Cleaning Bleach Stained On An Old Claw Tub
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RE: Acid Reflux Remedies
Hi everybody. I have been suffering from sore throats, no coughing though. I also get stinging eyes and nostrils and also earache sometimes! I was wondering if this could be acid reflux? I don't often feel heartburn, but I do suffer from belching after meals. Thanks in advance.
Post by kamikazio
RE: Cleaning Bleach Stained On An Old Claw Tub
I am off to the dollar tree to buy them out of this stuff, it totally works. I am so stoked, lol.
Post By this chick (Guest Post)
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I just poured peroxide on it and it did squat. :(
:sigh:
Post By MyBrownClawFoot (Guest Post)
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A miracle! Thank you! It worked!
Post By Enter your name. (Guest Post)
RE: Keeping Foods Cold Without Electricity
Your ideas about ice only work if you have moved all frozen food to the fridge or have nothing but ice in your freezer. Otherwise, you will speed up the defrosting of your frozen foods with opening and closing the door in addition to the removal of the ice.
BEFORE the storm hits you should fill up several gallon jugs you've saved from old milk or juice containers with water. More depending on the size of your family so you have adequate drinking, bathing and flushing waters for at least 4-5 days. Figure on a few gallons per person. Don't forget to include pets in your head counts!
Also, BEFORE the storm hits, put ALL of your freezer packs into your freezer and make as much ice as possible, rotating your trays as quickly as you can. Then you're prepared to help keep your essentials safely cool for at least a few days. Organize your fridge and freezer before the storm so you know exactly where everything is and can grab things quickly. Keep the foods loaded with preservatives (if you have any) towards the back so you use up the fresh and more easily perishable foods first.
People always run to the store and fight over the last can of pineapple before a storm but they seldom prepare adequately.
Saving the jugs costs you nothing and if the storm isn't that bad; use the water for your garden, etc instead of throwing down the sink especially if you're in a drought prone area.
In the spirit of preparation, you should also make certain you have adequate candles, matches and batteries/flashlights. I'm more of a fan of candles as there is no toxic waste produced from batteries which people rotate just to "be safe". It's also much cheaper and can double as a helpful fire starter if you have a fireplace or BBQ you need to use for cooking.
Post By Reality Check (Guest Post)
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Good idea. Plus if you know the storm might be coming your way, you can freeze a huge block of ice in the same hospital container or a couple of empty plastic milk 'jugs'. Another idea....fill one bathtub up with water use this for flushing toilets, washing, drinking, etc.
Post By Carol (Guest Post)
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Harlean,
sorry to hear about you getting Hurricane Ike.
Good tip for those to use during outages!
Annie,
Missouri
Post by meoowmom
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Hydrogen peroxide works. Keep those bleach products away from your old tubs! Use a non-bleach cleaner. Clorox 2 for example will still get your tub spotless without the harmful effects of "real" bleach.
Post By JT (Guest Post)
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Girlfriend, just did the same thing. After searching the net for a few minutes they listed a bunch of chemicals like CLR, or Hydrogen Peroxide or CLR. Being 3am I couldn't go out and get these things. But I did have some Oxyclean Laundry Detergent. Put that on a sponge and scrubbed till it came up. Worked like a charm.
Post By zdubs (Guest Post)
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Oh my gosh, this is amazing. I bet I spent $35.00 on cleaning products tonight, trying to get a brown stain out of my tub. I cleaned something with a clorox based spray cleaner in my tub earlier today. Several hours later I went in to remove the item from the tub. To my horror, the overspray had caused brown stains to form. I grabbed the bleach, added water, and soaked. A half hour later I drained the tub to find brown stains from end to end. I WAS HORRIFIED. I tried lime away, soft scrub, cascade (liquid, for the dishwasher) comet, mr clean sponges, and ten different scrubbing pads. Everything just made it worse. I read this post.
I grabbed the hydrogen peroxide, poured it on, and watched the stains disappear like magic right before my eyes. No scrubbing, no nothing. It only took a few seconds. It only took a few seconds for me to throw away all those nasty chemicals too. Thank you so much!
Post By Alicat (Guest Post)
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Thank you soooo much for this remedy.
My partner and I are living in a rental property with a "lamipanel" shower recess. I sprayed it with "exit mould" and left it for 2 minutes. When I returned to clean it, it had a large number of brown stains. I was devastated! I tried everything I could think of and even tried vinegar as suggested by a friend. Nothing worked. Then I found this remedy.
I scrubbed and worked at it for at least half an hour until my partner told me to have a drink and watch a movie to unwind. All my hard work seemed wasted.
