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Hello Ladies and Gents how are you doing today?

So we bought this new house way back in November and the old couple left a few things. My wife finally went down the basement for the first time and seen it so now I am screwed.

The tub is in amazing shape no rust or anything but there is one problem with it, they had a mat thing in the tub a rubber thing with the little feet so you dont slip. This is a old old soaker tub with the 2 taps ect. So when I lifted the mat there is like yellowing It feels kinda bumpy I bathed it in bleech but nothing anyone have any ideas? think it is stained from old water not drying properly.

It's probably scale, you can get bathroom descaler that might help, or an acid like vinegar might shift it (though you tend to need a lot of vinegar and a lot of time), If all else fails, I find a pumice stone (like you use on feet) will shift most stuff, if you use it along with an abrasive like barkeeper's friend. A word of warning though, it can damage the porcelain, I've never had that happen, but I've read about it.

For discolouring, just hydrogen peroxide and some natural light, that'll turn just about anything white.

If anything like kettle scale as suggested. Any good qaulity decaling product should strip through that like butter without damaging it..

Whiting somthibf. Well at that stage id be asking your locall pumbing merchancts for there expertise.

Razor blade run along the surface of the tub, underneath the detritus left by the old non-stick appliques. We had the same problem with an old tub in our house. Be patient, hold it firmly, let the blade do the work. Slow and steady wins this race. Afterwards, a little Soft Scrub w/Bleach should clean up any marks left by the blade.

Or you can flip it up side down on top of a very large dog in an effort to persuade your neighbours you own a very unique tortoise?

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Or you can flip it up side down on top of a very large dog in an effort to persuade your neighbours you own a very unique tortoise?

Second!

I would suggest putting it bright pink and putting a fake dragon head and tail on it. If neighbors comment about the "dragon" look at them dead in the eye and ask "what dragon?" That should set the proper tone with your neighbors.

Also congrats on home ownership!

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Hah thats certainly a different site.

Their comics are excellently sweary. And very often unhinged.

Throw a plug in and pour in a few litres of cheap cola.
Leave it for a few hours then then it out with normal water.

Cola eats away at the scale at a crazy rate and costs next to nothing.
Just make sure it's the cheap nasty stuff from a budget shop.

cola is a good idea!
i would start there...
drain it and if anythings left it should be softer.
if yellow, maybe from rust in the water (well water, maybe?) and this you should be able to lift out with lemon juice and salt.
barkeeper's friend is awesome stuff.
i typically clean with baking soda as an abrasive then wipe down with double strength vinegar.
abrasive cleaners will rough up the surface and make it easier to stain and harder to clean going forward.
so best bet if you want it to look new and keep looking new may be to scrub the heck out of it and reglaze it with an otc wipe on reglazing compound.