How to Keep A Bathtub Clean

Keeping your bathtub clean means cleaning it weekly and maintaining it daily. If you do this, and follow the steps provided, you'll save yourself a lot of scrubbing and you'll keep your tub looking nice and clean.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Bathroom cleanser
• Sponge or rag
• Bleach, vinegar or alcohol
• Towel

Clean Weekly

1. Clean your bathtub right after using it. The steam loosens up the dirt and grime and makes the job a lot easier. Use bathroom cleanser or baking soda weekly and scrub with a sponge or rag. Rinse the tub well.
2. Open the drain and remove the hair. Clean with the cleanser and rinse.
3. Clean the porcelain surfaces with the bathroom cleaner.
4. Clean caulking around the bathtub with bleach, vinegar or alcohol to kill the mildew.
5. Wipe surfaces dry after cleaning.

Maintain Daily

6. Keep your bathtub clean by rinsing the tub after each use.
7. Remove hair from the surface of the drain.
8. Wipe surfaces dry with your towel. Pay special attention to the shower's tile grout and the caulk around the tub to prevent mildew growth and buildup of soap scum.
9. Turn on the exhaust fan, open the door and window in the bathroom and leave the shower door open to increase ventilation and decrease the possibility of mildew. Close the shower curtains so they can dry quickly and thoroughly.

Tips & Warnings

• Keep your tub looking nice and clean by replacing any cracked caulking. Scrape off the crumbling pieces with a scraper and re-caulk with mildew- resistant tub and tile caulk.
• To make a home-made bathtub cleaner, use four parts water to one part white vinegar.
• Don't use bath oils that leave bathtub rings.

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