These homemade toilet bombs will keep your toilets smelling fresh between cleaning! These fizzy bombs help to eliminate orders and keep your toilet fresh between cleaning!
Note: The original recipe called for vinegar and hydrogen peroxide. Some people had adverse reactions using the peroxide. I retested this recipe using water instead and had great resutls!
I’ll be honest…
I don’t really LOVE to clean my toilets.
I have toddlers and boys, so messes happen often. I’ve discovered something that has helped to keep my toilets fresh and stink free between cleanings.
TOILET BOMBS!!!
Toilet bombs are a mix of baking soda, citric acid and essential oils. They absorb icky odors and help to keep toilets cleaner between cleanings. I drop one into each of our toilets every night before bed. These serious work and smell so nice!
I use Thieves essential oil blend because it’s one of my favorite essential oils for cleaning. Thieves is so popular that Young Living has a whole line of cleaning products made with Thieves essential oil! Of course, you can use your favorite essential oil to freshen your toilet. Lemon and tea tree are two both amazing too!
DIY Toilet Bombs Ingredients
These are VERY simple and easy to make. You’ll need:
- 1 cup baking soda
- 1/4 cup citric acid
- Spray bottle filled with water or witch hazel
- 20 drops of essential oils (I’d recommend thieves oil or lavender to start)
Incidentally, a lot of these same ingredients will come in handy if you decide to make homemade bath bombs.
How To Make DIY Toilet Bombs
You’re going to need baking soda, citric acid, your favorite essential oils, a spray bottle and a cookie sheet. I purchased my baking soda and citric acid from Mountain Rose Herbs. Their baking soda is natural sourced and aluminum free.
Next you’re going to mix 1 cup of baking soda with 1/4 cup of citric acid together in a small mixing bowl.
Spray the water over the baking soda and citric acid. Stir the mixture and continue to spray until its damp enough to form. I used 3/4 of the spray mixture. Add 15-20 drops of essential oils to the mixture and mix very well.
Now you’r going to scoop your toilet bombs out using a teaspoon. Carefully place each bomb on your cookie sheet. Don’t worry if the mixture is a little crumbly. It’ll harden up when it’s dry! Alternatively, you can use a silicon mold or ice cube trays to make your toilet bombs. Let them set in the molds for 3-60 minutes before turning out onto the cookie sheet.
Lastly, you’ll spritz the toilet bombs with more water. This step is important because it helps to harden the bombs so the don’t crumble. After you spray the top of the bombs you need to let them dry for 4-6 hours. They’ll harden up nicely and you’ll be able to store them in a container or glass jar once they’re dry.
How To Use Fizzy Toilet Bombs: Add 1-2 bombs into the toilet tank and let them fizz for a few minutes. You can leave the cleaner in the toilet bowl, or use a toilet brush to scrub the toilet.
FAQ
The “bomb” is made with a mixture of citric acid and baking soda and helps to deodorize your toilets. You can make toilet bombs by following the instructions in the recipe card below.
You can use baking soda instead, but the toilet bombs won’t fizz. They will still clean and deodorize your toilets.
Thieves oil blend is great, but other oils like lemon and orange essential oil are great options too!
This DIY is really simple! Just follow the instructions in the recipe card below to learn how to make toilet bombs.
Thieves Toilet Bombs
These homemade toilet bombs will keep your toilets smelling fresh between cleaning! These fizzy bombs help to eliminate orders and keep your toilet fresh between cleaning!
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Total Time: 5 mins
- Yield: 40 Toilet Bombs 1x
- Category: Cleaning
Ingredients
- 1 cup baking soda
- 1/4 cup citric acid
- Spray bottle filled with water or witch hazel
- 20 drops of essential oils
Instructions
- Mix baking soda and citric acid together in a small bowl.
- Spray some over the baking soda and citric acid.
- Stir the mixture and continue to spray until it’s damp enough to form into balls. I used 3/4 of the spray mixture.
- Add 15-20 drops of essential oils to the mixture and mix very well.
- Scoop your toilet bombs out using a teaspoon.
