Cleaning the bath from rust and yellowness

For a long time, one of the indicators of the hostess's cleanliness has been considered a clean bathroom. But over time, any bath dims, yellow spots and rust appear on it. The reasons are old pipes and poor water quality. In addition, the bath requires proper care. Otherwise, it’s not that it will be uncomfortable for guests, but also to take a shower or a bath yourself will be a little pleasant. But it is proved that the morning shower gives that same cheerfulness charge for the whole day, and the evening one calms, relaxes after busy weekdays. Consider how cleaning the bath should be of rust and yellowness, so that it does not take much time and allows you to easily maintain comfortable conditions in the bathroom.

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Bath Care Rules

If you follow a few “golden” rules, then the problem with yellowness, rust will not be so acute:

• After each use, it is advisable to wash the bath. You can simply rinse it well with water, without using special tools.
• To carry out disinfection: an enameled bath needs to be processed once a week, acrylic - you can once every two weeks. Apply a detergent specially selected for your bathtub, leave it for the time specified by the instructions. Then rinse with cold running water.
• Do not leave objects containing metal parts on the sides, for example, shaving machines - this leads to the formation of rust.

But if stains nevertheless appeared and you are faced with the question of cleaning the bath from rust and yellowness, then our article will come to your aid. The cleaning method depends on the material your bathtub is made of, as well as the degree of contamination.

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Bath cleaning methods

There are two main methods of cleaning and the mass of improvised means.

Mechanical way

To do this, we need abrasive cleaners, a hard sponge and gloves:

1. First you need to wet the surface of the bathtub with water.
2. Then apply the cleaning agent, leave for an hour.
3. Then you need to carefully clean off the rust and plaque with a hard sponge.
4. When the surface becomes clean, rinse the bath well under running water.

Work will take some time, it takes some effort, but you will enjoy a snow-white bath.

Important! If you don’t have a cleaning agent on hand, you can use regular baking soda.

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Acid method

Here we need rubber gloves, a soft sponge and acid. As an acid, you can use different means:

• vinegar;
• lemon acid;
• oxalic acid;
• bleaches.

Apply the selected acid to the yellow spots with a soft sponge, and this procedure must be repeated several times over several hours. Then you need to rinse the surface well under running water.

Important! Be sure to use gloves and provide good ventilation in the bathroom, since a high concentration of acid can be harmful to your health.

Now consider what means you need to use to clean the bath from rust and yellowness, depending on the material of your font.

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How to clean a cast-iron bath?

For a cast iron bath, the following remedies are perfect:

• Effectively whitens baking soda.Its small particles perfectly clean the plaque, but can scratch the surface, so you need to be careful with this substance.
• Citric acid is also a universal remedy. It is diluted in water, stains are treated with this solution and left for 15 minutes. Then the bath is rinsed with water.

Important! When cleaning with citric acid, be sure to wear gloves.

• To remove rust spots, a solution of hydrogen peroxide and ammonia - 50 ml of peroxide is 100 ml of ammonia. This composition is applied to a soft rag or sponge, all stains are processed. After 15 minutes, you need to rinse the bath well.
• Mix borax with ammonia and apply on rust or dirt. Wash everything off after 15 minutes.
• Salt and wine vinegar can also help in deciding how to wash the yellowness in the bathroom. 2 tablespoons of salt and 100 ml of vinegar are taken, mixed in a glass container and heated to a temperature of at least 65 degrees. Such a mixture is applied to problem areas and left for 20 minutes, then washed off.
• You can use dry bleach. We mix it with water in a 1: 1 ratio, apply the resulting slurry to the spots and leave it to dry completely. Then we wash it off with a strong pressure of cold water.

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How to clean a cast-iron bath?

It is not recommended to clean the enamel with metal brushes and toilet facilities. The composition of toilet products includes chlorine and acids, which can ruin the surface of the bath.

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Acrylic Bath Cleaners

Currently, acrylic bathtubs have appeared in many homes, which require more delicate care and the question arises of how and how to clean the acrylic bath from yellowness.

On the surface of acrylic is an antibacterial film that protects against mold and bacteria. If aggressive substances are used, this film may be destroyed, so use proven and safe methods.

9% vinegar:

1. Rinse the bath with hot water, dissolve 20 g of salt in 100 ml of vinegar.
2. Microwave and heat.
3. Then pour this solution into the bath and let it sit for 20 minutes.
4. After the specified time, rinse with water.

Lemon juice:

1. Rinse the surface with hot water before applying lemon juice or acid.
2. Then pour the powder on the spots and leave for 20 minutes.

Or rub the places with lemon juice, then rinse with water.

Special detergents for acrylic surfaces

Now there is a large selection of cleaning products for all surfaces. Just be sure to read the instructions.

Important! It is always better to clean the bath when wearing gloves.

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Why not clean an acrylic bathtub?

To clean acrylic surfaces it is undesirable to use:

• Abrasive cleaning pastes and washing powders - these substances can lead to microcracks, in which dirt, germs will accumulate. In the end, the surface of the bath will become unusable.
• Do not use alcohol-containing emulsions, means based on gasoline, acetone or ammonia. All of these substances can corrode the acrylic surface.

Important! If no method has helped you, then you can do a restoration of the coating. If the bath is enameled, then you can apply a new enamel, and for acrylic an acrylic liner is suitable.

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We hope that our simple tips helped you correct the situation with the appearance of your font, and cleaning the bath from rust and yellowness did not take you much time. In the future - just follow the simple rules of prevention given in this article, then there will be no obvious spots on the surface.