


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  1. TILED Shower Warning – Please don’t use this on a TILED shower, or Granite! Over time, the vinegar (acid) can/will break the grout down. With a newly tiled shower, our installer suggested CHEAP mouth wash (high alcohol content, great smell): Full strength in a spray bottle. His suggestion = Spray on, walk away. Once or twice month, Wipe down, vigorously, with a damp rag after the spray. (Regarding how often: your mileage may vary, depending on frequency that shower is used 🙂 )

  2. Can’t wait to try this…just recently moved and now have Hard Water…that I can not clean with my regular cleaner. Thank you.

  3. I use this and love it in my tub but my separate shower has natural stone and I can’t use vinegar in there. I wish there was a homemade cleaner to use on natural stone tho…. Any tips?

  4. The reason that you use Dawn with this is because Dawn cuts the grease!! Our bodies can release oils or maybe the products that we use on our hair sticks around. Dawn cuts all of that down. I had already been using the Dawn, but not with the Vinegar! I’m excited to give it a try, especially on my sinks AND the potty!!

  5. No need for dawn, too soapy. Just use White vinegar 30% up to 50%. Fabuloso (tablespoon or two for scent and degreasing). No need to boil it either. I have had many cleaning companies and this is silly. No soap. And bar type soap produces more “scum” than body wash types. Find a pretty small sprayer for the bathroom and spray curtain, glass etc just before you get out snd leave (30%). Keeps clean. Cheap vinegar will make you cough more. They now sell “cleaning” vinegar. Slightly less fumes. Don’t use on marble or unpolished/protected stone. Tiles can be used if rinsed and use 30% of Vinegar. Will help with pink mold and some early black mold. Will keep it at bay if used after each shower on trouble spots.

  6. Thanks Ro! I am not sure about the Palmolive. It wouldn’t hurt to give it a try. Please let us know!

  7. You don’t have to use it warm or all at once, so it will work for more than one use.

  8. Sounds amazing. I am wondering if you have to use it warm…and all at once? Will we want to make just enough for use at one time? Thanks for sharing.

  9. Will original Palmolive dish soap work? Can’t wait to try it either way, gonna give it a go today. Thanks for the recipe love your site!

  10. What great timing. We just ran out of our usual “scrubbing bubble” cleaner … so I’ll make
    up a batch of your recipe! THANK!

  11. We use this cleaner on our ‘refinished’ bathtub – it was recommended by the refinishing company. The only problem is that the vinegar is very … strong! Makes one cough, a lot. Be prepared to have vent the room, turn on the bathroom fan, etc. Works great though.

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