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Cleaning tubs after a run is done... can you steam/steammop it or only bleach?
    #26392486 - 12/20/19 01:38 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

So I just ended up getting a steam mop to clean the house floors with and thought, if it can clean and disinfect a floor why cant it work on the tubs?  Is there a certain amount of time the steam needs to be held in one spot to steralize it?  Or is a better option just to do a bleach/water mixture?  And if so whats a proper ratio, 1 part bleach to 10 parts water?


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Re: Cleaning tubs after a run is done... can you steam/steammop it or only bleach? [Re: mushman1017]
    #26392547 - 12/20/19 02:11 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

Bleach ratios can be found on google. 1 cup bleach to 1 gallon water
I dont see why this wouldnt suffice. If you rinse out your tubs and clean them with bleach you really shouldn't have issues. I have never done it but steam cleaning sounds like more work than its worth. If you had a steam room that reached a high enough temp and had a lot to do I could see it as a practical method


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Re: Cleaning tubs after a run is done... can you steam/steammop it or only bleach? [Re: mushman1017]
    #26392567 - 12/20/19 02:30 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

Just clean it with warm soapy water, that’s what I always do.


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Re: Cleaning tubs after a run is done... can you steam/steammop it or only bleach? [Re: Cybin_man]
    #26392614 - 12/20/19 03:04 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

So warm soapy water is enough to kill whatever is left over as opposed to bleach water?  The steam mop is detachable so I can use it as a steam hand held device too... which is why I thought it might be easy to steam and wipe.


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Re: Cleaning tubs after a run is done... can you steam/steammop it or only bleach? [Re: mushman1017]
    #26392626 - 12/20/19 03:11 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

I do a soak-down (after removing the sub) with my bleach spray bottle (1:10), then wipe down with paper towel.  Then I just wash them in the big sink with antibacterial soap and water.  Before I reuse I spray with 70% ISO and wipe with paper towel (which is probably way overkill).  The first two steps would be mroe than adequate, and I sometimes get lazy and just do soap and water with my shoeboxes becasue I can get every nook and cranny more easilly than a big tub.


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Re: Cleaning tubs after a run is done... can you steam/steammop it or only bleach? [Re: alaskappalachian]
    #26392670 - 12/20/19 03:45 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

Soap and water is fine:thumbup:


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Re: Cleaning tubs after a run is done... can you steam/steammop it or only bleach? [Re: mushman1017]
    #26392705 - 12/20/19 04:05 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

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So warm soapy water is enough to kill whatever is left over as opposed to bleach water?  The steam mop is detachable so I can use it as a steam hand held device too... which is why I thought it might be easy to steam and wipe.



Why you trying to kill anything? It's gonna have contaminates regardless


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Re: Cleaning tubs after a run is done... can you steam/steammop it or only bleach? [Re: cronicr]
    #26392725 - 12/20/19 04:17 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

To mitigate this result...
I believe thatd fall under the saying rather need it n not have it than have it in not need it
Rather be safe than sorry.
The more control we put on our experiments l/projects the more predictability we receive in future endeavors


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Re: Cleaning tubs after a run is done... can you steam/steammop it or only bleach? [Re: HighHarles]
    #26392737 - 12/20/19 04:26 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

No it's a waste of time and money.


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Re: Cleaning tubs after a run is done... can you steam/steammop it or only bleach? [Re: cronicr]
    #26392745 - 12/20/19 04:30 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

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No it's a waste of time and money.




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Re: Cleaning tubs after a run is done... can you steam/steammop it or only bleach? [Re: cronicr]
    #26392761 - 12/20/19 04:39 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

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So warm soapy water is enough to kill whatever is left over as opposed to bleach water?  The steam mop is detachable so I can use it as a steam hand held device too... which is why I thought it might be easy to steam and wipe.



Why you trying to kill anything? It's gonna have contaminates regardless




Cause these tubs had trich and some nasty white looking mold... Just wanted to give my next run a chance to have a clean run cause all my tubs last run I ended up packing down tightly (live and learn lol).

I sprayed down the micropore tape with water too since there was debri on it... most of it is gone now except trace amounts. Can you continue to reuse the MP tape? Or is it a once and done deal? Next tubs Im setting up will be the new Pasty EZ dialed in tubs so I wont need to worry about MP tape anymore.


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Re: Cleaning tubs after a run is done... can you steam/steammop it or only bleach? [Re: mushman1017]
    #26392767 - 12/20/19 04:44 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

Once your done bleaching n Lysoling and spraying with alcohol...its instantly contaminated yet again


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Re: Cleaning tubs after a run is done... can you steam/steammop it or only bleach? [Re: cronicr]
    #26392776 - 12/20/19 04:50 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

A gram of dust contains 1-2 billion bacteria. Let alone spores from fungi. The air we breathe contains around 10k or more contaminants per cubic meter.

A surface sanitized in open air stays sanitized zero long


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Re: Cleaning tubs after a run is done... can you steam/steammop it or only bleach? [Re: cronicr]
    #26392777 - 12/20/19 04:51 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

can’t blame a tub for dirty spawn :shrug:


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Re: Cleaning tubs after a run is done... can you steam/steammop it or only bleach? [Re: san pedro guy]
    #26393276 - 12/20/19 11:00 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

So is there going to be an explanation why you shouldn't waste your time cleaning?
Does this not decrease the likelihood of contamination by any measurable change?

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Re: Cleaning tubs after a run is done... can you steam/steammop it or only bleach? [Re: mushman1017]
    #26393279 - 12/20/19 11:04 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

Ive always just used a wee bit of this with water



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Re: Cleaning tubs after a run is done... can you steam/steammop it or only bleach? [Re: HighHarles]
    #26393301 - 12/20/19 11:41 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

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So is there going to be an explanation why you shouldn't waste your time cleaning?
Does this not decrease the likelihood of contamination by any measurable change?

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No it changes nothing ...fruiting is not even close to sterile or even sanitary


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Re: Cleaning tubs after a run is done... can you steam/steammop it or only bleach? [Re: cronicr]
    #26393529 - 12/21/19 05:58 AM (4 years, 1 month ago)

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So warm soapy water is enough to kill whatever is left over as opposed to bleach water?  The steam mop is detachable so I can use it as a steam hand held device too... which is why I thought it might be easy to steam and wipe.



Why you trying to kill anything? It's gonna have contaminates regardless




Your saying if you had a tub of trich, bleaching that tub would still be unnecessary?

Or in my case a tub that is littered with pseudomonas?

Why wouldn't you want to minimize the amount of contaminates in a tub?

So are you suggesting that a tub  was just sanitized with bleach has the same probability of having a trich overgrowth problem as a tub that is littered with trich spores?

Doesn't seen reasonable


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Re: Cleaning tubs after a run is done... can you steam/steammop it or only bleach? [Re: SpunkyMonkey88]
    #26393569 - 12/21/19 06:50 AM (4 years, 1 month ago)

Warm water and soap will do just as good of a job preparing it for the next run


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Re: Cleaning tubs after a run is done... can you steam/steammop it or only bleach? [Re: bodhisatta]
    #26393683 - 12/21/19 08:14 AM (4 years, 1 month ago)

If someone could please explain a why statement into better detail, thatd be great.
It is what it is isn't very solid reasoning to guide others with just sayin
Although the myc is stronger at tub stage it doesnt make it immune to contams. I'm not saying you're wrong give me a legitimate explanation with proof please.


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