Then... he called me into the bathroom to see the results. The stains had vanished!!! To all of you out there trying this remedy, don't give up. It may take a little time to work it's magic!!!
Again... Thank you all.
Post by MooBurger
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I am living in a rental property with a lamipanel shower. I tried cleaning the shower with "exit mold" (bleach), who was to know that I'd get brown stains! Thank you so much for your remedy. I tried it and at first was disheartened as it didn't appear to be working.
My partner suggest a couple of drinks and a movie to try and unwind after all of the hard (and apparently useless) work scrubbing the darn shower. After the movie he called me into the bathroom to see the shower. It was white again! To any of you trying this remedy, you may need to leave it a while and not scrub so hard. It really does work!
Post By Moo (Guest Post)
RE: Acid Reflux Remedies
Hi everyone, I just want to give some tips on how to feel better when the acid attacks:
1. Put 1/2 tsp of baking soda in a cup of water drink every 2 hours.
2. Acidophilus promotes optimal intestinal health you can get it at walgreens or walmart.
3. Omega 3,6,9 oil capsules
4. Radinitine 1/2 hr before eating
5. Drink a lot of water, and eat 3 times a day 4 hrs a part with moderate portions.
You will feel better, good luck.
Post By Maria (Guest Post)
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I made the HUGE mistake of putting bleach in my 100 year old claw foot tub in hopes of cleaning it, I ended up with browns stains wherever the bleach made contact. In panic I tried everything, nothing helped except for the Hydrogen Peroxide and baking soda. Removed the brown stains and saved the tub for another 100 years.
Post By Mik (Guest Post)
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THANK YOU! I thought my tub was ruined from my efforts to clean my tub with bleach and comet, until I came across the information shared here! What a relief! The tub looks like new again!
Post By Rainey (Guest Post)
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I had poured bleach down my drain and let it soak overnight. In the morning, when I went to rinse it with warm water, the bottom of my tub was stained brown. I tried a comet paste, the Lime-Away for calcium/lime/rust deposits, and nothing worked until I read the post. Then I hesitantly put straight Hydrogen Peroxide on it, and it disappeared in front of my eyes! THANK YOU! It saved my porcelain tub! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! H2O2 WORKED!
Post By Tana (Guest Post)
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I guess I have had reflux for a long time but did not know it until recently when I am overloaded with stress and after 2 SIGMOI tests in one month. Since them my stomach really acts up. I have gas coming up to my mouth quite a few times in a day. I even burp as soon as I wake up in the morning. My throat is dry, though I do not cough. And I still have a lump in my throat.
My Dr prescribed famoditine and instructed me to avoid caffeine, tea, alcohol, etc. Also no food & drink (water included) 3 hrs before bed. Raise headboard 6 inches. It's been 12 days since I started to take famotidine. My throat is still dry, occasionally the lump is still there, though the frequency of burping is somewhat lessened.
Does anybody have the same symptoms as mine? How did you go about to lessen it without taking Famotidine or any prescribed med? What alternative meds do you use? I'd love to hear your advice or suggestion. I don't want to get throat cancer :( Thanks.
Post By Lana (Guest Post)
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Thank you thank you thank you! I used the peroxide after leaving bleach on the porcelain tub. It worked like a charm!
Post By Lori (Guest Post)
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Thanks so much to Linda C and the suggestion of the Clorox 2! Worked like a charm! The yellow stains in my old tub came out like magic! NO SCRUBBING! Awesome! :)
Post By Lisa M. (Guest Post)
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Just wanted to add to this. If you're in the UK & Ireland Cif Oxy-gel spray will do the trick. I'm an American working in Ireland and I caused the most awful red stain in my tub from bleach. I read this and thought "Oh hydrogen peroxide" that will be easy to get because obviously Clorox 2 isn't sold here.. apparently hydrogen peroxide isn't either.
I tried tons of things, lemons & baking soda, flash rust remover and Cif Oxy-Gel was the only thing that worked. It's marked as having Oxygen based bleaching agents in it so it sounds like its similar to Clorox 2
Post By Lisa (Guest Post)
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Clorox 2 was the answer for me! I made the same mistake of using bleach on an old porcelain tub and Clorox 2 liquid worked like a miracle! I didn't even have to scrub - just poured the Clorox 2 all over the tub, spread it around and let it sit for a little while and it removed all the brown stains like magic!
Post By LindaC (Guest Post)
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i told my doctor there was no way that i could live without my fresh salsa and other very spicy foods. one of the reasons is my sinus's are so bad i can't taste anything without the spice. he said he did not care but luckly the hispanic nurse heard me and when he left she told me about alovera juice that you can buy at any walmart or pharmacy. it is better cold but if you are having an attach just turn it up. i don't take any meds now and i dont even have to use the aloe that often anymore.
