Shower Door Cleaners -Tackle Hard Water Stains and Soap Scum
Shower doors can add style and beauty to a bathroom, but only if those doors are squeaky clean. Getting them to sparkle is difficult when the homeowner has to deal with hard water, or worse, mold and mildew. It’s essential for the health of the family, not just the cosmetic appeal of the room, to get them under control.
Soap scum is not dangerous like mold, but it is unsightly. Hard water encourages the collection of these spots, and without timely removal can become thick and hard to remove.
Getting rid of soap scum, mold, and mildew is not always easy work. What works for one homeowner won’t always work for the next. Some homeowners have even been motivated to remove their shower doors and carry them down to the nearest car wash for a quick going over with the pressure wand and detergents. While this works, it is impractical for the routine cleaning of shower doors.
Home Remedy for Shower Door Cleaner
Popular home remedies involve natural substances such as ammonia, vinegar, baking soda, bleach, or toothpaste. They cannot all be used at once, of course, as there is a danger of combining the wrong ones together and creating dangerous fumes. Commercial products are also available. They come in the form of liquid chemicals, powders, spray products, and foams. Some are applied and wiped off, while others must be used with non-abrasive scrubbing pads. Results can vary with these methods. They are available in supermarkets, large discount stores, and hardware stores.
An Automatic Shower Cleaner?
One of the easiest cleaning methods for shower doors is a product that cleans not only the doors but the rest of the shower/tub area as well. It is a mechanical device that sprays cleaner on all surfaces automatically. Over a period of one to two weeks it can remove most of the unwanted substances that have accumulated on the shower surfaces. It requires the homeowner to push a button once a day – after the final shower is taken. The device does the rest, rotating the head to dispense the right amount of cleaning fluid in all directions.
The cleaning unit hangs from the shower head, runs on batteries, and requires refills when the initial cleaning fluid in the starter kit is gone. Used as directed the refills will last approximately three weeks. The automatic cleaner can be purchased anywhere bathroom cleaning supplies are sold. Starter kits cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $25 but can run more or less depending on the particular outlet.