Do you bleach your bath?

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After reading on another thread about people using (or in this case not using) bleach when cleaning their baths I was shocked to hear that I'm in the minority of people who do this.
Do you use bleach to clean your baths?

I remember Kim and Aggie saying that if you could smell bleach you'd used too much and they only ever put it down manky loos.

Kim and Aggie 😂

Well let's face it, they cleaned some filthy shit tips so if only using a bit in a grotty toilet was enough...

I hate the smell of bleach.

I think 🤮 about using bleach anywhere near where food is prepared.

I wouldn't want to sit in a bath that had been cleaned with bleach.

I surely can't be the first to say it on an MN thread!? I use zoflora to clean all surfaces in the house at least once a week-includes bathroom, kitchen and floors (damp mop wooden floors and tiles). Dunno if it's a bleach or an anti bacterial? Makes the house smell nice like nothing else however.
Bleach only toilets and butler sink and only then when we are going on holiday for a week or longer-don't even know why I do that really 🤷🏽‍♀️because my Mum used to probably.

No, I never use it for routine cleaning, just keep some in for mouldy sealant, smelly drains or similar. I do use bleach spray on the kitchen sink sometimes to get rid of tea and coffee stains though.

I have to dust mine. None of us like baths. I have 3 of the buggers.

I don’t put actual neat bleach on it, but I do have some of the Flash with bleach spray, which I occasionally use for scrubbing the bath/hand basins if they get really filthy.

Never use bleach anywhere else in the house - wouldn’t feel right using it in the kitchen.

No, just a regular bathroom cleaner

I hate the smell of Zoflora and most shop bought cleaners. I can taste them. DH insists on buying them.

Even KINN smells horrible and it's supposed to be natural. It's not as bad as Zoflora though.

Sometimes I do, if I feel it could do with it.
But my routine bathroom clean would just be an anti-bac spray. Or even just warm water with fairy and a dash of disinfectant & a cloth.

I don’t like the smell of zoflora either

I use a bathroom spray, sometimes with bleach. I often buy something because it’s on special offer to try. I bleach the loos every other day and the plug holes and kitchen sink regularly but not specifically the bath. It’s cleaned every other day so I wouldn’t say it gets dirty really.

I live in a hard water area and have old fashioned tub with real enamel so I cannot use any scouring/abrasive cleaner.
So I use flash with bleach and cilit bang on my tub at least once a week.
Bleach doesn’t just kill bacteria, it kills fungus. Regular soaps do nothing to prevent athletes foot or mildew from forming.
Bleach doesn’t harm real enamel. Just the modern enamel which is actually a poly sealant not enamel.

I had a friend who managed a large cleaning firm , she told me bleach was no good for cleaning and in fact at thevwrong dilution breeds bacteria. Bleach just bleache the gunk white so you cant see it

I don't use bleach for anything, it smells revolting, and makes me heave.

Your friend is wrong pelirocco, bleach doesn’t bleach everything white. It wouldn’t be used in hospitals if it didn’t work.

Tbf a few people have spoken about cleaners but anyone can be a cleaner- I’ve been one myself- doesn’t make you an expert on how cleaning products work

bleach is for disinfecting not cleaning.
soap & warm water cleans everything enough unless you have someone immunocompromised in your home or you need to stop a really nasty infection.

Nope, I use method.

Why does a bath need disinfecting?! What are you doing in it?!

Nope. A non-bleach bathroom spray works fine.

Bleach does have its uses, but a routine cleaner isn’t one of them IMO.

Nope, ive banned bleach from my house but not for environmental reasons more to save my clothes cos i always splash no matter how careful I am trying to be.

Why would you need bleach for your bathroom? I can’t remember ever buying any. I prefer Method - nice smell and everything comes up gleaming.

No. Why would you need to bleach your bath?

Unless you’re a serial killer disposing of bodies, you do not need to cover your bathroom or any part of your house (except a toilet bowl) with a dangerous corrosive product.

Jif cream and a scourer here on bath, tiles, sink etc

Bleach doesn't clean your bath, it disinfects it.

Soap and water will clean your bath but won't disinfect it.

Disinfectants work best when the area is cleaned first, ie; soap and water.