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Hi, this is Ann Myrick, and today I'm going to show you, how to remove bathtub decals.
Many time you will move into a place and they'll have the decals, like ducks for the children,
or older ladies or gentlemen. And a lot of times they're very gritty and dirty, and you
want to remove those, and either replace them or just have a clean tub. So what I would
do first is, this bathtub just has- a lot of times people will use tape and this one
has old tape on it. So first what you want to do, is with hot water, I would just begin
to put a little bit of the hot water right on top of the decal, and put a little bit
of soap, excuse me, I'll put a little bit of the soap, and just kind of really work
it in. What I'm doing now is just trying to get the decals soft, and you'll see how the
corners are already starting to come up, and you just want to let it soak, and a lot of
times that's all you need. Then I will take- I use a non-abrasive, kind of rubbery spatula
from the kitchen, you want to be sure it's not metal, you want to be sure it's soft but
also firm. And I will just start, so you can see the tape just starting to come up, and
then a lot of times they'll just pull right up. Now after you take- this one's not bad,
but after you take them off, many times there's a discoloring, or there is a lot of guck,
so you might want to go back with like a Comet, which is scratch-free, but a Comet, or a cleanser,
and just really clean where your decal was, and then give it a fresh rinse. And before
you start, what you might want to do is wipe all the- if there's anything in your tub,
like hair, dirt, that you don't want to go down your drain, you might want to take a
paper towel and clean all that out before you do this, so when you do your wash, you're
not sending dirt down your drain. This is Ann Myrick, and that is how you take off decals.