Bathroom Maintenance

What is it about frat boys that they've never heard of bleach? Ever walk into a frat boys bathroom and want to puke? Keeping the bathroom clean is a must! Also.... keeping it stocked with toilet paper, boys. This post is mostly to help you gross men to keep up with your bathroom. After all, if you can't keep the place clean where you're supposed to clean yourself, how can we trust that you are clean?!

Mold, Mildew, and Soap Scum

The simplest way to make your bathroom appear clean is to get rid of these three things first. To prevent this from happening:

Buy These Products

• Toilet bowl cleaner
• Windex
• A mildew-removing spray cleaner
• Comet (for bathtub stains)
• A toilet brush
• A tub brush
• All-purpose spray with antibacterial ingredients
• Clorox pre-moistened wipes.

Daily Wipe-Down

Spritz an antibacterial cleanser on top of the walls and corners of your bathtub, shower curtain, sink tops, toilet, and faucets with a paper towel. (Sponges hold too much bacteria) Do this for two minutes a day and you're golden. Come on guys, TWO minutes a day.

So You Forgot to Do the Wipe-Down...

If soap scum seriously builds up, coat the surface with undiluted detergent and allow it to dry for several hours. Wet the same surface with a solution of liquid detergent and water. While the surface is still wt, sprinkle it with scouring powder: then scrub it with a stiff brush.

Bleach it

For nail polish, blood, coffee, tea, food, fruit juice, or lipstick stains in your bathroom, apply household bleach using plastic gloves. Never mix bleach with other cleaning products- especially ones with ammonia in them; it creates poisonous fumes.

Grime Between Your Tiles?

Color the grout. Go to the local hardware store and ask for grout colorant. It spreads on with a toothbrush or Q-tip, dries quickly, and does for your bathroom what whitestrips do for your teeth!

Keeping the Rest of Your Bathroom Clean

• Spray the mirrors with air freshener (to clean and leave a nice scent). Wipe with paper towels, or newspaper for fewer streaks.
• Use a toilet bowl cleaner or drop-in tablet and give your toilet a good scrubbing once a week. Store it in a big plastic cup to avoid toilet water drips all over the floor.
• Remove your shower curtain every month and give it a good scrub with a bristle brush and Comet. If it's still grimy your best bet is to trash it and get a new one. Skip fabric curtains since they lead to mildew. 
• Make sure there is a plunger in the bathroom. Go for a stylish chrome one that sits in it's own case.
• If you have a hair ball the size of Chewbacca in the tub drain, stick your hand inside a damp coffee filter to pull it out. Or like a savage, just pull it out with your hand.

Please, don't forget to keep stocked on toilet paper! Especially if you have company over a lot. I think it is just embarrassing to have people over while your bathroom looks like crap!

What To Keep in Your Medicine Cabinet

• Ace bandage and tape
• Antacid
• Antibiotic ointment
• Band-Aids
• Clear nail polish
• Dental floss
• Eye drops
• Hydrogen peroxide
• Ibuprofen
• Mini-scissors
• New toothbrush
• Cold meds
• Cough syrup
• Pepto-Bismol
• Vaseline 
• Rubbing alcohol
• Sunscreen
• Tweezers