Dear TanningBeds.org,

Someone told me you could clean a tanning bed with lemon or vinegar mixed with water and it wouldn’t hurt the acryllic. Is that true? But wouldn’t it smell nasty when you used the bed again when it got heated up?

[name withheld]

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Dear friend,

Your friend is very wrong. That will damage the acrylic. Lemons have citric acid, and vinegar has asorbic acid. You should only use actual “tanning bed disinfectant”, which is very inexpensive anyway (it costs less than those and even less than window cleaner). Also, it won’t leave a film and you don’t have to worry about it smelling nasty.

http://www.tanningbeds4less.com/posters.html has several different types of cleaners. The blue SunMaster disinfectant is what you want. The 16 oz bottle makes 16 gallons of solution. You might also look at the rebuild kit, which has the disinfectant, plus other stuff to recondition your acrylics. Its a good deal.

The rule for acrylics is simple: If it isn’t made specifically for acrylics, don’t use it. Besides, the real acrylic cleaner is cheaper than almost all alternatives anyway.

Dennis