Cleaning your bathtub - are you an innie or outie?
By whittby
@whittby (3072)
United States
April 14, 2008 6:16pm CST
This morning as I was in the shower merrily cleaning the tub and wall, I thought of this being a discussion at myLot. And no, please don't try to picture this, not a pretty picture haha. Anwway, I clean the tub and shower walls while I'm still in the shower as this seems to be a very efficient way to get it done. So I scrub away and get everything all clean and then get out. So how do you clean your tub?
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16 responses
@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
16 Apr 08
Sometimes I will clean it while I am in there, sometime when I am not. This does remind me of a funny story. I used to work for a cleaning company, I was in the tub/shower merrily scrubbing away....when I accidently turned the shower on. I was no a happy camper, I was in a uniform, nothing to change into, and wet. First and only time that happened, now I am extra careful.
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@carolbee (16230)
• United States
20 Apr 08
I use cleanser on the tub while on the outside of the tub. Get on my knees and reach inside to scrub. The bathroom with the tub isn't used that often since most of the time I am in a hurry and shower in the other bathroom. Am afraid I will slip when showering in the bathroom with the tub because the tub tends to get a little slick from shampoo.
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@whittby (3072)
• United States
21 Apr 08
Oh boy, there was shampoo spilled in the tub when I got in for a shower this morning. Good thing I am extremely careful getting in. Our other bathroom has just a shower and would be really nice to use, but my son uses that bathroom. Enough said about teenage boys and bathrooms. 
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@marty3888 (2355)
• Acme, Michigan
16 Apr 08
I should do it the way you do it. I wait til there's some mold, then I clean it. First I spray Lysol mold and mildew, then later I'll scub it. Then I thank my girlfriend when she tells me the shower looks wonderful.
@coffeeshot (3783)
• Australia
21 Apr 08
I'm definitely an innie when it comes to scrubbing the shower. It's so much easier and any gunk, or shower cleaner you get on you can be washed off straight away! I quite enjoy scrubbing the shower when I'm in it!
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@suehan1 (4344)
• Australia
16 Apr 08
i am a innie as well.firstly as you said its easy while you are in there,and i agree its not a pretty sight with me also.lol.secondly i use domestos which really takes the colour out of your clothes.so really it saves me time and saves my clothes.cheers sue
@rombi001 (941)
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16 Apr 08
I don't usually clean the bathtub... but I would probably start from the inside and then move out... I like to spray water everywhere and the clean up from the inside to the outside, to the floor and then the wall tiles...:)
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
20 Apr 08
I find it much easier to step inside the tub when cleaning it. It is also easier to reach the shower walls without too much reaching and stretching. The tough job is getting the floor of the tub clean. Mr. Clean has a scrubber that has a long handle and works great. One of my clients has this and it works great.
@sunshinelady (7609)
• United States
20 Apr 08
I smiled when I read for us not to picture what you were doing that it was not a pretty picture. lol. 
I don't clean mine that way although now that I think about it it is good tip. I believe I will start cleaning my tub this way now. Thanks for the good discussion. It gave me food for thought.
I don't clean mine that way although now that I think about it it is good tip. I believe I will start cleaning my tub this way now. Thanks for the good discussion. It gave me food for thought.2 people like this
@ElicBxn (63643)
• United States
16 Apr 08
I hurt my feet in the mid-90's. For a long time I had this stool in the tub to bathe sitting on, but when I remodeled I wanted a very low lip step in shower with a bench. The tile gets cold in the winter so I basicly sit on a no skid matt in the winter, but other than that, the floor is unglazed tile that is no slip and it just a great place to take a shower.
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@whittby (3072)
• United States
16 Apr 08
I don't deal very well with cleaners either and have been using "green" cleaners, plus my newest is using lemon. Now there's a lovely smell coming out of the bathroom. Boy with a sit down shower, you can really take it easy when you're cleaning
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@terri0824 (4991)
• United States
15 Apr 08
I am an outie usually though there have been times that I have been an innie and cleaned the tub out before getting out of the shower.
What an interersting discussion!
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@alamode (3071)
• United States
22 Apr 08
I'm a definite 'innie'... I usually take the dirtiest dog in with me and bathe them quickly. That way, they can stay in the warm room while I finish, and get themselves mostly dry on my pile of dog towels.
After I wash, I use a spray cleaner and a brush to clean the walls and rim of the tub. I step out with the water still on, and let that all rinse down. I hit the walls with a squeegee, and I'm done!
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@alamode (3071)
• United States
22 Apr 08
The grrr-lees are a problem... they don't like it much, but our Schnauzer was trained that way when he was an only child and doesn't mind at all! He likes it a lot better than being in that big tub all by himself.
@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
15 Apr 08
Well I clean houses for a living and I use those magic markers they have out now, to clean the shower stalls and tubs. I go on my knees and scrub them, so I guess I am an outie. I clean my own this way too. I have once tried to wash it down when I was in the tub and I found it too soapy and I got the soap on myself and it is harsher soap and I don't like getting it on my body.
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@whittby (3072)
• United States
16 Apr 08
I just read about using the magic eraser above and put one in the bathroom to use tomorrow. I love those things. I can see if you're doing this professionally, you would prefer to be outside - doesn't sound like a plan crawling around inside someone's tub
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
15 Apr 08
After I am all washed and lathered up still, (after shampooing my hair that is) I rinse the wallks of the shower then wash them as I also rinse myself off. Then I am done.
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@vera5d (4005)
• United States
22 Apr 08
I like to watch my hubby doit :) he is so much better at clening than me. if i clean the tub i just spray stuff on it and hope for the best when i wipe it down - he will usually actually get in there and scrub it with a scrubbie to get the soap scum and whatnot off of it! I am so very lucky to have married him!!
