Clean A Bathtub With Oven Cleaner
If you have an old, tired, stained porcelain bathtub that nothing seems to clean it, you can try spraying a layer of oven cleaner on the tub.
I have an old bottle of Easy-Off in my chemical crate and the back label reads:
EASY-OFF Oven Cleaner with lemon is ideal for cleaning barbecue grills, NON-ALUMINUM and NON-CHROME pots, pans, skillets, fryers, drip pans, etc. Also cleans surfaces of porcelain enamel, stainless steel, undecorated ceramics, and concrete.
For white porcelain bathtubs that are hopelessly stained and you don’t have the cash for a refinishing job, oven cleaner does do a good job on the tub. Make sure you open the bathroom window first to ventilate the room as much as possible and wear a face mask if you find the fumes overwhelming.
You will see the foam ooze out black and brown grime. Let the cleaner work for a few hours before rinsing the tub. I don’t know if this is safe to use on colored porcelain tubs, but you can test a small area if you’d like to find out.
The chemicals are very harsh in oven cleaner so I would only use this on a tub that nothing else worked on. I did use this myself once on a 20 year old bathtub that was deeply stained and it worked like a charm. I can’t say if it damaged the finish at all or if it had any undesirable long term results but as a non-expert, I didn’t notice any ill effects.
If it’s a plastic or acrylic bathtub that has hard to remove stains, you can try soaking laundry detergent in it for a few hours.
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12 Feb 2008 at 9:24 am
I use oven cleaner on my porcelain tub every few months to remove built up soap scum. I wipe the cleaner off the chrome with a wet rag right away. It works like a charm. I even spray it on my ceramic tile around the tub. I have done this for years, and the tub and tile are colored, and over 40 years old.