Post By julie (Guest Post)
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I stained my whole tub by letting bleach sit in it all day. The baking soda and peroxide paste removed the stain immediately.
Post By Denise (Guest Post)
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I hope you are all careful with remedies. I too have it, although I don't get heartburn. I had a endoscopy recently because I was having pain right where the ribs end and vomiting. I have a small hiatal hernia and gastritis. They said my espohagus is just beginging to change and it can later in life become cancerous. I was given Previcid. No red wine, tomatoes ( right, my favorite food) no milk or fatty foods. The mattress should be raised about 6-9 inches at the head. Not pillows, the top of the bed. Don't eat for 3 hours or more before bedtime.
Val
Post by valery
RE: Acid Reflux Remedies
Yes, it's a lifelong condition. But the acidity can vary from slight to severe at different times.
Generally, if you are careful about what you eat and have minimal indulgences, you will have minimal repercussions.
That means, when you have spicy food, don't make it extremely spicy and don't eat too much of it.
Also, have a Prelief pill before each meal and an enzyme pill after each meal.
I prefer vegetarian enzyme pills as the non-veg ones make it worse probably because of the ox bile.
These pills are available at health food stores, Whole Foods Market, Central Market... might even be at your local drugstore if it has a large enough vitamin pill selection.
Some people find that taking Probiotics seems to help significantly.
Post by cookwie
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I was put on Prevacid and after I took it for about 7 days, I stopped taking them and it went away for awhile, now when it flares up I take the Prevacid for a few days and BOOM! it is gone...This works for me and my Fiance.
I have heard that the vinegar helps, but I have never tried it.
Another thing to try is the OTC antacids...like the Equate brand at Walmart (we take the little pink pills) in between the Prevacid "treatments" and it works well...in about 15 minutes we feel relief.
Post by katieandjeffy
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i too take aciphex for mine. but have a question..does anyone know if this is a lifelong condition.will you always have it once you do get it?
Post By anne (Guest Post)
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Aciphex is a cure for my heartburn. I have tried most all the others & this works best for me. My insurance company made me try Prevacid & I started suffering after 2 pills. Had to literally FIGHT for samples from my new doctor of Aciphex until this is straightened out with my insurance. Nexium worked for awhile. But everyone is different & not all work for all. 24-7 heartburn is a nightmare. I know.
Post By Gail (Guest Post)
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Vinegar and grapefruit trigger my GERD.
Post By Holly (Guest Post)
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use the vinger suggestion it is awesome really works
Post By donna (Guest Post)
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Ae you sure this is acid reflux? Many ,many people get symptoms of an acid stomach because the proteins they eat are not being digested (too little HCL in the stomach) Drink apple cider vinegar in water (about 1 tablesoon in a glass of water( right after a meal). take note that if it helps then that is your solution. Also try Bromelain. Keep a diary of what you eat each meal, what your symptoms were to help find the culpert that is causing this.
Post by peatmoss
I've heard that one of the things that causes this is the fact that you don't have enough acid in your stomach. Try a little apple cider vinegar every day. It's a lot cheaper than any meds you could take for it! The more concentrated it is the more expensive it seems but the less you have to take and 1 bottle will last a loooonnnnng time! Hope this helps.
Post By Jeggie (Guest Post)
Real licorice can cause high blood pressure - be warned!
Post by cookwie
You might try "Gaviscon". My husband takes one or two spoonsful after each meal. This was at the suggestion of his doctor. It has worked great for him.
Post By Enter your name. (Guest Post)
take a shot of straight apple cider vinegar or pickle juice right before eating
Post By leslie (Guest Post)
Well now, I may have a little surprise. It was a large suprise to me when I realized just what it was that had stopped my acid reflux from happening.
Post By Angellfire (Guest Post)
Drink lots & lots & lots of water. Stay away from ginger ale & caffein & tomatoes & fried food. Even Sliders here in Chgo area.(White castle hamburgers). Believe it or not butterscotch candy. Werthers hard candy. Do just what every one else says too. Feel better.
Post By Juanita (Guest Post)
What fun this is!! Just kidding. The acid reflux is very painfui without some help. I am taking Prilosec and it seems to work quite well. I have to be very careful not to go to bed with a full stomach. I try not to eat after 6:30 in the evening or I will wake up with pain. When this starts, I have to sit up in the recliner and take an OTC Zantac until it calms down. I have been told that peppermint and chocolate are both bad for reflux although neither of these seem to contribue to my problem. Rule of thumb: Never lie down on a fully tummy! I hope yours gets better soon !
