We have a custom glass enclosed shower stall in our 18 year old house. What is the best product to remove the soap and shampoo residue from the glass that will not damage the seals in the frame?
We have a custom glass enclosed shower stall in our 18 year old house. What is the best product to remove the soap and shampoo residue from the glass that will not damage the seals in the frame?
Using those "magic eraser" sponge cleaners are very effective and will not damage anything. Of note is that the brand name stuff is wildly more expensive that bulk generics that can be bought online.
Search for: "magic eraser sponge" Generic stuff is a about 1/4 the cost, and works great. Great for cleaning other stuff, especially if it is easily damaged. Sponges do disintegrate somewhat quickly, but more reason to have a bulk of them!
You can search online for a mix of dish soap and vinegar. You heat up the vinegar, mix in some dawn dish soap and spray it on. I previously found it to work better than "scrubbing bubbles" while avoiding the horrible fumes.
Seconding the dish soap and vinegar. Use plain Dawn and warm/hot vinegar in a spray bottle. My wife had "tried everything" so Google told me to try that. She was SO MAD/thrilled when I solved it in one try with the above mixture.
Nothing else we've tried comes close.
What are the seals made of? If they're silicone-based, I have used Kaboom foaming sprayer. Spray on, wait a few seconds, squeegee off. Not sure how it treats rubber.
Fumes aren't bad, more of a scent. I have also used the dishsoap/vinegar, but I find it to be rather oppressive on the smell especially in a confined area like a shower.
I have good luck with a combo of CLR and simple green, followed by glass cleaner.
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Because it's thick, you shouldn't have any issues with the seals. No need for a scrub brush or rag, just rub it on by hand and be amazed at how quickly the soap scum comes off. Just rinse away with a cup of water or your shower head if it'll reach when done. The most amazing thing I've seen and been doing it for years.
-Rob
Second for the generic magic eraser. They seem to be a single use to clean the shower but they work ridiculously well for the glass and granite. I use that once every few weeks and a squeegee after each shower.
Magic Eraser and Soft Scrub. When it's clean and very dry, wipe it down with Rain-X. We have a 3X6ft. glass enclosure, if Rain-X doesn't keep the soap from sticking it damn sure makes it easier to get off.
Go buy a bottle of this stuff:
Spray it on, wait a minute, hose it off, and the scum is gone. It's absurdly effective at that one job.
Magic erasers took a half hour to clean the shower, and a lot of elbow grease, this stuff takes about two minutes and no effort at all.
Hey people that use the Dawn + warm vinegar, can you have a bottle of it premixed and just warm it in the microwave, or do you have to make a new batch each time?
Its not cheap but I use this stuff.
YOU MUST WEAR GLOVES IT WILL PULL OFF THE TOP LAYER OF YOUR SKIN IF YOU GET IT ON YOU.
https://www.chemicalguys.com/products/heavy-duty-water-spot-remover
the_machina said:Go buy a bottle of this stuff:
Spray it on, wait a minute, hose it off, and the scum is gone. It's absurdly effective at that one job.
Magic erasers took a half hour to clean the shower, and a lot of elbow grease, this stuff takes about two minutes and no effort at all.
Finally this thread showed back up because I couldn't find it searching in order to respond.
I tried that Rejuvenate Soap Scum Remover, spraying it onto a small area on the shower surround several times a day for well over a week. Before each application, I tried to wipe off the scum with a wash cloth since it didn't really ever dry. Well, nothing happened and the scum remained even with extreme scrubbing with a washcloth.
I have also used acid based cleaners which also didn't simply take off the scum.
I believe that the mineral deposits (Calcium, Magnesium, Potasium, and Sodium) protects the soap scum from the enzymes and solvents in the soap scum removers and the soap scum protects the minerals from the acid based cleaners (Lime-A-Way, CLR) in some evil symbiotic relationship.
I have an electric power buffer that I might have to try. Arg
Maybe I am lucky, hot water and a plastic pot scrubbie always worked to get soap residue off of glass shower doors.
After the shower is clean, would an application of that ceramic coat stuff meant for cars help keep it clean? Something I've wondered about.
In reply to stuart in mn :
There are spray-applied hydrophobic coatings you can get. Normally it would be applied during fabrication, but you can field apply them too.
Once that is cured, you just squeegee excess water off after each shower, and then clean with vinegar, mild detergent, or glass cleaner every couple weeks.
stuart in mn said:After the shower is clean, would an application of that ceramic coat stuff meant for cars help keep it clean? Something I've wondered about.
I've used Rain-X on our shower before. It helps for a while.
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