- Carefully place each bomb on your cookie sheet. Don’t worry if the mixture is a little crumbly. It’ll harden up when it’s dry.
- Spray the top of the toilet bombs with more water. This step is important because it helps to harden the bombs so the don’t crumble.
- After you spray the top of the bombs you need to let them dry for 4-6 hours.
- Once your toilet bombs are dry you can store them in a container.
Keeping the toilet clean is not enough it needs a bathroom deodorizer to maintain it smell fresh. A clean toilet with calming scent and the perfect bathroom deodorizer will be perfect. There are so many brands and kinds that you can buy at the market. I like your article because it looks significantly effective with your so-called toilet bombs. It’s interesting to know that you can come up with your deodorizer.
I’ve got a gooey mess, which other people have also stated, but I didn’t see a reply on what I did wrong. The bombs grew considerably after scooping them onto a sheet. They grew so much that I put them back in the bowl and tried again, hoping it would stop growing after a few minutes. I tried again, and they looked good when I scopped them onto the cookie sheet the second time, but now they’ve morphed into a “unibomb”. Any suggestions?
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The “mess” hardened up today, and I put one bomb in each toilet. It did nothing to clean the toilet, but I guess it was advertised as a freshener and not a cleaner. I was disappointed and will not be using this recipe again.
When spray the peroxide onto the dry powder mixture, go very slowly after one or two sprays mix quickly. Continue in this manner until your powder looks like wet sand, then they will mold nicely.if you wet the powder ingredients too fast it will trigger foaming. It took me a few times before I learned this. I love to make them now and I even use mica to make different colors. But if you color them you have to use a toilet brush to clean the color off the sides but it is very simple. Plus I like to put them in a glass jar on display in my bathroom, looks pretty. Good luck to you!👍
I appreciate you!
Thanks for sharing so much with those of us that may not be as competent in our capacities.
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So i just made these and they exploded and got ssooo big. They are still growing!! What did I do wrong?
The same happened to me. They started growing and growing
by exploded and started growing… do you mean before you put them in the toilet?
I’m not a chemist or a scientist, but I’m pretty sure that the hydrogen peroxide and citric acid creates a toxic gas. You may want to look into it for the sake of your lungs.
These can be still made without using peroxide still become hard aftet 12-24 hours
What is “peroxide mix”?!? Am I missing something? I’ve been through the whole post three times looking for any reference on a mix of peroxide with water or anything else. I’m assuming it’s water and I just don’t see a ratio.
Just to clear this up for you: it seems this post has been edited in 2019. The old recipe used a MIX of hydrogen peroxide and vinegar. The new recipe uses ONLY straight peroxide. I see how the leftover word “mix” could be misleading. Hope that helps.
I used a spray water bottle with water and oils, looking good but they are definitely growing!?
Is this septic safe?
Hi,
thanks for this great recipe! Can I skip the citric acid or replace it with lemon juice (which I used to think were the same?!)?
Thanks!
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Is this septic tank safe?
Thank you for the wonderful recipe! The toliet bombs work great!!
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Question about the Thieves Toilet Bombs – do you put them in the tank or in the bowl over night?
I put them in the bowl
Hello Tiffany I’ve just discovered you tonight and I’m excited to give your toilet bombs a try just have to purchase a couple of ingredients ? Then bombs away !
Hi
Can I skid the hydrogen peroxide or replace it with something else?
Thank you
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Can I use Thieves cleaner in place of the oil? How much would you recommend?
Thanks!
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No, only essential oils.
Thanks for the comment. I should have read it first, but I will definitely just keep the two ingredients separate when using them. 🙂
OMG, Tiffany!!! I literally was going to go on the hunt for just such a recipe this very day and what do you know? There it was in my email box!!!! TY so much. I have all the ingredients I need to make them and I’m going to do them up tomorrow when I have a little peace and quiet in the house. Thanks so much for “reading my mind” today. LOL
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Hahaha that’s awesome! I’m glad I could help! 🙂
Do you know how much of the thieves cleaning concentrate would for instead of the pure drops?
Fantastic idea!
I will have to try this. Thank you!
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