What to use on the bath

MrsTinks

Biological washing powder

This is designed to get through the natual oils and stuff on our skin which is what is causing your lovelly water marks

It'll struggle with the limescale but for this we have... VINEGAR!!! :rotfl:

Ok ok i grant you it's tricky getting vinegar on the side of a bath but once this is one all you have to do is clean it from time to time with some vinegar and water in a spray bottle and a quick scrub.

I would dip and old towel or large face cloth in vinegar and then hang it over the side of the bath covering the lime scale - leave for 10 mins and then take a plastic scourer and the lime scale should come away.. if it doesn't leave it a bit longer.

Trust me it WILL remove the lime scale! If the limescale is by the plug hole (drops from the tap) then just put the plug in and put the face cloth down and soak it with vinegar making sure the limescale is all covered with the cloth. If the limescale is thick give it an hour (or longer)

Linda32

Maybe life would be easier that way :rotfl: I'll go have a glass of wine instead, always helps I find :rotfl:

FrugalJo

Linda
I have an age old bath, the original for this 1950's house I'm sure, last month after two years of battling with it I had a look on the Sticky Mega index thread on here for a cure. A mixture of cream of tartar and peroxide solved the problem

Try this link:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=24906#post24906

HTH

MrsTinks

oh forgot to say - to use the bio washpowder (MUST BE BIO! non bio wll not work) just run a hot bath with a couple of scoop fulls of detergent in and leave it to sit for 30 mins - you can even stick your shower curtain in if you have one Will clean all that yucky black stuff and soapscum off it beautifully

dannahaz

tine wrote:

I would dip and old towel or large face cloth in vinegar and then hang it over the side of the bath covering the lime scale - leave for 10 mins and then take a plastic scourer and the lime scale should come away.. if it doesn't leave it a bit longer.

That's a really neat idea, using a towel or flannel.

Does it need to be distilled (white) vinegar, or will Malt work?

Hazel

MrsTinks

I use distilled but I guess malt would work...

As for the flannel then I do something similar for taps, I just take the flannel (I keep an old one for this btw ) and soak in vinegar and wrap around the offending part that is covered in limescale... go off an do something else (like go to work for the day lol) and when I ge home I take off the flannel and wipe the tap as I go and the limescale just comes straight off

tawnyowls

I find Astonish Bathroom Spray very good. If your bath is really bad, you could try something much stronger, such as Limelite, but read the instructions! If your bath is enamel, you might be better off recoating it with a product such as Tubby. However, I found when I tried this, that just sanding it down with the fine sandpaper they supplied took off all the limescale, so I never actualy needed to use the paint.

Soapy955

My bath has a dull finish to it and whatever I do doesn't seem to bring back the shine. It is a plastic bath and is ivory coloured.
I read somewhere that you can clean soap scum with biological washing powder. I have just filled the bath with water with some washing powder in and have left it to soak and will go back later and give it a scrub. Will this work or have I just wasted a bathful of hot water, as well as my time!

Any help would be much appreciated.

MrsTinks

if the dullness is caused by dirt and grime then chances are the biological washing powder will cut through it - it's designed to break down amongst other things human body fat and skin (YUUUUCK) which is a large part of soap scum...
However if the dullness is due to the finish on the bath, either because the top layer has been rubbed off though over cleaning or just general wear and tear then nothing will restore "the gleam" If all else fails then the last resort is Cillit bang - if that won't remove the scum and restore the gleam then I'd say the bath has had it...

kal25

Hi you could try stardrops, I used it for the first time on my bath and it looked like new. There are 5 of us and no shower,s o bath get used an awful lot. I was finding no matter what I used it always looked as if I hadn't cleaned it but stardrops worked wonders, even hubby was impressed.