Cleaning the bath - there has to be something better

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Help! What do you clean your bath with? 4 nights a week DH and DS are doing a sport that involves being barefoot on a filthy floor (and the shower is over the bath) so I blame them, but our bath is a nightmare to clean. I use decreasing kitchen spray with a sponge/scrubby thing which takes ages and a lot of elbow grease. I don't mind if that's what it takes, but years from now if someone tells me there was a miracle product/technique that everyone else knew about I'm going to be spitting feathers 😁

How does an adult (dh) get into a clean bath, make it filthy, and then leave it for you to clean? I don't care how much he does around the house, this is purposely making a job for you!

Snap. I use the scrub daddy when I've finished showering. Head and shoulders brings up the glass screen I discovered. I believe fairy liquid is good for cleaning the bath too. My husband has filthy feet. You can see where he has stood. It's all over the White towelling bath mats too 🤬

Viakal

I use it on the bath, the tiles and the glass shower screen.

Excellent stuff and I never have to scrub.

Plain old fairy and a scrub daddy.

Matey?

I had a bath like this, it wouldn't let go of any stains, marks etc without my having to scrub it with my blood sweat and tears.

Then the bath was replaced and....oh my god. Can't believe how easy it is to clean now.

Thick bleach 😬 I squirt it around the inside of the bath, add a tiny amount of water and then use a long-handled scrubbing pad to clean it. Then I rinse it thoroughly with hot water from the shower. I used to spend hours with pink paste, bathroom cleaners and cloths etc but the bath is so big and awkward, I genuinely couldn’t be arsed with it anymore.

Vamoose from Lakeland

Cif does the job here. I also use Ecover limescale remover spray as we have hard water.

Fill the bath with a couple of cm of really hot tap water and chuck in a dishwasher tablet (cheapest supermarket ones are fine) leave to soak overnight and rinse in the morning.

This is what I was going to say - hard water, same over bath set up and DH who likes to pad around barefoot - do a proper descale until every thing feels smooth, then a finish with a non scratch bath sponge. Depending on bath material, don’t scrub with scouring powder as it will just make fine scratches to trap dirt and more limescale. I then give a quick maintenance spray of Viakal and then any liquid cleaner to break the surface tension after every use, if necessary.

Though those who are bringing that much grime into the bath should be taking their turn on cleaning.

The Pink Stuff and a Scrub Daddy x

Yes use a cream cleaner.

To remove limescale, try distilled white vinegar (be careful you don't mix it with bleach)

Exactly what I was going to say! !🙌 it’s the only thing that cleans our white plastic bath. Brilliant combo.

CIF and I use a bath sponge with an exfoliating side. I’m the problem with scrubbing off
fake tan. CIF sorts it out.

You could put one of those rubber mats with suckers in the bottom of the bath?

Magic sponge and bathroom cleaner.

The limescale was my initial thought - start there.

We keep squeeze bottles of dish soap (just fairy liquid) and a sponge in each shower/bath and give them a quick wipe down several times per week during a shower. It's a lot more effective than longer bouts of occasional scrubbing starting from a dry tub (and honestly it's easier to do when you're already wet and stripped down yourself). Dish soap is good for grease without being as unpleasant to work with. If you've got limescale then I'd add a spray bottle of 50/50 white vinegar and water to your bathroom supplies and do a nightly spray down.

i hate the smell of the pink stuff
i use Ciff

I used to use until recently Flash Bathroom in the big pour bottle until they recently discontinued it 😠 used to do the job brilliantly delivering a good clean and leaving the bathroom smelling amazing. I've now gone to the spray bottle Flash Bathroom but it's so much more inefficient as you have to use most of the bottle to spray the bath down.

Cif bathroom mousse

If it’s that difficult to clean I’d say the baths fucked
if it’s a plastic bath using scourer or wrong product will take the top shiny protective layer off everything will stick / stain it’ll look dull and dirty

This is what I would suggest too, I use Viakal spray on mine and it works beautifully.

Hi,
I totally get your frustration! For a tough job like that, I recommend trying a few things:
Baking Soda and Vinegar: Sprinkle baking soda in the bath, then spray with vinegar. Let it sit for 15-20 minutes before scrubbing. These can work wonders on tough stains and grime.
I hope one of these makes your life a little easier! Good luck!

How about they sit on a chair and wipe feet with a wet flannel and soap before they go in the bath? Would that make a difference?
Think the idea of a shower matis good. A bit of biological powder in the bottom of the bath or perhaps a dissolved dishwasher tablet? Leave a bit and then scrub?