How to shift really stubborn watermarks/ scale on shower screen?

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I need something really hard cord please!

Have got loads of water marks/ limescale all over a vertical glass shower screen. I've tried scrubbing with Cif, Cillit Bang, Lime Lite- still there.

Anyone got anything else to try? The nastier the better, I'm not needing anything gentle and organic made from orange fumes

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I actually find the ecover limescale remover the best.

It's bad and can damage the fittings, but loo bleach with limescale remover also works a treat.

I find Calgon good. Is it a glass door type thing or a curtain?

If it's a door get one of those window cleaner squeegie things and swipe the water off after every shower. That helps keep the build up to a minimum too.

Lovely thank you! It's a rigid glass screen from floor to nearly ceiling.

I'm full of good intentions once it's clean, I have my wiper blade thing all ready!

HG Scale Away
www.amazon.co.uk/HG-218050106-Scale-Away/dp/B000IU3W4I
I zapped my shower screen and found it brilliant. I've become strangely addicted to cleaning since discovering it!

White vinegar works brilliantly on limescale and doesn't rot your skin off (although I admit the smell isn't floral). you can either wipe over the glass with neat vinegar or if its really bad soak kitchen roll and apply to glass and leave it there. doesn't scratch the glass / plastic either. works in kettles, around taps as well.

Ooh I'm liking the sound of kitchen roll soaked in vinegar! Half the trouble is that the stuff just runs down the screen. Will try ecover one too. I think I've already tried the HG one on a shower head and was a bit disappointed?

Um..... dumb question here, but is white vinegar the same as white wine vinegar??

How about Limescale Remover from Lidl? Blue plastic bottle with a red cap. If the problem is bad, use it neat and use the 'keep it stuck in place with kitchen roll technique' that DPotter suggested.

we live a seriously hard water area and the nice man who comes round to check our water purity levels (we're part of a boarding school) saw I had a bottle of this stuff and said it was the only stuff he used himself - and he's 'water purity person' so he should know!

Lidl one sounds great, just got to find a lidl now!

Tried white vinegar and it worked brilliantly on hard water ring around plug holes, but couldn't shift my nightmare shower screen marks. Nor could Viakal. Serves me right for letting it get so bad

Lakelands do a cleaner for a£5 that is brill. Shower away or somesuch

50% fairy platinum and 50% white vinegar in one of those refillable washing up scourers on a stick - will make it shine like diamonds.

White vinegar is not the same as wine vinegar.

it's possible that the surface has become eroded and will not come shiny. I don't know how that happens, but it does.

I have usually had success with a bathroom cleaner spray, but have used Viakal for visible limescale round taps. Some acid cleaners will take the surface off chrome, so look on the label to see that it says suitable for bathroom use.

Barkeepers friend. Amazing on limescale.

"Barkeepers friend. Amazing on limescale"

but it is made of ground pumice, so is abrasive. Doesn't it dull the surface of glass?

white vinegar is different from white wine vinegar and cheaper.

More suggestions, brilliant thank you.

It's the glass of the shower screen that is still the problem. I've managed to get the marks off taps and sinks, but the glass still has that speckled look when you catch it at an angle.

I did work out the vinegar thing, thank you! Found some clear vinegar in tescos. Still smells though!

Managed to get some of the lidl stuff so my project for today is to scrub it again!

Marking place here as have tried almost all of these and still have samen problem. Also tried a paint scraper, like a stanley knife blade in a holder, also no help.

Have done BKF, viakal, several HG products, vinegar etc etc. Have tested a variety of these side by side, one on each of the 4 panels but in the end none of them really work on my doors.

Can I just ask if any of these things are suitable to use on an enamel/steel bath?

We have some limescale on ours and I want to clean it off but am scared of damaging the surface as a lot of products warn against using on enamel.

Oh found the answer!

here

and here

! Sorry for the hijack but wanted to share those.

PigletJohn it may well do, but I don't clean very often so I haven't noticed any abrasive effect .

Would glass be harder than pumice on mohr's scale though (just musing, not total helpful for the thread)...

Ah. Glass is 5.5 on moh's scale, pumice is 6. So yes, with any decent about of elbow grease the barkeepers friend would scratch the glass...

Well, can confirm that alas, lidl limescale also couldn't clean it off! Grrrrrr. I must have the hardest water or most neglected shower screen in the country!

You sure it's not some old grouting?