Post By Connie A. (Guest Post)
When I drink too much coffee (which I love) I get horrible heartburn and reflux. Tea also does this to me. I think it's the acid in it. I just take the acid reducer in generic over the counter form and it works great for me.
Post By Enter your name. (Guest Post)
Hi Stan, Here's what's worked for me so far. I had gained some weight so took off five pounds with better diet and exercise and have another five pounds to go. I also tackled my eating habits a bit more and avoid the following: too much caffeine in the morning (have limited myself to one cup of tea instead of two at breakfast); pineapple, green peppers, greasy food, wine (I think the acidity botthers me). Also, sit up when eating and don't slouch as when I do, it seems to open that pyloric valve causing the acid to back up. Doing the above and using the occasional over the counter antacid bought at the Dollar Store has helped a lot. I do plan to monitor this closely and will discuss it with my doc at my next appointment as you have to be careful of the acid causing esophageal cancer. I hope my tips and the others help you. Good luck!
Post By Pat (Guest Post)
I was sick for quite a long time before a doctor finally did an endoscopy and found tears in my stomach. This isn't exactly acid reflux, but I know that the medicine I take, Aciphex, is for that purpose. I actually started with Protonox, but it is very expensive and the insurance company made me try something else. Aciphex works great for me--it's like night and day. So if the Nexium doesn't help, ask if it is possible to either get Protonix or Aciphex. I hope that you have good insurance for prescription drugs, because these things are dam*ed expensive if you have to pay for them outright. But frankly, as sick as I was, I'd give up everything to pay for my medication. I don't ever want to feel like that again!
Post by Mom2fur
I tried the baking soda/peroxide blend on my clorox stain in the tub and voila!, no more stain! thank you!
Post By carol (Guest Post)
We live in military housing and our tub was AWFUL!! I went and got Mr. Clean magic erasers and soam scum remover.... it looks brand new. Good Luck!
Post By Christie (Guest Post)
just did this exact thing and can now tell you - don't panic! hydrogen peroxide absolutely works for this problem. (if needed you can make paste by mixing small amount with baking soda or cream of tartar.) otherwise, i know that denture tablets will remove all stains from the inside of any porcelain teapot - so maybe worth a try?
Post By genie (Guest Post)
For the bleach stain on the old porcelain tub, I would try using either "Barkeeper's Friend" or Zud, both are recommended by the porcelain enamel industry for cleaning everything from porcelain sinks to school chalkboards and whiteboards. Works on copper bottom pots too.
Post By nuttyahome (Guest Post)
I remember doing something similar and I think rust remover (that came in a bottle) did the trick. I believe any brand might work. I would avoid any type of clorox at this point.
Post By Cpb (Guest Post)
I used comet liquid spray bathroom cleaner on my claw tub. You let it sit. I am not sure about the bleach stains, but try the comet.
Post By racer (Guest Post)
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RE: Acid Reflux Remedies
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Sleep on an elevated wedge. Get your pillow 6 inches above the bed! Doc told me to do this and it helps.
Don't eat:
a. too much protein
b. too much greasy food
c. too much food
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When I go for spicy Mexican food, I always do two things:
at beginning of meal, take a Prelief pill (non-prescription pill available at drugstores, usually stocked in the antacids aisle)
and
at the end of a meal, take a digestive enzyme pill (available at health food stores - the ones with ox bile give me indigestion, so get a vegetarian formula)
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Drink low acid coffee (www.toddycafe.com), also available at health food stores.
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I was put on the www.drmcdougall.com low fat vegan diet. It helped control the symptoms.
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My Naturopath physician had me take two tumeric capsules with each meal. Tumeric is a spice very popular in the asian population. This was supposedly for another purpose, but I discovered a long time later that it was responsible for totally relieving the acid reflux problem. So I looked it up in my natural remedies book and, low and behold, tumeric is also a digestive aid which people use to treat acid reflux. Now, I never have to take those medicines which completely stop the production of acid like Nexium and those others. Check this out people, and go see a Naturopath Physician as a first line of helpers. Natural is so much better for and easier on our systems. My local hospital utilizes the services of both. And the Naturopath section is overseen by an MD so my insurance covers it.
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I wish you all the luck for good health!
Oh, btw--look for real licorice. It's great for your stomach. Try the natural foods aisle. I don't know the brand, but it has a picture of a panda bear on the box. Another great thing is Lipton's "Ginger Twist" tea. Ginger is also good for a bad stomach. Obviously, you want to avoid overly spicey, gassy or heavily fried foods.
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RE: Cleaning Bleach Stained On An Old Claw Tub
You may want to try the rust remover as I remember it worked for me.
Good Luck
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