faithellen | call me Posty McPosterson

Today I decided to clean our tub, which is a big soaking jetted jobby. While I was scrubbing at it, I decided to unscrew one of the jet covers. EWWWWWWWWWWW. It was green and very vibrant back there.

I unscrewed all of the jet covers and the air intake cover and set them to soak in the sink with bleach, and then I stopped up the tub and filled it with warm water and bleach. I ran the jets for 10 minutes total over about an hour (I had to keep stopping because the soap residue in the jets caused so much foam), and then drained the tub. Then I filled it back up with cold water, and ran the jets for another 10 minutes, drained it, and then scrubbed it all down (where the foam had bubbled up and then dried, there was yellow scungy residue).

Again, EWWWWWWWWW.

All of those long relaxing baths? I was soaking in it. Makes me want to go wash -- someplace else.

I have since learned that for jetted tubs, you should not use oil-based bath stuff. Soaps and foaming thingies are just fine, but you should avoid oil.

Please. Go bleach your tubs.