How do you keep your tub clean?

Cori Widen
by Cori Widen
I have two kids and I feel like mine needs a deep clean twice per week! Do you wipe it down after every use? What can I do so that a once a week clean is enough? Thank you!
  15 answers
  • Joanie Joanie on Feb 17, 2017

    Two good cleaners for your bathroom......Lysol foam cleaner and windex . Both excellent products.

    • Cori Widen Cori Widen on Feb 18, 2017

      Never thought of using plain old Windex! You use it just for the faucet?

  • Irene Gronewald Irene Gronewald on Feb 17, 2017

    is it a newer tub...i.e. not old pitted cast iron like mine ..ha ha..new tub kaboom...spray let it sit 20 min. rinse...old tub comet cleanser scrub...rinse completely...very completely...then add water with bleach a cup or two fill 1/2 let sit a bit drain..never mix chemicals...dangerous...


  • Janet Pizaro Janet Pizaro on Feb 17, 2017

    Try using Lysol with peroxide bathroom cleaner along with Mr. Clean Magic Eraser.

  • Joanie Joanie on Feb 18, 2017

    Cori: I had 4 boys. When they got to be at an age to LISTEN....;)), I had them rinse out the tub if they took a bath. Of course when they got older, they all took showers. I myself take a bath and when I'm done I let the shower rinse it out. Of course, I don't of have my rubber duckies all over with soap on them.....:)))

    • Cori Widen Cori Widen on Feb 18, 2017

      Oh man, you just got me excited for the age when they can clean up after themselves :D :D

  • Mcc Mcc on Feb 18, 2017

    wax bath tub w/auto wax so it doesn't get dirty as fast

  • Ann Ann on Feb 18, 2017

    Use a soap that doesn't leave residue in the tub. Dove, glycerin bar soaps, liquid soaps (can dilute these with water to save money). Rinse and wipe the tub dry after every bath, if needed. Just switching soaps may make this step unnecessary. For cleaning shower heads, get a sandwich bag and fill halfway with white vinegar. Rubber-band the bag around the shower head. Leave on for several hours. When you remove it, the deposits will be dissolved from shower head.

  • Ann Ann on Feb 18, 2017

    Forgot to mention--buy a plastic bottle at Dollar Tree or wherever to pour liquid soap and water in to dilute.

  • Joanie Joanie on Feb 18, 2017

    I had a Housekeeper for a year and she told me her main cleaner was Windex. So I've tried it on my counters, faucets and it cleans and makes things shine, like a pair of shined shoes!!

    • Wac20451472 Wac20451472 on Feb 19, 2017

      I came home one day and my kitchen floor was so shinny it looked wet. I took my shoe off and stepped on it, and it was like glass. The dog came in and slide all the way across the room. I asked my husband what he had cleaned the floor with and he said Windex. Not a good idea. It took me three times of cleaning it with vinegar water to get it back to normal. But he tried!!! And we had a good laugh.

  • Irene Gronewald Irene Gronewald on Feb 18, 2017

    you have a newer tub...kaboom...easy peasy

  • Jacx Jacx on Feb 18, 2017

    Is the tub porcelain or fiberglass? Edfred fiberglass cleaner is great. Is the mess mostly on the sides or the bottom? if it's the bottom it may not be draining well. Gets plugged with scum and hair. Once you get it clean, dry it and put some car wax on it, especially if it's old fiberglass. Fills in the scratches and pits. You can get a tub refinished. It's an epoxy coat done professionally.

  • Hannah Godissart Hannah Godissart on Feb 19, 2017

    I use a mixture of blue Dawn (1/4th cup) to cut the soap scum and white vinegar (1 cup) to disinfect. Put it in a spray bottle and shake well. I spray it on and leave it sit for a while. Then I take a no scratch dish sponge and wipe it. I found this cleaner recipe on Pinterest and it works for me.

  • Cori Widen Cori Widen on Feb 19, 2017

    Do you do it after every use?

  • Julie D. Grant Julie D. Grant on Feb 19, 2017

    I use baking soda - cuts through everything in no time at all (use it all through the house). It doesn't scratch the surface. I have my tub cleaned in about 10 minutes. Then I spray with a disinfectant. Windex and the other wonderful suggestions don't disinfect. The baking soda/Lysol cleans so good, I have to be careful and lay down a rubber mat. Then, of course, I hang my mat so it doesn't get that grime around the mat each time. I put the rubber mat into the washing machine with my towels and Voila! Don't put it into the dryer, just hang again. Easy peasy for both tub and mat.


  • Ann Ann on Feb 19, 2017

    http://vermontsoap.com/does-castile-soap-leave-a-sticky-residue/ This company claims their castile soap is better.

  • Kathryn Sanderson Kathryn Sanderson on Apr 02, 2017

    A little bit of shampoo (any brand, I use the very cheapest) will clean the tub nicely, Just use a drop or two, scrub the tub with a nylon pouf, and rinse well. Waxing is good, but take care to wax the sides of the tub only. If you wax the bottom, where people stand, it will be too slippery!