Whether you are a senior or a teenager, keeping something on the floor of the bathtub is essential to prevent falls while in the shower. Nobody wants to take that fall. And why should you when there are a multitude of items on the market that you can use to prevent such.
A couple weeks ago I tossed a bathmat which had been in the bathtub for sometime. It had become stained and was just generally unattractive. So I put it out with the recyclables and I found these cute little round circles made of out some type of textured rubber with an adhesive back. I thought they would work perfectly in the tub, so I bought them. The instructions said to clean the tub and then wait 12 hours before adhering the circles to the tub floor. I did that. I placed them where I wanted to place them with the protective backs still on them. Then I peeled off the protective paper and stuck them to the tub. Within 2 weeks, this is what I had.
You can see they have already started to lose their grip and peel off the tub. I was rather disappointed in this. I have used these round adhesive pads in the past and eventually they end up doing just this. But not usually within two weeks. I was especially disheartened since I followed the directions on the package exactly and they still curled up. So, I removed them. I decided I was not going to fiddle around with these. I pulled every one of them up which left me with circles of sticky adhesive on the tub floor.
But I have Goo Gone. This is the best product ever manufactured. I sprayed the tub floor generously and let it sit for 5 minutes. I returned and, with a safety razor, was able to remove all of the adhesive.
It made a mess. A swipe of a Clorox Wipe and this mess was all cleaned up.
So, we went back to a regular bathmat in the tub. This one is not fancy. It is not treated so that it will not mildew. It cannot be used as a scrubber to clean your feet. It is just a plain old bathmat. But even though it is just a plain old bathmat, it will serve a valuable purpose and that is to keep me from falling while in the shower. It will eventually get stained and wear out, and I will replace it with another. But for right now, I have a nice clean, fresh mat in the bathtub and that makes shower time just a little more pleasurable. Sometimes all it takes is a fresh, clean bathmat to make your day just a little nicer.
A couple weeks ago I tossed a bathmat which had been in the bathtub for sometime. It had become stained and was just generally unattractive. So I put it out with the recyclables and I found these cute little round circles made of out some type of textured rubber with an adhesive back. I thought they would work perfectly in the tub, so I bought them. The instructions said to clean the tub and then wait 12 hours before adhering the circles to the tub floor. I did that. I placed them where I wanted to place them with the protective backs still on them. Then I peeled off the protective paper and stuck them to the tub. Within 2 weeks, this is what I had.
You can see they have already started to lose their grip and peel off the tub. I was rather disappointed in this. I have used these round adhesive pads in the past and eventually they end up doing just this. But not usually within two weeks. I was especially disheartened since I followed the directions on the package exactly and they still curled up. So, I removed them. I decided I was not going to fiddle around with these. I pulled every one of them up which left me with circles of sticky adhesive on the tub floor.
But I have Goo Gone. This is the best product ever manufactured. I sprayed the tub floor generously and let it sit for 5 minutes. I returned and, with a safety razor, was able to remove all of the adhesive.
It made a mess. A swipe of a Clorox Wipe and this mess was all cleaned up.
So, we went back to a regular bathmat in the tub. This one is not fancy. It is not treated so that it will not mildew. It cannot be used as a scrubber to clean your feet. It is just a plain old bathmat. But even though it is just a plain old bathmat, it will serve a valuable purpose and that is to keep me from falling while in the shower. It will eventually get stained and wear out, and I will replace it with another. But for right now, I have a nice clean, fresh mat in the bathtub and that makes shower time just a little more pleasurable. Sometimes all it takes is a fresh, clean bathmat to make your day just a little nicer.
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