How to clean the bath of yellow plaque at home?

Bath is one of the most comfortable places in the house, and with this hardly anyone will argue. It does not matter what it is - cast iron, acrylic or steel, when it is contaminated or covered with yellow spots, pleasant water procedures can be forgotten. Long luxuriate in warm water inside such plumbing is not so desirable. How to clean a bath of yellow plaque at home, to cheer yourself up with a morning nice shower and relax the evening bath with foam - this you will learn from this article.

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How to clean a cast iron bath from an unpleasant yellowness?

If we talk about a cast iron bath, then the most effective are the following methods.

Soda food

This product effectively whitens any surfaces. For work you need:

• to take a sponge or a rag;
• soak it in hot water;
• sprinkle the surface of the bowl with soda;
• all this mercilessly rub until the plaque disappears from the surface.

Important! The finest soda crystals excellently remove the yellow coating, but despite this, they can damage the enamel. Therefore, you must be extremely careful with this component. More delicate will be the application in the form of a paste - for this, only pre-mix the powder with warm water.

Citric acid

Citric acid is exactly the same universal substance as the above-described soda. Work with her in rubber gloves to protect your hands from corrosive acid.

How to use this product to clean the bath of yellow plaque at home:

1. Mix the acid pack in 300 ml of warm water.
2. Soak your sponge with a solution, treat it with yellow spots.
3. After 15-30 minutes wash the bath with warm water, you can additionally use the usual cleaning agent.
4. Thoroughly rinse the surface of the bath with cold water to eliminate all chemical elements that are left after washing.

Peroxide + ammonia

A solution of hydrogen peroxide, as well as ammonia, excellently eliminates rusty spots on the surface of a cast-iron bath. To make this solution, combine in a glass container:

• 100 ml of ammonia;
• 50 ml of hydrogen peroxide.

The resulting solution is applied to a dry rag or sponge, which you will begin to process stains. After 15 minutes, rinse the entire surface with a shower.

Salt, wine vinegar

Cooking salt and wine vinegar also help to cope with the difficult question of how to clean the bath of yellow stains at home. To prepare a solution you will need 2 tbsp.l.salt, 100 ml of wine vinegar.

The mixture is used as follows:

1. Mix these components in a glass container.
2. Heat in a microwave oven to a temperature of 65 ° C.
3. Pour the prepared solution into sponges that are covered with yellow.
4. Rinse the surface with water after 20 minutes after the cleaning procedure.

Dry bleach

Dry bleach will help to keep the bath in complete purity, and its condition will be as new. To do this, take 3 tbsp.l.dry bleach and exactly the same amount of ordinary water. You should get a mushy mass, which you put on rusty, as well as yellow sections of the bath.

After application, wait until it dries. After it has dried, wash it off with cold running water.

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What is not allowed to clean a cast iron and steel bath?

Do not use

• metal brush as an enamel cleaning agent;
• detergent for toilets.

Important! The components that comprise the composition of the latter are acids or chlorine, which can damage the enamel surface. Of course, you will be able to wash the bath to white at home using these tools, but as a result of the appearance of microcracks, the contamination will stick more often and more. Accordingly - you will spend more time and energy on cleaning plumbing, and in time it will simply not be laundered.

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How to clean the acrylic bath from the yellow coating on the bath surface?

All of the above methods are effective for cast iron, as well as steel baths. But today most people in homes, as well as apartments have acrylic models installed. And they require even more attention and delicate care.

Important! To ensure that your acrylic bath does not become covered and does not turn yellow, it must be thoroughly rinsed with hot water after each use.

Means that are not dangerous for acrylic:

• Lemon juice.
• 9% table vinegar.
• Oxalic acid, which was diluted with water in a suitable proportion.
• Special detergents for acrylic surfaces.

Usage rules:

1. All listed solutions are applied to the surface of the bath with a soft cloth or sponge.
2. Before applying the solution to the surface, the detergent composition must be heated, but not brought to a boil.
3. After you have finished eliminating yellowness, rinse the tub with a good head of running water.

Important! Strong chemical methods can not be used because they are capable of destroying a glossy acrylic surface.

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How to wash an old bath?

It is often enough during repair to get rid of the already old bath. This phenomenon is associated with most reasons.

The main ones:

• there is no cash to buy a new acrylic bath;
• reluctance to get rid of a convenient and long-familiar design;
• inability to render an old model of a bath because of its too big weight, dimensions, and also in connection with a tile.

All this makes most owners of old plumbing look for options, like to wash the old bath from the yellow spots.

Folk methods

Their use can lead to permanent damage to the coating, but if all of the above methods do not help you, it makes sense to try the following methods:

• Pour the bath undiluted with vinegar and then leave overnight. In the morning, rinse it with water and clean it with a sponge.
• You can act in a different way: dial a hot water bath and pour in it 1 liter of vinegar. In this form, leave everything for the night, and in the morning drain, rub the surface and carefully rinse the bathing area.
• Dilute the bleach with water in the same proportion as for bleaching things, rinse the entire surface of the bath with this solution.
• Use a toilet cleanser that contains chlorine. It can very well cope with absolutely any stains.

We use household chemicals

The best bath cleaner is one that does not require a lot of application and washing effort, it does not damage the bath surface and is safe for pets, as well as for people.

The most effective and yet gentle surface, are the following:

1. Cillit Bang - suitable for regular washing, but with sufficiently complex soiling, such as limescale and rust, can not cope.
2. Cif is preferably in the form of a gel. A particularly effective series is Ultra White.
3. Comet in the form of a gel is a universal tool for all kind of sanitary ware, as well as kitchen surfaces. He can cope with complex pollution. But for baths is best suited series "7 days of cleanliness" - with its help, the effect lasts much longer.
4. Domestos( liquid or as a gel) - suitable for regular care, and also copes with stains of any prescription and complexity. Its drawback lies in the sharp smell of chlorine.

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Clean or restore?

The first thing you need to do is find out how much the bath is to be bleached. In this case, there are two options:

• The first is bath cleaning.
• The second is the restoration of the bath.

It is possible to understand this:

1. In case an acrylic or cast-iron bath has lost its original whiteness due to improper care for it, you can do with intensive use of household chemicals.
2. If the bath is completely dirty and rusty with old age, it is better to make a restoration with the acrylic liner.

The guarantee of the snow-whiteness of the bath was and still remains regular, timely care. Every time after using the bath, do not be too lazy to rinse the surface with warm water. After that, wipe it dry with a soft rag or sponge. Then, and with the problem of how to clean the bath of yellow plaque at home, you will have to face much less often.