Yellow Stains on an Old Porcelain Tub
Mam from Atlanta, GA
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RE: Yellow Stains on an Old Porcelain Tub
I used bleach to clean my bath tub and it left yellow brownish stains just like your picture. Scrubbed and scrubbed with every product and even more bleach. Nothing worked until I tried Hydrogen Peroxide-oral rinse! I couldn't believe my eyes! All I did was put a little Hydrogen Peroxide on a wash cloth and with one wipe all the stains disappeared. No scrubbing at all.
Post by ingraffia
RE: Yellow Stains on an Old Porcelain Tub
This is the after picture after one soaking, No scubing at all! The product Iron out can be obtained at most any Home supplie store like Lowes or home depot. Or most any Hardware store would probley order it for you. good luck.
Post by willsmaw
RE: Yellow Stains on an Old Porcelain Tub
Try soaking the tub over night with a product called "Iron Out" this worked great on a terrible rusty yellow stain left on a tub by our last tenets. Nothing else even budged it. This is a before picture.
Post by willsmaw
RE: Yellow Stains on an Old Porcelain Tub
Try Zud cleaner, it is like Comet but works better. It is awesome and takes rust stains out.
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RE: Yellow Stains on an Old Porcelain Tub
Try Zud cleaner, it is like Comet but works better. It is awesome and takes rust stains out.
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RE: Yellow Stains on an Old Porcelain Tub
If you have a water condition called "iron bacteria" it will react with liquid clorine bleach (clorox) and will stain clothes and fixtures a nice peach to orange color! What I would try is Sno Bol toilet bowl cleaner. Squirt a small amount on the stained area and scrub it around with the toilet brush. If it appears to remove the stain you can gradually work on the whole area. Remember this is a strong chemical. Don't get it on your skin or splatter in your eyes or breathe the fumes! Rinse well with lots of water. It can be hard on the metal drain components and gaskets if allowed to be in contact very long, so rinse it away quickly! An even stronger chemical that may work is muratic acid. That is what I used.....and it worked.......but be warned that this is a very strong chemical and you should not be careless with it or breathe the fumes!!!!
Post by Grandma Margie
RE: Yellow Stains on an Old Porcelain Tub
I fill my sink/tub up with warm to hot water pour in a small bottle of clorox, stir from side to side and front to back to mix. Close the door (so pets & children will not get in it) go to work, bed or out for the day. When you come home after a near 8 hours you will have a white tub again, I promise!
Post By Paula Jo Carr (Guest Post)
RE: Yellow Stains on an Old Porcelain Tub
After you get your tub cleaned you can put auto paste wax on the sides to make them shine. I wouldnt do the bottom as someone could fall.
Also, try cleaning your tub with window cleaner like Windex to remove soap scum and make shine.
Post By Carol in PA (Guest Post)
RE: Yellow Stains on an Old Porcelain Tub
Our tub is like this also and I have tried everything....and nothing helps. It'e embetted in the tub itself. I just try to spray it down with Clorox clean-up or bleach water and rinse often and it does lighten it a little. At least it smells clean!
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RE: Yellow Stains on an Old Porcelain Tub
have you tried the mr. clean magic eraser? With it and a lot of elbow greese it might work. I have used it to remove old stains from a porcelain sink used outside in a waterfall. There is another product you might try it's called The Works..it's a very strong cleaner but I don't know if it will work for this but it's worth a try. Hope this helps.
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