Cleaning a glass shower screen.

[lollilou]

Please can you give me your tips on cleaning a glass shower screen? We fairly hard water here so struggle with water stains and streaks.

[Vivacia]

Very hard water here too. I spray dilute vinegar immediately after showering and dry off with the Karcher window cleaner. I do the tiles at the same time and if there are any smears buff off later with a dry cloth.

[ILikeToClean]

I mix up white vinegar and bicarbonate of soda, it fizzes up when mixed, then put on screen and shower off, then buff with a dry cloth. HTH!

[KatyTheCleaningLady]

vinegar + soda = fizzing = water. It's good for unclogging drains a bit, but it doesn't accomplish anything special as a cleaning agent.

OP, have you tried Flash bathroom spray? Or perhaps a bit of scrubbing with a Magic Eraser?

I have to say that some marks may not come off completely. I have used highly acidic cleaners and even magic erasers and there will still be faint marks on the glass. I think there may be some etching on the surface by the deposits and that's not going to wash off.

[TheSlug]

limelight is my saviour. the spray bottle is best, really works for me and saved my sanity after months of scrubbing with all sorts of concoctions!!

[Mum2Fergus]

Just water and an ecloth.

[lollilou]

Thanks for all your replies. I actually have some limelight in my cupboard brought for the taps so I'll have a go at that then try a few other tips. Cheers all.

[Twinklestarstwinklestars]

Our water is very hard here, I use viakal or flash bathroom spray.

[PoppyWearer]

FWIW, it really helps if you squeegee the screen after each use.

[Frontdoorstep]

I'm in an area with nice soft water so maybe that helps. I just use cif, it's the best thing I've ever used for cleaning.

[RunDougalRunQuiteFast]

Can recommend getting a water softener, will cut out the problem.

[Mynewmoniker]

Shower glass spray at about £1 a bottle.

Does anyone have the home made recipe for this? Is it just white vinegar?

Sqeegee after shower and then spray and leave. Always works here!

[Lizzabadger]

Viakal is good but expensive

[Taffeta]

Squeegee after every use. Have one of these in each shower. Don't need any cleaner, just use on its own with water that has accumulated during shower.

[ohmeohmyforgotlogin]

White vinegar plus lemon juice plus bit washing up liquid in spray bottle. Does it for me

[Zoomania]

Squeegee after every shower.

[peachypips]

When mine are really bad I use kettle descaler! You can buy Scale Away in liquid bottle form rather than the powder. It is in a small white plastic bottle.
WEAR GLOVES as it's corrosive. Spread it on, leave for 5 mins then wipe off. Don't get it on anything except the glass. Scary but really works!

[KatyTheCleaningLady]

If you use a very strong acid, be sure that the screen is actually glass and not that carbonate (?) stuff. The acid can actually eat that.

[Mynewmoniker]

Thanks for that ohmeohmy. I'm going to try it.