Stained Bath Problem

New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 486, 15 October 1948, Page 27

Stained Bath Problem

Dear Aunt Daisy, I. am about to\move into another house and I noticed, when looking through it the other day, that the bath is badly stained-quite yellowish at the bottom and around the lower sides. The previous occupant had been obliged to do her household washing in the bath, which may have something to do with it. What would you suggest? ; "Carterton." Perhaps it'is an enamelled bath, and the enamel is wearing thin, so that the iron is beginning to show through. In that case, you can only keep on just cleaning it. Re-enamelling at home is sometimes successful, but not always; when done professionally, the several coats of enamel are baked on at very high heat. However, try giving your bath a good cleaning with a paste made of kerosene and whiting; or kerosene and a good brand of soap-powder. Rub hard, and afterwards rinse well; and then complete the job by putting a thickish layer or plaster of the paste over all the | stained parts, and leaving it on for as many hours as you can spare the bath. | Then’ wash it off, and you should find | the yellowish look nearly gone. You} may have to persevere with this treatment at frequent intervals. Another | very good idea (for enamelled sinks and therefore it should work witH baths) is to leave a few inches of water standing overnight. in the bath with ‘a little chloride of lime, first well dissolved, in it; or chlorogene, which is safe and ready to use; or a certain brand of washing powder. This has whitened my own old. sink, without damaging it. Very bad stains generally come off with a Paste made of cream of tartar and peroxide, left on for a few hours.