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metaphortunate son ([personal profile] metaphortunate) wrote2014-04-20 06:17 pm

wife of baths

Hey people who take baths, and claim it is relaxing:

How does that work? Like, specifically, how often do you clean your bathtub?

Currently Rocket is bathed in a small baby tub, and the Junebug takes baths in our ordinary tub, and let me tell you I am counting the days until he grows out of reacting to showers like we have chosen to wash him in the special Flesh-Flensing Acid Shower of Death. Because right now he gets washed twice a week, ordinarily, and I have to scrub the tub down first, at least a quick wipe with one of those Lysol wet wipes, because, Jesus. I mean, we shower in that thing daily. I’ve seen what we pull out of the shower drain. It’s gross. I don’t want him sitting in that. Instead I worry about how well I’ve been able to rinse the tub and about whether it’s poisoning him sitting in Soft Scrub residue. So, like, I walk by Lush, I look at the bath bombs, it sounds nice, but then I think about the choice of sitting in dregs of hair and scum or else scrubbing the tub and then sitting in bleach eddies. Plus, if I got a bath bomb, probably scrubbing the tub afterwards as well. How does it get to be relaxing?
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[personal profile] troisroyaumes 2014-04-21 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
We rarely take baths but we do clean the tub regularly -- usual method is to take the Method bathroom spray (which is pretty environmentally friendly, I think, since the main ingredient is just citric acid) and scrub manually. About once a year, I do a very hot soak, but that's just water, and I shower afterwards.
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[personal profile] rydra_wong 2014-04-22 10:03 am (UTC)(link)
usual method is to take the Method bathroom spray (which is pretty environmentally friendly, I think, since the main ingredient is just citric acid)

This. I have a similar eco-cleaning spray that's basically citric acid. As and when the bathtub's looking at all grimy, I spray it with that, rinse it with hot water from the shower attachment, and if any areas are left looking manky (e.g. if I've been using oils in the bath, as they tend to cling to the walls), wipe them down with a micro-fibre cloth. Very speedy, and any citric acid residue isn't going to hurt me.