Cleaning your bathtub can seem like scary, overwhelming, even back-breaking chore – but it’s not – and there’s actually a very easy way to clean your tub! In this video, Melissa Maker shows us a quick bathtub cleaning routine which will make this job so much easier!
cleaning your tub can seem like a scary
overwhelming even back-breaking chore
but it’s not in fact there’s a really
easy way to do it and I’m going to show
you exactly what it is and just before
we get to the scrubbing if you haven’t
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your bathroom what does the dirty tub
actually mean well first it means if you
have any of this on your head that
there’s probably hair in the tub
guilty and there’s also soap scum in the
tub and if you want to know what soap
scum is it’s a disgusting slurry of dead
skin cells dirt from your body oil from
your body oil from your products and all
the remnants that come out of soap and
shampoo and it all kind of mixes
together it’s wet going down and then
when all the water dries up what’s left
behind is soap scum and that stuff will
look gray and might feel a little bit
sticky or gritty if you run your hand
along it it might look kind of stripy
along the sides of your tub you’ll know
what if you see it don’t confuse soap
scum with bacteria there’s nothing in
soap scum that can actually hurt you
it’s just gross now there are three
different kinds of tubs that you might
encounter
there’s cast iron which are beautiful
cloth footed gorgeous looking things I
don’t have that in my house there’s
acrylic or fiberglass tubs which kind of
feel plasticky and then there is what
I’m standing in which is just an
enameled tub and that’s what we’re going
to clean today now if you do have the
other types of tubs you want to make
sure that you’re using the appropriate
cleaning products and tools obviously
nothing that scratches because both of
those finishes are quite delicate there
are tons of different products out there
for cleaning your tub and they probably
all work really well I am going to keep
it simple today and just make my own
recipe with ingredients you probably
already have just get yourself a mixing
bowl and add equal parts of baking soda
and dish soap here I’m using about a
quarter cup of each this recipe does not
keep well so you’re going to use it and
then you got to get rid of it now I’m
also adding about ten drops of essential
oil today I’ve chose
grapefruit because I really like the
smell and because citrus actually helps
break down soap scum I’m going to mix
this together really well and there’s
your recipe just a quick note if you
plan to clean your shower tiles and your
tub at the same time do your tiles first
with a video on that I’ll link it for
you down below and then do your tub
after you want to keep your tub dry
until the very end here’s a quick tip to
make sure your knees don’t take a
beating while you’re scrubbing your tubs
take a towel and fold it up a few times
so that it’s nice and thick then rest
your knees on the towel and that will
make this process much more comfortable
start with a dampened sponge and dip it
into the mixture that you’ve created
apply that on to the tub what you’re
doing here is essentially giving your
tub a facial mask if you will you’re
going to let this sit for about 10
minutes or so the product is going to
start to work by breaking down all that
soap scum and the baking soda will
really help get rid of any of that stuff
that’s really stuck on now when the time
comes
wet your sponge again and start at the
back section of your tub or cake section
by section use the scrubby side of your
sponge and just work your way back and
forth using an S pattern scrubbing as
needed now if you encounter an area that
is particularly scummy you can give it a
bit of a buff in a circular motion and
if you want to check to see if the soap
scum is gone just run your finger along
that area of the tub if it feels nice
and smooth there’s no more soap scum now
work your way all the way down to the
end of the tub when it’s all done give
it a good rinse you might want to use a
container to do this or a removable
showerhead if you have one once its
rinsed and there’s no more product left
behind either use the squeegee to get
rid of the moisture or you can use a
nice thick absorbent towel and might I
recommend a makers microfiber cloth to
do that even though it might have seemed
like an overwhelming job I hope we’ve
shown you that it takes like five
minutes to clean your tub it is so not a
big deal so I hope this video has
inspired you to go and clean your
bathtub and then you get to reward
yourself with a nice
warm that this week’s comment question
is are you a shower person or are you a
bath person I remember when I was a kid
all I wanted to do was move out of the
bath bays and get to showering but now
as an adult I feel like bats are so nice
what would I give to take a nice warm
bath every night so let me know in the
comments down below what you prefer
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