September 29, 2012

DIY- Garbage Disposer Cleaner

This post is gonna be short & sweet.  Because I have 19 minutes until I have to leave for work.  Then off camping & to enjoy the great outdoors & the 80 degree weather to usher us into October!

I found these babies on pinterest...of course...and had to try them out because they are super easy & fast.  They are garbage disposer cleaners!  2 (TWO!) ingredients- a lemon & some vinegar! I can do this!

Our garbage disposal starts smelling after awhile & I never REALLY knew what to do to clean it- typically I'd just dump a little bleach down there and flush it through for awhile.  It did get rid of the smell!  And since our disposal broke once & the repairman suggested shoving some ice cubes down there every so often, this recipe makes sense!

I added a little "something" in mine- here's the steps:

1. Cut up some lemon!

2. Squirt a little Dawn on the bottom of an ice cube tray

3. Place a lemon chunk in each ice cube spot

4. Fill with vinegar

5. Freeze!!!

6. Pop out & store in ziploc bags (unless you like the smell of vinegar in the freezer....)

7. To use: drop into garbage disposal & let that do the work for you!

I added some Dawn to the bottom




 I added the Dawn cuz it made the ice cubes pop out of the tray easier once frozen...plus what can a squirt really hurt?  PLUS after I popped the cubes out you can stick the tray in some water & it will soap up & start the cleaning process for you :)

AND I actually only cut up half the lemon then squeezed the juice from the other half over the tray to add a little extra lemon scent.  They work wonderously & I could def smell some lemon scent as I sent the cubes down the disposal.

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