What to use on the bath

MRSMCAWBER

Hi there

Do you have a home brew shop near by? only the sell a sterilising powder for the barrels (also in morrisons brew section too) i throw in some of that and fill the bath with cold water and leave to soak all night if need be -hubby uses soap in the shower end of the bath and there is always a build up-and thats the only thing to shift it ...make sure you have a window open though as it stinks like bleach ...bleughhh

mine is a plain white bath mind,,, not sure if it would effect coloured ones or not

novice_money_saver_2

Do you have an enamel bath OP? If the enamel has "gone", you're wasting time and money trying to get it clean as the surface is now porous and absorbing the dirt (ugh).

We had our enamel bath resurfaced, cost about £200 :eek: but cleans up a treat. The alternative I'm afraid is to buy a new bath.

NMS

GavB79

If it's limescale the most amazing thing I have used (although not at all OS!) is Domestos 100% Limescale. I bought some last week and it said 'New' on the bottle so not sure how long it's been available, but wow it was amazing on my toilet and plugs/taps etc.

It really is sad how a 20-something man can get so enthusiasitc about cleaning!

izoomzoom

We inherieted an old enamel bath (a year ago when we bought our house) that could really do with a recoating, and eventhough this is only £200 with a bathroom that needs redoing, we are just biting the bullet until one day in the next decade when we have some money saved ...

Okay that wasn't helpful but bubble bath has worked wonders for us. We use bubble bath in every single bath and it really helps to keep the grime down, and I probably only clean it once a fortnight. We go through one bottle of the cheapest supermarket value brand bath foam a month (about 21p I think).

The fortnightly clean is done with OzKleen's Bath Power and I know that is expensive but a bottle lasts us quite a few months.

I was pregnant last year and I hate to admit but I did not clean the bath for nearly 3 months :eek: (I simply did not have the energy:o ) but we used bubble bath everyday and then a few days before my due date I finally got DH to clean the bath. Thank goodness he did because DD was born less than 6 hours later (at home) and I was well pleased when the MW commented on our sparkling clean bath :rotfl:.

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Try Bicarbonate of Soda on a damp microfibre cloth. Don't use a lot of water and put some elbow grease into it. Works on my 'plastic' bath. Buy it from Boots, ask the pharmacist for a large packet, about £2 I think. It works out a lot cheaper than the stuff you buy off the cooking section shelf to make your cakes rise!

When I'm really busy or I've had a bath I leave the water in and pour in a couple of cupfuls of clothes washing powder and leave it over night. This is the no effort way of cleaning the bath, but I don't like doing it as it does waste a lot of water. Does bring it up sparkling clean though.

pol

Have you tried Barkeepers Friend? Someone on the forum mentioned it and I've been amazed at what it can clean. I had a rubber scuff mark on my wall that nothing could shift, but this brought it off in two seconds. If anything can clean your bath, this will! :T HTH

msmicawber

If it's limescale, then I'm a great fan of Lidl's limescale removing cleaner. If it's an enamel bath that has become thin through being scoured, then you can get the stuff to re-enamel it from hardware shops.

MrsTinks

If limescale use cillit bang - in fact try cillit bang anyway!
If it's just dirt (yuck yuck yuck) then your best bet is biological washing powder. Fill bath with hot water and loads (couple of scoops) of biological washing powder (HAS to be BIO!) leave a few hours then scrub with non scratching scourer.
If it's staining (take a really really close look!) then there is little you can do as already mentioned. Sorry

Yategirl

killmymortgage wrote: »

Try Bicarbonate of Soda on a damp microfibre cloth. Don't use a lot of water and put some elbow grease into it. Works on my 'plastic' bath. Buy it from Boots, ask the pharmacist for a large packet, about £2 I think. It works out a lot cheaper than the stuff you buy off the cooking section shelf to make your cakes rise!

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yep bicarb here too - I use old pan scourers (you know the sponge with green scrubby thing on top) - use in the kitchen then wash in the machine and next use in the bathroom as the scrubby "bit" has softened slightly.. I sprinkle the bicarb round the bath and then make a paste with a tiny bit of water and scrub - really does work! Sometimes I find I get a slight white film even though I have rinsed - I use white vinegar every so often to help get rid of the residue.

fuglyjowls

Thanks for all your answers - should have said at the start that it's not enamel - just your bog standard plastic/acrylic whatever they're made of. And it's white.

It's definitely not stained but I'm not sure if it's limescale or soap scum. We only use the bath about once a month as we are shower people so once it's clean it should be easy to keep it that way.

I've tried cilit bang and that didn't shift it. Haven't tried biological washing powder though or bicarb in a paste so I'll give that a go and see if it works!

Thanks for advice.