Cleaning Fiberglass Tubs and Showers

Archives: Request: Cleaning Fiberglass Tubs and Showers Archived on 05/13/2008 I am trying to find a way to clean hard water from my fiberglass By Hickory RE: Cleaning Fiberglass Tubs and Showers Kaboom is awesome I ave been cleaning house and apartments for the last 25 years This is one of the best cleaning agents out there! It will not eat away the metal on anything you use it on Its safe to use on kitchen faucets and shower heads with plastic too (01/04/2007) By Firedancer67 RE: Cleaning Fiberglass Tubs and Showers I had heard about using the fume free oven cleaner on tubs but I didn't think it meant on fiberglass tubs so I was always too chicken to actually try it. Has anyone actually done this? I'd sure like to know. I usually use Scrubbing Bubbles. Just spray it on and let it work while you clean up the rest of the countertops, sinks, etc. Then I take the Mr. Clean Magic Reach scrubber to it, rinse and it comes out pretty clean and shiny. The scrubber works pretty well on its own, but with the Scrubbing Bubbles it is a bit less elbow grease. (01/10/2007) By mef1957 RE: Cleaning Fiberglass Tubs and Showers Thanks to the person who suggested using Mr Clean Magic Eraser. I tried all the other suggestions and this is the only one that worked. I most have tried 10-15 different cleaners and none worked. I even tried Fume Free Oven Cleaners. It worked OK but nothing like the Magic Eraser. Thanks again, you just saved me $150 because I was ready to replace the shower box. (02/21/2007) By Grady RE: Cleaning Fiberglass Tubs and Showers I've used ELIMINATE Advanced Surface Care Shower Tub & Tile Cleaner for at least 10 yrs. Wonderful stuff. The container says it's biodegradable, & for some reason I thought it wouldn't hurt to breath the fumes? But I don't see that on the bottle. Anyway just spray it on, let it penetrate for 15 min then use the hot water out of my removable shower head to wash it down, and it worked really great, I did have to scrub sometimes. Unable to find it at the home supply store lately, I ran the web site at www.unelko.com & I guess I can order it online, they also have other cleaning solutions on this site. (03/03/2007) By Judy Wells RE: Fume free oven cleaner on fiberglass tub I have a follow up question for those who have used fume-free oven cleaner to clean fiberglass tubs. How does the oven cleaner affect the finish on your tub's metal parts? I have a large fiberglass jacuzzi with stainless steel and chrome jets that I fear will be damaged by the oven cleaner. Any experience? Thank you. (03/20/2007) By JSC RE: Cleaning Fiberglass Tubs and Showers Thanks for all the info. I just had a fiberglass shower pan installed with a chrome drain. I was worried the caustic cleaners would mar the finish. Looks like Kaboom or fume free oven cleaner is a good choice. (03/25/2007) By ValJean RE: Cleaning Fiberglass Tubs and Showers I just found the solution. It's Soft Scrub Deep Clean Foaming Cleanser with a Scotch-Brite Heavy Duty Scour Pad (The kind without the sponge on the back). Foam it on and let it sit only 2 minutes and scour it off. Very little "elbow grease" is needed. Never simpler! Then I put on a really good car wax, except on the bottom of the tub (I use Stop Wax) and you are good to go! (06/18/2007) By pepper RE: Cleaning Fiberglass Tubs and Showers ELIMINATE Advanced Surface Care Shower Tub & Tile Cleaner - I can't find this product anywhere on the net - where do you purchase it? (11/06/2007) By la RE: Cleaning Fiberglass Tubs and Showers The best product I've used to date is Soft Scrub. Works great with a small amount of elbow grease. Rinses off easily with water. (11/16/2007) By the cleaning guy RE: Cleaning Fiberglass Tubs and Showers My ivory fiberglass tub is discoloring to a yellow on the bottom four inches. We are on well water and it is very hard and sulfur smelling. I can't even get the hard water marks off the ring where the water sits in the toilet. I can not get the works product it must be from the USA. Any other suggestions? thanks (12/17/2007) By susan RE: Cleaning Fiberglass Tubs and Showers To remove body oils and soap scum, use Dawn Dish Soap. As the commercials shows they use it to remove oil from birds caught in oil slicks, well it works great in the bathtub and shower. If you really have a BAD build up, use Dawn and Magic Eraser. I once cleaned a tub in a rental house and thought that there was NO HOPE of getting the tub clean, but Dawn and Magic Eraser did the trick. (01/18/2008) By Sandy RE: Cleaning Fiberglass Tubs and Showers WARNING about The Works (either one). I used The Works on my old white laminate counter top and a newer fiberglass tub surround. I have hard water & The Works really got it looking clean and new. However, after a about a year or two the cleaner had removed all of the protective coating on both surfaces. In the end, even shampoo would stain my tub. Everything was absorbed into the surfaces after using The Works for a while and it ended up worse. I only recommend using The Works if you're going to replace a surface in a year. The Works is GREAT ON TILE AND CERAMIC surfaces! Not good for laminates or fiberglass finishes though. (03/18/2008) By Kim Report Spam or Abuse Request: Cleaning Fiberglass Tubs and Showers Archived on 01/02/2007 What's the best way to clean fiberglass tubs and showers? Thank you! Michelle Jenkins from Swan Lake, MT Answers: RE: Cleaning Fiberglass Tubs and Showers I like CLR for my bathtub but