To ask advice on how to keep a shower cubicle clean?

[Cantalever]

I have a lovely new shower and don't know the best way to keep it looking good. My old one had scummy doors and sides that I just could not get to look clean. The new one will be in use daily so I need a plan to care for it. Its in a hard water area. Not a very Christmassy subject, but grateful for any advice.

Dry it immediately after use. Every time.

Keep a stack of cloths by the side so they are immediately to hand, then it only takes seconds to do.

Squeegee after use, really quick, works very well

Method daily shower spray after every shower. No cheaper brands - they don’t work.

Squeegee the doors & walls after every shower and clean with limescale remover regularly

Clean and dry after every use.
Easiest way to do this is when you're in it.
I live in hard water area too.
Shower cubicle approx 10 years old and not a mark on it.
I just remind myself how much it cost to have fitted and find that helps keep me focused.😉

Squeegee before you get out. Clean with equal parts washing up liquid and white vinegar. It’s a bit stinky but it works!

Echoing Method Daily Shower spray after each shower.

The half washing up liquid and half white vinegar trick has been a gamechanger . I put mine in one of those Dishmatic sponges. Keep inside the shower and give a quick scrub of doors/tiles while your hair conditioner is working a couple of times a week. Makes it so much easier and shower stays sparkly.

Mr. Sheen furniture polish works absolutely fantastic too.

I use it on my shower glass. Even after 5 years my shower cubicles both look brand new and sparkle. I squeegee too.

I do the same as @Sunshineandrainbows23

Squeegee after each shower.

Spray with daily shower cleaner.

Twice a week (Wed and Sunday!) clean with dishmatic I keep in there which has bathroom cleaner in.

About once per month, Viakal and deep clean.

Method daily shower spray!!! I swear by it. I hardly ever have to clean my shower door (though i do in my deep cleans) because the spray works so well!

Yabu

I’ve just been given an automatic shower cleaning brush thingy which is something I’d never buy. I used it at the weekend on what I thought was a relatively clean shower. I’m amazed at the end result, my shower looks like new!
I just rinsed the walls / doors, put a squirt of washing up liquid on them and set the brush spinning. Highly recommended.

It’s this one.
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This. Quicker than squeegie and it works.

Great thread thank you! (I know I need to get out more)

😁

With the method spray, d
o you squeegee then spray, or spray and then squeegee, or just spray and leave it to dry itself?

I just spray and leave Method to dry itself as I'm lazy, and it works a treat, but I would imagine people who squeegee are squeegeeing first then spraying ...

I have the cheapest method of all - used when I was a cleaner, and I was always able to eventually get rid of the worst build ups of limescale white marking/soap scum etc.

Just use your normal cleaner, but use a flannel or old piece of towelling in place of a cleaning cloth. When you are finished, wipe/rub over with a dry piece of towelling to remove every last bit of moisture - even better if the towel has dried 'hard' after being washed. Over the course of a few weeks I would get my clients' grotty showers perfect - it was one of my USPs as a cleaner.

You only need to do this once a week with a new shower to keep it pristine. I used to clean for people weekly, and that was enough to improve them to perfect and then maintain it.

I recently bought lidl's daily shower spray, and have been very impressed with it.
Edit - I don't dry or squeegee, I just spray on a few puffs across the cubicle at the end of my shower.

I'm in a hard water area, and I second everything as above, although I use Aldi or Waitrose shower spray, spray on and leave. Once a week I get a Brillo pad and rub it along the bottom of the glass screen where limescale tends to collect. It doesn't scratch the glass. Once a week I use glass cleaner, polish it with newspaper and it looks like new 9 years later.

Part of my shower routine is quickly wiping with an ordinary microfibre cloth and then again with a glass cloth (got a Marigold one at the moment) as soon as I’m finished, before I do deodorant/moisturise etc. It still needs to be regularly cleaned with Viakal and bathroom spray of course but that takes far less time than if I wasn’t wiping after each shower.

Think it takes about three minutes.

Any tips for those of us in a soft water area?

I get those black mouldy bits everywhere. It feels like a right faff getting into every nook and cranny to try and get rid of them.

I do have a squeegee. Would that method spray work better?

I’m in a soft water area.
I squeegee every time and dry everything with a microfibre cloth.

I also crack open the window, just a touch, whilst I make the bed.

Tidy up, hang towel(s) and shut window(s).
Job done.

I bought a daily spray thinking it would help but it doesn't seem to spread over the whole area, so it just looked like a few blobs of spray sitting on the glass. I couldn't see how it was going to actually clean anything. So I ended up wiping it over the surface with a cloth whi h was what I was trying to avoid having to do.