It's a Doozy cleaning the Jacuzzi

I always thought it would be wonderful owning a tub with jets, until I owned one.  They are not easy to keep clean and for an OCD gal like myself, it can be an absolute nightmare to clean.  It didn't start off that way.  The tub always looked lovely {from the outside} and it wasn't until a year or so in when I turned on the jets and noticed this God awful GUNK floating around in the water!  I realized that my "clean" tub, was not so clean.  I did some research and have figured out something very important for Jacuzzi tubs {or any tub with jets}:

 If you are going to run the jets, run them BEFORE you shampoo your hair, wash your body, add scented oils, bubble bath etc.  You should only run pure 100% water through the jets.  If you run "tainted" water through, when you drain the tub, some water remains in the jets and the substance in the water drys on the inside causing a nasty film over time.

Over the past few years I have developed a cleaning routine for the tub and it has worked wonderful!  The tub gets a detailed cleaning every other week.  This formula not only keeps it clean on the outside, but keeps the pipes/jets clean on the inside. . .No more GUNK!

You will need 2 simple ingredients:

1/2 cup Bleach
2 T powder dishwasher soap

Fill your tub with HOT water approx. 1" above the top jet. 
Turn your jets on the highest setting and add bleach and dishwasher soap.  {you will have bubbles}
Let jets run 30 minutes.
Drain tub and fill with  cold water.
Run jets 10 minutes.
Drain tub.  Run jets (with no water) for 5 minutes (this drys out the lines)
Wipe down tub.

40 minutes to clean a tub?!  Well, you don't think I just stand there and watch do you?  During this time is a great time to wash your sink, clean your mirror, scrub the toilet.  Which leads me to another tip for this post.  Since I already have the hot water and bleach out for "tub day", I clean my toilet and then sanitize my scrub brush on the same day.  I picked up this great vase from a local thrift store and it matches my bathroom!  I store this beside my toilet and it keeps that nasty brush off the floor. 

Fill with a little bit a bleach, hot water and cover the brush.  Let set 10 minutes and rinse out.  Can you imagine all the nastiness on that brush. . .ewww!  I usually purchase a new toilet scrub brush every 3 months.  You can find them at dollar stores everywhere.  A good investment if you ask me :)