Your Bathtub Is Yellow — 3 Causes, 3 Fixes

Go look at your bathtub, right under the faucet. That yellow isn't one thing — it's one of three, and each one has its own fix. The viral "$1 powder" videos skip that part, and the cleaner most of us grab first can turn yellow into orange. In this video: the fridge-magnet test that tells you what your tub is made of, why bleach doesn't take rust out (straight from Clorox), what the tub makers name for rust on enamel and on acrylic, why the gray ring is soap scum and what really handles it, why the whole tub goes dull, what Kohler says to rub on it, and what never to wax or scrub. 00:00 Three kinds of yellow 00:29 My old routine and the magnet test 01:12 Orange streak: iron 03:05 Like 03:14 Gray ring: soap scum 04:23 Subscribe 04:30 Dull all over: the finish itself 05:42 Fiberglass, the tub floor, refinished tubs 06:41 Three yellows, three fixes