What to use effective bathroom cleaners

Despite the fact that the world stepped forward and began to invent new types of bathtubs, faithful cast iron does not disappear anywhere. Modern manufacturers have begun to actively produce new versions of cast-iron bathtubs, and most people prefer them. This article is about how to effectively clean a cast iron bathtub so as not to damage the coating and at the same time remove strong popular stains.

Natural and Chemical Cast Iron Bathtub Cleaners

A good cleaner can be one of two types:

• chemical;
• natural.

Every housewife has natural cleaning products in the kitchen; their use is referred to as folk cleaning methods that are well known to today's grandmothers. These include: soda, salt, vinegar, borax, turpentine, lemon juice, dry mustard, ammonia, starch and, of course, laundry soap. All of them are characterized by ecological cleanliness and 100% harmlessness to the human body. With the help of the above described means, you can get an excellent result and, like chemical creams or powders, clean the bath from yellowness, limescale, rust, soap marks.

The use of chemical methods similarly gives a good result, but can harm health (especially for allergy sufferers) or the bath itself. Therefore, it is very important to follow a few rules when buying them:

1. It is worth reading the information about the product, what varieties it is suitable for, carefully study the manufacturer's recommendations.
2. The purchased gel/powder/cream/paste should not be aggressive or contain high levels of chemicals. The purpose of the product is gentle cleansing, disinfection.
3. The tool must be safe for human health. At the same time, you still need to work with rubber gloves, because even a small amount of chemistry can harm with open contact.
4. It is important to pay attention to the smell, it should not be caustic and too harsh, so that you do not have to air the bathroom for an hour.
5. Consider the price. If financial resources are limited, but it is worth buying expensive chemicals once, it is better to initially choose a more suitable option.

Based on personal beliefs and finances, each housewife eventually independently determines the best bath cleaner.

What not to use for cleaning

A cast-iron bathtub is quite durable, which cannot be said about its coating. Baths of the old manufacture were always covered with porous enamel, and modern coatings have a glossy surface and a dense structure. Here the question arises, how to clean the bath so as not to harm any of the varieties of its coatings? To do this, you can not use the following tools and tools:

• abrasive cleaners;
• cleaning products and solutions containing concentrated hydrochloric acid (for example, "Silit" or "Sanitary 2");
• brushes with metal teeth;
• fiberglass sponges;
• blade, knife and similar sharp objects of improvised use.

Not following these rules, the surface of the coating will be destroyed, lose its luster, and become rough to the touch.

Cleaning Tips:

• it is undesirable to leave the bathtub wet, it is better to take a minute of time and wipe it with a dry soft cloth;
• give preference to loyal liquid gels or creamy solutions;
• If you need to rub a heavily soiled area, you can use a washcloth for washing dishes or an old toothbrush.

It is advisable to wash the bath soon after using it, then the dirt will not have time to be absorbed and it can be removed with ordinary soapy water;

Folk cleaning methods

For rust removal

1. With soda. To clean the bath with soda, immediately wet the surface a little, then apply the substance to rusty places, gently rub with a soft, damp sponge. In addition, baking soda is an excellent disinfectant and deodorizer.
2. With borax and vinegar. It is necessary to connect them together in equal quantities, moisten a cloth in the resulting solution, wipe the rusty areas of the bath.
3. With the help of salt and turpentine. Prepare a thick slurry, apply to dirty places. It helps not only to get rid of rust, but also to prevent its reappearance.

To return the original whiteness

1. Vinegar. To clean the bath with vinegar, you need to moisten paper napkins or rags in it, then cover the entire area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe bath with them, leave for half an hour. Vinegar is good at oxidizing and disinfecting.
2. Powdery white. Dilute whiteness with water until a thick porridge is obtained, then apply it to the entire surface. Hold for at least half an hour, then rinse well. This method is even suitable for cleaning an old neglected bath.
3. Toothpaste. It is applied locally to problem areas or around the entire perimeter.

To remove limescale

Than forget about it forever, the following methods will prompt:

1. With the help of ammonia. Apply the solution to problem areas, leave for a while, then rub and rinse if necessary. Ammonia is very easy to use, it is convenient for them to treat the entire surface.
2. With baking soda and dry mustard powder. Connect in a ratio of 1: 3, clean the bath. Will master not only plaque, but also rust. The perfect blend for regular weekly cleansing.
3. With a mixture of vinegar and salt. This method is especially suitable for those housewives who have plaques or stains from hard water on the bathroom.
4. With lemon juice. This method will be a good addition to one of the methods of dealing with plaque, but alone it is rather weak. Lemon juice is indispensable for preventing recurrence of plaque, you just need to occasionally wipe it on places where plaque usually forms.

General cleaning

So that you don’t have to rack your brains on how to wash the bath from rust and raids, you need to constantly keep it clean. For the usual cleaning, the following natural products will become indispensable:

1. Soda combined with laundry soap. Effectively clean and disinfect.
2. Starch in tandem with salt. They perfectly clean and disinfect cast-iron bathtubs, contribute to their bleaching.

Now every housewife knows how to clean the bath at home without buying household chemicals.

Popular products from the category household chemicals

The range of household chemicals is very impressive. After analyzing the reviews of housewives, you can rank the bathroom cleaners that are most popular:

This is not the whole list of possible means by which you can effectively clean a cast-iron bath at home.