After some time, the bath loses its original appearance, becomes yellow and rough. To wash the yellowness, you can use special tools or proven methods.
How to whiten a cast iron bath?
To begin with, all rust is removed. You can use oxalic acid, which must first be diluted to the state of gruel in water. Then with this mixture we smear all the yellow spots and leave for forty minutes. After that, the bath is washed with a cleaning powder, and the stains are slightly rubbed with sandpaper. Degrease all roughness with solvent.
Next, using a cotton swab put on the right places, nitro-enamel. We let it dry, and so three times, each time letting the layer dry for half an hour.
What else can I whiten the bath?
- Bleach . You need to take a bath with water, after which the bleach concentrate is dissolved in it, and you need to add about twice as much as when bleaching things, and in the morning, drain the water.
- Citric acid , only need to be thirty bags.
- Vinegar , but there will be a strong smell.
- Sprays and funds on a cream basis.
Owners of modern bathtubs are worried about how to whiten and wash an acrylic bath . With acrylic coating you need to be more careful. The bath should be washed regularly with a rag or sponge, and the means to choose only liquid so as not to scratch the surface. You can use a quick method of bleaching with chlorine, 1.5 liters of which is poured into the bath and comes down after 10 minutes.
Sometimes the question arises about how to whiten a very old bath. For this, you can use known cleaning powders ("Comet", "Silit", "Gala"). We scatter the cleaning agent on the surface of the bath, after which we slightly moisten with water, wait about 15 minutes for the agents to soak. Then, using an iron brush, the walls are cleaned, the rust leaves, and the shine returns.