Cleaning with…BLEACH
I guess there’s a series happening at the blog. I much prefer my Cleaning with Vinegar post to this one but last week I had to clean with bleach.
I think I’ve mentioned before that the new house has a jacuzzi tub. I have been VERY excited about this. Last week we finally had a night cool enough that I could enjoy it. I drew a bath, got in, and then stood up and turned on the jets. Gobs and gobs of black stuff came SHOOTING out at me. I screamed and jumped out (thank goodness I had the foresight to stand up!). Shaun came running in to see the black algae swimming around in the tub and his wife freaking out. We drained the tub, with a rag over the drain-to catch the algae. Because of the rag, it drained REALLY slowly and I had to go to bed. The next day I used Clorox wipes, Scrubbing Bubbles, and then I filled the tub up and poured about 2 cups of bleach in there and ran the jets. It bubbled up!
It is now clean and I have since done some research. This is actually quite common! It is suggested that you add 1/4 cup powdered dishwasher detergent to a full tub and run it for about 10 minutes. I will be doing that and SOON!
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OMG…
That is pretty gross! I never use jetted tubs at other places for this reason (hotels, etc). Our tub is a shower/tub combo which we never use as a tub because it is too small and for some reason the water out of the faucet runs really slow (its fine through the shower though). But every now and then I fill it up and pour in liquid dishwashing detergent and run the jets for 10 minutes. It does work really well.
Eww! And you were so excited to jump in the bath too! I’m sorry that happened, it sounds disgusting! I would have freaked out…
I would have flipped my lid!
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