it is metal. I have a fiberglass surround and just recently found a cleaner that is working well for me. It is called KABOOM I purchased this at Walmart for about $3. (03/06/2006) By dpcw RE: Cleaning Fiberglass Tubs and Showers I have tried many of these products and they all are good, but they cost money. I have found that for my shower and tub both which are fiberglass, I use cheap hair shampoo. I get a lot of it from my son who travels a lot in his job and he brings me the hotel bottles once or twice a year. I use the plain hair shampoo and a "net" scrubber I made out of onion and potato bags. This cleans very well. Sometimes I fill my tub up w/water and then after I have cleaned the sides of the tub or shower I take my string mop and swish it around in the water and mop the tile floors w/the solution that I just cleaned the tub with. This saves me time and money! I use plain old vinegar and water sprayed on the chrome faucets to clean them and they shine right up. I also use the hair shampoo in my toilet and then use an old fashion toilet brush to finish the job. This is a lot cheaper than anything else I have found and just as good if not better. Hope this helps someone save money and time! (03/06/2006) By COOKIEPOM RE: Cleaning Fiberglass Tubs and Showers Well water here is heavily with minerals along w/much iron and silt. It cakes on quickly and discolors everything it touches from orange to black. I'd despaired of ever returning the appliances to all-white. As a last resort, when The Works for cleaning tubs wasn't strong enough for my need, The Works disinfectant toilet bowl cleaner was tried. Rather than ruin the tub, as I'd feared, it actually took away some layers of muck! It took several re-applications to get rid of most stains. You can leave it on for hours w/o marring the finish. Of course, it does wonders for the commode. (03/06/2006) By gator10tx RE: Cleaning Fiberglass Tubs and Showers The best way to prevent the build up of soap film and other build ups is to simply wipe down the shower from the top to the bottom with a towel after each use. This will take off all the soap film and water.Then you will never have to scrub the shower or tub again to remove the soap film.However,if there is a coating of soap film I suggest you buy a non scratch scrubbing pad from 3M and other companies available at your local super market and scrub with any soap product. (03/07/2006) By Dean RE: Cleaning Fiberglass Tubs and Showers Amen to the "WORKS" toilet bowl cleaner. We also have well water and this stuff works like a charm. I was also afraid it would ruin the finish but the tub was starting to look so bad that it couldn't make it look any worse, so I tried it and it did a beautiful job with no damage to the finish. The iron stains just disappear right in front of your eyes. It was unbelievable. I use it all the time. It does have an awful odor to it but I can live with that. And the best thing is I got it at the dollar store for $1.00. (03/10/2006) By nana6x The Works toilet bowl cleaner will ruin Chrome ... I changed the subject title on my post so you would notice. After exhausting ALL means of cleaning a friends tub, I too tried Snow Bowl toilet bowl cleaner. It RUINED the chrome on the tub drain! It made the chrome bubble and peel. So unless you want to replace that I would not recommend using it on the tub. It does help on enamel. DON'T use it on refinished tubs, ones that have the enamel replaced or recovered (sorry I forget the proper term). This post brought back a bad memory, so I had to post my experience. (03/10/2006) By Ariela RE: Cleaning Fiberglass Tubs and Showers If you use body soap instead of bar soap cleaning the tub is a breeze. it is the wax in the bar soap that leaves soap scum. So it only makes sense to do away with the wax and use the liquid or body soap. (04/26/2006) By WJMILES RE: Cleaning Fiberglass Tubs and Showers Thanks everybody for giving me ideas for excellent fiberglass cleaners (these should work well on my hot tub, too). Just a quick note after reading all these entries: soap scum is a mix of body oils, dirt, and the fatty salts that are formed when the calcium, magnesium, and iron in your water react with your soap. Some bar "soaps" are really bar "detergents" (slightly chemically different from soaps) and don't cause as much buildup as real soaps. And soaps need not contain talc to cause soap scum. (07/27/2006) By ziply RE: Cleaning Fiberglass Tubs and Showers My husband and I used to manage apartment complexes and had to clean several filthy bathrooms after tenants would move. After speaking with a fiberglass shower distributor we found out that they always recommend fume-free oven cleaner to clean fiberglass showers. (Be careful if you don't use the fume free) Simply spray it on, let it sit for about 20-30 minutes and then wipe it off, and rinse. On really bad areas you may have to do a little more scrubbing. I also found that for the bottom of the tubs where the fiberglass is textured, the Mr. Clean eraser pads with the scrubby side work perfectly. The showers in the apartments have been there for 15 years and after my husband and I would clean them our managing agents would evaluate the apartments. They told us they have never seen a cleaner shower/tub than they had after we finished cleaning! Seriously... Mr. Clean Eraser Pads and Fume Free Oven cleaner are the best. Heavily recommended by experienced users and professionals! (10/25/2006) By Lindsay Report Spam or Abuse