Previous owners left bath in a terrible state 😢

[InNeedofaBath]

I’m absolutely desperate for a good bath after cleaning this filthy house that they left behind.

Unfortunately they left the bath almost as unclean as they left the toilet. 😧

Not sure how well the photo shows but it’s deep scratches with engrained dirt, all the way down. I think possibly they washed their dog in the bath.

A new bathroom is going to have to be on the agenda. (We’ve had four quotes in, all £9.5-9.9k! 😦)

Until we find a magic money tree with £10k on it, is there any way at all to do something about the state of this bath?

I was going to say Oxy type powder and v hot water. I use that for stained cups, tea pot etc. Then I'd go over with an abrasive cleaner if needed like pink stuff or cif. Then bleach or bleach spray if needed.

Good luck!

Our bath is scratched from DS2 soaking/scrubbing picture frames to get stickers off (well, not the frames, the glass).
The scratches aren’t black, but your bum feels them when you’re sitting 🙄
(It was nearly new when he did it, too. If he’d only put some towels in first…)
Anyway, even if you can get rid of the black marks, I’d get a nice soft padded rubber bath mat to sit on until you can replace! 🙂

Everyone saying bar keepers friend, I just looked it up on Amazon, which one is it?

This. Buy a bath, hire any plumber to fit it. Easy. Did it a couple of years ago I think the bath was £150 and the plumber £100ish.

You need the enzymes in the biological washing powder to dissolve the stains. You can try dishwasher tabs as they contain enzymes too nut they are very abrasive so dissolve in the water but don’t scrub .

Having seen that toilet, if you have an electric shower please get it checked!

When we ripped out our bathroom there was live electric cables behind the metal bit your turn the shower on and off. They’d swapped out and electric shower for a normal manual one and just left the cables in. Not sure how none of us got electrocuted tbh. Been a bit twitchy about other peoples bodge jobs since.

I have finally learned to only use neat white vinegar* rubbed in vigorously with a shower puff, followed by a rinse and a polish dry in the bathroom - bath, sink, taps (employing an old toothbrush) and loo bowl. The water is hard so I’m up against limescale as well as the need to clean.
I guarantee everything will gleam and come up like new. When you’ve thoroughly cleaned (might take a number of attempts for you) you could contact a company which does spot repairs. They can sand down and recoat any remaining small areas. I hope this helps and delays your need to replace items.

*5 ltr containers c/o A……n. Cheap as chips.

Interesting! Easily boxed in, maybe put shelves above for extra storage as you say it’s small. We did this then tiled floor to ceiling. Buying the bath, loo and sink separately and getting a decent plumber to install is no way going to £8K. We bought a non scratch non slip bath, about £400, a sink that already had a cupboard attached-£350 and thought that was expensive, but it’s very neat, doesn’t stick out. £200 to replaster the ceiling, it’s a small room!

Definitely biological washing powder. Kim and Aggie showed how the skin deposits would run off the enamel afterwardsshudder.

After trying these cleaning tips get a good quality full length bath mat too. It will help you feel less contaminated !

A new bath isn't costly. No need for a whole new bathroom.

This one. Sorry about crazy long link.

www.amazon.co.uk/Bar-Keepers-Friend-Surface-Household/dp/B00BLKGJ2G/ref=asc_df_B00BLKGJ2G/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=256160543207&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16627507600800383785&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007101&hvtargid=pla-421263621331&psc=1&th=1&psc=1

T-Cut car polish will soften the scratches, clean it first & then use the polish

Nothing to add except post us an after pic. Now if anyone needs me I'll be In bed with a beer watching tiktok videos of folk cleaning stuff. Happy days😁

Can you give it a really good clean and then re-coat the enamel? I'm sure they do enamel paints for baths

I know I'm missing the point of the thread here, bathing a dog in the bath is normal isn't it?

You can get the bath sprayed with an acrylic paint (I think it's acrylic) a coating anyway.

If it's enamel, a magic sponge works a treat.
I tried near neat bleach on one we inherited and it did nothing. Tried magic sponge on mother in law's recommendation. At first I thought I'd taken the surface off the bath but no, that was the colour it was actually meant to be. Came up a treat

Hahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahah!!!!!!!!

We once viewed a house here the staircase wasn't attached to the wall! It was a bit wobbly going up (and I was shitting myself having to go back down). But that toilet, just casually wafting around in mid air with not a care in the world, takes the biscuit.

Where do you live that a bath costs £10,000?

serious note: was it like that when you viewed? Do you have the brochure? If it wasn’t, I think it would be reasonable to seek redress.

Just here to agree that £9,000 for a new bathroom is extortionate. I think they saw you and saw pound signs!
Perhaps don't look for quotes for a new bathroom specifically, but look for quotes from a plumber to fit a bath, sink, etc and replumb the pipes. Order the items yourself and you'll save thousands.

£9000.. that’s insane..

I had mine done Christmas time and it cost me less than £4k, that included floor and wall tiles, a whole new suite with L shaped bath, waterfall shower, skimmed ceiling with spotlights, plumber and tiler and a new bathroom window.
We could have done it even cheaper if we wanted to.

I’d go at it with a magic sponge.

Magic sponges should not be used on shiny surfaces.

Clean it well and then add one of those bathmats with the suckers that stick to the bath. The biggest one you can find.