<p>However, I’ve recently developed a wart on the bottom of my foot. I want to really clean the shower/tub and make sure nothing in there will further irritate it. What’s a good way to do this?</p>
<p>No, I don’t know if it’s porcelain or ceramic. =(</p>
<p>The wart may or may not have anything to do with your bathtub. But if you want to make sure that you are killing viruses, you would need to use bleach or something like lysol. Both are quite strong and i use them sparingly in the house. Clorox makes a product called cleanup that can be sprayed on the surface. Follow directions carefully and make sure you have some ventilation.</p>
<p>Warts on the feet can be problematic (Plantars warts). Do see someone about removing the wart.</p>
<p>Buy a gallon of plain bleach - Clorox or the house brand will do - doesn’t matter - the cheaper the better. Put the stopper in the tub. Pour in about 1/2 of the bleach. Fill the tub with hot water. Let sit for 10-15 minutes. Drain water. Rinse tub.</p>
<p>This should take care of everything. If you are certain that no one else is using the tub, but still want to sanitize before using, spray with bath/tub/tile cleaner and leave on for 10 minutes and then rinse right before using the tub.</p>
<p>For instant sanitation of most surfaces I fill a spray bottle (empty spray bottles are sold at most drug and grocery stores) with isopropyl alcohol. Spray toilet seats, telephones, airplane trays, etc. and wipe to instantly sanitize hard surfaces. This is rubbing alcohol and it will kill just about everything.</p>
<p>I used to clean people’s house when I was in high school (made a lot more money than babysitting). I used to use Comet or Ajax. I would wet the surface first, then cover the surface with Comet, let it sit for an hour then scrub it down. That stuff would take anything off, and the surface would sparkle. Just make sure you wear rubber gloves when you are cleaning or it would take your skin off.</p>
<p>Oh please make sure the bathroom/area is well ventilated when doing this. Bleach in hot water that is possibly emiting steam can hurt your lungs if the area is not well ventilated.</p>
<p>Eek…perhaps I will avoid the bleach. We have fans in our bathrooms, but no windows…I could leave my bathroom door open and close the bedroom door and leave my bedroom window open.</p>
<p>HGFM, you do not need a half a gallon of bleach and a tub full of water to sterilize a bathtub! Make a dilute solution of bleach and scrub the tub with it using this guide as your reference:</p>
<p>The Comet suggestion is a good one . Wet the tub, sprinkle generously, let sit for a while and scrub with gloves - you’ll likely have really good results!</p>
<p>My favorite way to clean anything made of white porcelain is this:</p>
<p>Fill it to the brim with the hottest water you can get out of the faucet. Add 1 cup of bleach (for a bathtub, a splash for a sink) and a few tablespoons of dish soap. Leave it overnight. Drain and rinse in the morning. If you have sponges or dish cloths or scrubbies or grubby white washcloths, throw them in to soak overnight too. </p>
<p>While you have the bathtub with hot soapy slightly bleachy water, dip out enough to moisten a white towel. Use the white towel to wash the bathroom floor (you want white because you can bleach white) and then throw it back in the bathtub to soak overnight. In the morning, rinse it quickly, wring it out, and throw it in the wash. Now you have a clean bathroom floor and a clean bathtub.</p>
<p>There is whitening a tub and then there is just cleaning it. </p>
<p>“HisGraceFillsMe” since you are worried about your foot and all. You might just want to use Scrubbing Bubbles and maybe get a pal to help you since you have a bad foot for now. That way everything will just plainly be clean and you will not have to worry about falling down or something since you have a harmed foot. </p>
<p>Vinegar is antimicrobial and you can just dilute some in a spray bottle, let it sit, and then rinse things off with hot water. Which is what “acollegestudent” pointed out</p>
<p>In the future. The kind of tubs you are describing work fine with Ajax or even a bit of baking soda and hydrogen peroxide for whitening. Those “bath fitters” plastic type of tubs are the ones which one has to be careful cleaning or you can accidentally ruin them.</p>
<p>Geeky FYI alert…</p>
<p>The molecular structure of bleach does not really lend itself to hot water. Cold water is best or you will dilute its whitening properties. One can mix dish soap with bleach or even laundry soap (obviously) and use that for cleaning or what have you. But, never mix ammonia with bleach because that creates a gas which can scar the lungs if not make you faint or pass on.</p>
<p>I am truly just trying to be nice here. I really do not want the next thread “HisGraceFillsMe” to start up to be about falling down while cleaning a tub with a bad foot and being in traction or something:)</p>
<p>If you don’t have major scrubbing to do, save your back and use a light mop. I’ve been using one and it’s saved my back. We have tiled shower walls and it saves me time.</p>
<p>Knowing my klutziness, it would probably happen even WITHOUT the bad foot.</p>
<p>But I’m on my way to the Student Health Center now to get the wart frozen…again. (This will be the third time.) Perfect way to start the week off! ;)</p>
I’m sure no one else is using the tub, we all have our own bathroom.</p>