No bathroom could be complete without a bathtub, even if every member of the family showers every day and rarely uses it. Many use it to soak clothes and recalcitrant pets, children and other strange relatives, but it still has to be cleaned no matter what went down. Here are some tips about keeping that tub of yours in tip-top tub shape. Read on, no matter how you may feel about rings and other things.
Wet and Dry
A good habit to get into is to rinse the bathtub as soon as you are finished and dry it immediately. The extra effort will be worth it in the long run because it will prevent you from having to scrub off watermarks and soap film that will set as soon as you leave the bathroom and stop looking for them. (They are sensitive and a bit shy about making their presence known.)
Rings Around The Bathtub
Rings around bathtubs are about as popular as those found around collars and other places too delicate to mention. The easiest way to prevent these rings from forming is to use a little non-oily bubble bath. If you are all out of bubble bath and don’t feel like making a trip to the bubble-bath store, use some shampoo instead. If rings are really stubborn, wash with vinegar or a warm solution of water softener and water. Or mix a paste of borax and lemon juice and scrub, scrub and then scrub some more. Let it dry and then rinse it off. This works well on tile and shower walls too.
Let It Soak, Let It Soak, Let It Soak
When the tub is finally free of appointments for the day, apply the cleaner and leave it on for an hour or so. This will loosen grime and make your cleanup a lot easier.
Stay tuned for more tubby clean up tools and tips.
Happy Bath!
Related Reading:
http://forums.families.com/kitchen-baths-amp-bedrooms,f392
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