HOT VINEGAR AND DAWN DISHSOAP/ MIRACLE DIY BATHROOM CLEANER?! HOW TO GET THE YELLOW OUT OF A BATHTUB

Since you are already microwaving the vinegar, wipe the microwave afterwards. The vinegar steam is great for that. A 2 for 1.

I use Dawn & vinegar for many cleaning tasks. You need to let it sit for 20-30 minutes before scrubbing or rinsing. Another tip: roll your bottle instead of shaking it & you won’t get so many bubbles.

Warning: I once microwaved a cup of white vinegar, full strength, for 5 minutes. The reason I came up with this big idea, was I wanted to clean out my microwave. My son had used it the day before, and it now had a huge baked--on mess of whatever it was that he cooked. About 3 or 4 minutes in, I heard a loud bang. I ran into the kitchen to find that the microwave door had blown open, when the vinegar heated up and exploded. Since it now looked safe, I went ahead and cleaned It out, as planned. It did clean up very easily. Unbelievably, the door seemed to not be damaged. Still, I should have probably thrown it away because it could have gotten an undetected radiation leak. I'm not qualified to give advise on this subject, but personally speaking, I won't ever heat up full strength vinegar again. And, I wouldn't heat up vinegar that's strongly diluted with water, longer than 2 minutes. Actually, even taking those precautions, I don't know if I would ever do it again.If you just want to clean out your microwave, boiling a cup of water in the microwave for 5 minutes, works just as well as hot vinegar. And, no explosions.

You have to let it sit for 15 minutes or so before cleaning. You can also add baking soda and it cleans very easy.

Oh, to be young and strong again. Thank you for the video. It is not for me. Clean every day, so no scrubbing. But being retired and have never had help cleaning, know that cleaning and keeping up with it daily is best. Save time, keep up with it. A place for everything and everything in its place, as you go.

I used the cleaning vinegar and Dawn combo on a 60 year old cast iron tub. Applied it liberally hot, let it sit a couple hours, went back with a scrubby sponge and washed it down. Literally looks like a new tub!

I have acrylic tubs and showers, I use a Cascade dishwasher pod mixed with about 2 cups of water, sponge it on one section then wait a few minutes before scrubbing lightly with sponge and rinse. Comes out fantastic—this also is terrific for tile surrounds as well.

I like vinegar and Dawn dish soap as a cleaner. It works really well. I also bought an electric rechargeable brush scrubber from Amazon for cleaning the bath, and it has been a game changer. Used with the cleaners, it cleans faster and it saves on labor because it’s doing all the scrubbing for you, and it has a long handle where you can do everything standing up. The other added bonus is I can also use it (with a different brush head) on my tile floors, and my floors look like new.

I always used either Ajax powder cleanser or Comet powdered cleanser to clean the tub after every use. I never wanted to get in the tub that hadn’t been cleaned and sanitized. I would sprinkle the cleanser around as soon as the water drained out and I use white washcloths that I get very inexpensive at Walmart for cleaning the tub. Wet them down and start rub around and clean off the soapy residue and skin cells, then use the sprayer that I have installed in both of our bathtubs to thoroughly rinse the powder dow the drain. My tubs have always stayed shiny and clean. You letting that rust stain build up and then using a scratchy sponge is actually damaging the glaze on the tub making it more likely to stain always. My mother-in-law never could understand how my tub was so shiny. When you let a stain set into fabric, tubs, wall or whatever the harder it is to remove. Do it immediately, I live in the country too and we have rust in the water too. Those powdered cleansers also have some chlorine type chemical in them that bleach’s and disinfects.

I have used this solution for years. The septic guys approved it, bath installers approved it and I've never been disappointed.

In my reading on the many comments, I’m amazed at the on going advisers who bring good products to the table, wow, 68, and still learning new things! Thanks!

The key to this hack is leaving it soak over night (or several hours). I hear the vinegar to just at a boil on the stove then remove and pour it over the dawn already in the bottle. This prevents melting a plastic bottle if someone doesn’t have a glass spray bottle. This is my fav shower/tub cleaning hack.

We spray the vinegar and Dawn on and then we leave it overnight and then we work on it the next day it comes out so much better

Just a quick comment, after researching the effect of mixing vinegar and a variety of soaps like Dawn, Castille soap, etc...It appears that mixing them together causes one to weaken the effect of the other. Used separately is different. I, for example, wash pet dishes with a solution of Dawn (2-3 tbsp) and water (16 oz) in a spray bottle, rinse, spray with a vinegar and water solution (1:1) in a spray bottle and rinse again. The vinegar solution removes any soap residue (or saliva residue) in the dishes. I also use this method to wash travel mugs and bottles to eliminate any soap residue. I found a product called "Iron Out" very effective when I had hard water staining in my bathtub. I do use Dawn dish detergent alone to clean the tub and to clean grease stains from clothing (a drop rubbed into the grease stain before tossing the item into the washer)...great results!

As an owner operator of a cleaning business. Iron Out spray. Fast & easy. Dont forget to spray under faucets, shower heads & sprayers, they have screens which get clogged with iron. Washers, inside toilets, etc. This is about the harshest cleaner i use for iron issues. PS hot liquid in a closed container could burst, be safe.

You can achieve a wonderful result with so much less effort by using a 75% vinegar solution and get it steamy but NOT boiling then add the BLUE Dawn dish soap in a 1:1 ratio in a spray bottle. Take this mixture a spray it on all the surfaces liberally. Then let it set for 2 hours without doing anything. After 2 hours start rinsing everything down with just plain water, perhaps from the detachable shower head. Then to make it super easy USE A BROOM, dedicated for this purpose only, to scrub all the soap scum and hard water stains away. I just let the hot water trickle out of the spout to keep my nylon broom bristles wet as I'm scrubbing. Then give your surfaces another water rinse. YOU WILL BE AMAZED at how this works. I first saw this technique on a YouTube however I can't remember the lady's name that shared her technique but I just tried this yesterday on my shower tub that I had neglected cleaning for 3+ years. WOW was I impressed with how it looks now!

I've been using this combo for years. This and barkeeper's friend are pretty much the only cleaners I use. Saves me a lot of money and it cleans nearly everything. For stains I use baking soda/peroxide paste.

I did this today in my shower absolutely worked wonders

Vinegar is a must as well as Mr. Clean Magic Erasers. PS: I'd like to add that I've been experimenting with different cleaners. Ok, first of all, the mold in my tub was off the charts disgusting, so I discovered toilet bowl cleaners works for that, then, I let that sit for hours, usually when I go to work, then rinse. Lastly, I use the vinegar/Dawn mixture on the chrome fixtures and actual tub along with the magic erasers. Tub is so shiny & clean looking now!

Oven cleaner!!! That stuff works amazing!! Spray it on, let it sit a few mins, you barely have to scrub and rinse it away. Completely done and clean in minutes!! Sounds weird I know, but it works! 😉