i am about to earn EVERY one of those birthday gifts from you. because i am about to rock your world. and make your life 99% better*.
*disclaimer, your life is only going to get 99% better if 99% of your problems in your life stem from your bathtub not being clean enough. and if that actually is 99% of the problems in your life then WAY TO GO!!!! please please tell me how you managed to get everything else in order except for your bathroom tub cleaning process...
so, here we go. i have an old bathroom. older than me. or is it "older than i?" notice that 99% of my problems aren't my bathroom. i have some grammar problems also. but this old bathroom has an old tub. that has lost its glaze. poor poor tub. poor poor me who couldn't find any product on the market that would clean this tub to any sort of standard. even my low standards.
i tried it all. i scrubbed the day away. it stubbornly remained stained and dirty and icky. and i have to shower in there everyday. as do my three adorable children who are the reasons for the stains. and who don't care about the stains at all.
then i saw this miracle cleaner on pinterest. i love pinterest.
it involved my favorite two things in the world... blue dawn and white vinegar. so colorful. both items i owned. it also involved an empty spray bottle. again, an item i already had...
the above spray bottle is pictured AFTER the process. that is why it isn't totally empty.
so, you heat up a cup of white vinegar in the microwave. until it boils.
pour it in the empty spray bottle.
pour in an equal amount (just eyeball it people, no worries) or original blue dawn.
then head to your filthy scummy bathroom. and spray the heck out of your tub. your glass shower doors. your chrome fixtures. your sink. i usually get the whole tub, sink, and adam's shower sprayed down with one bottle of magic elixer. it kind of resembles the aftermath of an alien invasion. be forewarned: it smells strong. STRONG!!!! like you mixed a bottle of boiling vinegar with some blue dawn. it smell strong and potent. and magical.
then leave it for a few hours. i would recommend going to breakfast with someone really cool and fun like liz joyner and chatting about the problems of the world over a crabmeat omlet, blackberry grits and hot tea. that seems to help make the cleaning magicalness happen.
come back home and do 12 other things to avoid cleaning your bathroom. and then realize that it has to be done before the kids get home from school and you have to start driving everyone around town and by the way you might want to shower and wash your hair before the high school open house meeting tonight. so get in the bathroom and scrub it all down with a scrubbie just a little bit. then take a shower and rinse all that soap off (be careful when you step into the tub. it is a bit slippery) and prepare to be amazed. at the whiteness. and the brightness. and the almost as good as new look to your old dingy bathtub. soap scum defeated. grime and grit banished. all is right with the world...
before...
after...
and you don't have to take my word for it... other people rave about this also. and take much better photos of their dirty showers and how shiny the chrome fixtures are after. but i believe the best evidence will be when you see it for yourself in your own bright and shiny and clean bathroom!
so, is your life now 99% better? i know my bathtub is 99% brighter. and yours can be also! so that ought to count for something. right? like a birthday gift? or two?