How to Remove Hard Water Stains and Soap Scum from Glass Shower Doors
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ม.ค. 2022
- In this video I use a DIY bathroom cleaner to remove limescale, soap scum, and hard water stains from my glass shower door. I also teach you how to clean a shower and glass doors using vinegar and rubbing alcohol. This vinegar bathroom cleaner is incredible and super easy to make at home; let me know how well it works cleaning your bathroom in the comments below :)
My limescale remover recipe:
20% vinegar
5% rubbing alcohol
1 (small) squirt dish soap - don’t overdo it about 3 mls is plenty (1% or less)
Struggle no more with soap scum removal, removing hard water stains, and keeping your shower glass doors sparkling clean!
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Cleaning vinegar is 6%, whereas regular cooking is 5%. It looks like only a 1% difference, but it's a 20% difference in strength. Which percentage are you using to clean limescale in your video?
@@jamiv531 cleaning vinegar is just distilled more - how are you extrapolating your percentages ?
Amazon has a 99% IPA, I've seen it.
@@jamiv531if you stop the video at 1:10 and zoom in you will see the vinegar is a food grade barley malt 5% vinegar. Can't tell the %of the alcohol though. The link suggests 70%.
I would be a lot easier if you added specific quantities not percentages of a solution to put together the cleaning cocktail.
FYI for people wanting to keep shower doors clean…keep a squeegee in your shower, and always (ALWAYS) squeegee your glass at the end of your shower, and cleaning, when needed, will be minimal. This combo looks like a great way to clean between squeegeeing.
Yes! We are a squeegee household. It's so worth the few seconds a day.
Yup! Stops this happening in the first place!
I use one
I always wipe water drops after shower and I almost never need to clean my sink or shower. It still looks brand new after months of usage.
That is a very good advice! We are doing it after every shower. As we have very hard water in Southern California, it still needs about 2 general cleanings a year, but that is down from 5-6 without a squeegee
Tip on using vinegar in spray bottles: If you do this, do not keep the vinegar in the spray bottle long term. The bottle itself will be fine but the spray nozzle with get slowly eaten away by the acid. You can buy spray bottles specifically designed to handle acids or just rinse the bottle and nozzle out after each use.
yup! thanks for mentioning it :)
Thnx
Know of any good bottles that store vinegar well on Amazon or other source?
I keep vinegar in a regular spray bottle and have never had a problem. Been doing it for over 30 years.
I find the best thing is to buy a spray bottle of a commercial product of something that's similar and then reuse the bottle.
So for diluted bleach a commercial bleach spray bottle will last years whereas a generic water spray bottle will die within weeks.
For this I'm using a shower cleaner spray bottle which was sold as being for limescale. That's bound to be acid resistant.
Great cleaner mix by the way. I used it the other day and it is absolutely the best so thank you very much.
For those in the West, I do 4 oz. of vinegar, 2 oz. rubbing alcohol to 14 oz. of water. And of course a bit of liquid dish soap.
Thank you!!
lol, I should’ve read the comments…I had to go n figure out how much 100 ml n the rest were but it all worked out
I’m Ireland is part of the western world! You mean America.
It may surprise you that only country left in the West that still uses imperial measurements is the US.
Thank you Mindy for your help ❤❤
Thank you! was very skeptical, have used several expensive products and none have worked as great as this cleaner. Cut through water stains and soap scum so easy. Thank you once again! AWESOME!!!
I tried your shower cleaning hack and it’s the best yet I’ve tried to date - sharing this tip it’s all I know 😁😁😁
Works really well. Just used it and found it works great on chrome shower fittings and aluminium trim as well.
I just finished trying this and wow it worked great.
I've just tried this solution and it works brilliantly on my shower cubicle. Thank you for sharing this.
This is amazing. Just came across your video while browsing. Went straight to kitchen. Made up the mixture and then cleaned my shower screen!!!!! (Same as yours ). What an amazing transformation. I’ve tried various cleaning materials in the past and none have shifted the soap scum. We don’t have a build up of limescale here.
This is brilliant. I’m going to share it with family and friends. Thank you. (I had the rubbing alcohol for my crafts.)
Sir….. I’m in awe!!! I’ve tried for years to clean my glass shower doors, and nothing worked! You have changed my cleaning world for life! 😊
You’ve made my day, thank you 😊
Holy mackerel I've done this and it truly works, we've tried everything and this is the best
This worked really well! all the grease and dirt comes right off
Helping a friend preparing her home for sale i volunteered to clean glass shower doors with the pricey, purpose specific cleaner she brought. We both thought it would be easy... I was worn out and had to do it over a couple of days (was a double shower to boot). You, Sir have made a friend for life.
Not to mention those fumes are awful on those cleaners.
After spending years trying different cleaners, I went back to good old glass grade steel wool. Use it on any surfaces like glass, stainless steel, etc. for scratch-free clean surfaces with very little effort. Simply allow the surfaces to dry and then rub with the steel wool (glass grade 0000). Super easy and way more effective than cleaners. Will bring surfaces back to brand new.
Ajax or Vim will do the same thing but better and safer. For getting finger marks and smears off stainless nothing beats WD40
@@yann664 baby oil also works well on stainless steel. Rub on, buff off.
I have the glass wool, I didn't think to use it dry I might try that!
Mr sheen multipurpose spray is better and won't attract dust unlike oil
Thanks for this tip! I used the solution as recommended - twice - with a magic eraser. It helped but did not eliminate the hard water spots. I will use it again with the 0000 steel wool.
Holy sheet! I just tried this and it worked really well! I’ve tried so many different store bought but cleaners with virtually no results. And now I try this dirt cheap method and it blows them out of the water 😂 I wish I’d found this video sooner. Thanks so much for the advice!
I can’t believe how well this worked, oh my goodness. Thank you so much!
Happy to help :)
That recipe worked perfectly. Thank you for a great and useful video!
Great to hear!
Made it, used it. Bloody brilliant mate. Thank you. Sooooooo easy and works quick.
Thank you 🙏
This worked miraculously and perfectly. Thank you!
Thank you very much.
This is such important information, especially during this Recession.
Best wishes mate.
You had me cleaning science and environment friendly! Thank you! It works!
Wow! This works better than any commercial product out there and it's cheap and environmentally friendly, thanks so much! 👏
I love the stuff :)
Thank you!
This 100% works... just tried it... Awesome... Thanks
I completely agree. I myself mix washing powder, bleach, harpic x2, washing up liquid, etc. It cleans everything from carpet to smoke stained equipment. Yes, vinegar, ipa, lemon or lime juice, will also do. Thank you for the video.
I used your formula on glass shower doors and the tile inside the shower and WOW, the results were amazing. I had been using a product specifically marketed for water mineral and soap scum build-up, but the vinegar/alcohol mixture was SO much more effective. (Confession: When you said to use IPA as an ingredient I nearly rushed off to the store to buy a beer...glad I listened more carefully! 😃)
I researched this topic pretty well before making my mixes; the off the shelf products usually lack the solvent to break down grease which the acid is really bad at; the two combined however is super effective. I’m quite proud of myself 😆
with enough IPA everything would look clear !!!
That’s funny.. I’m Mexican wife Irish…i understand
@@CleaningHowTo the hard water build up is not visible when the glass is wet. for true test, you should have let it dry and then show us. Nevertheless, I will try your recipe at home.
I will try your concoction tomorrow for sure..I'm having a really bad situation present so respond and I will tell you my results ok..
Gonna try this. Thanks!
Also, just wanted to add a small technical correction, as a chemist. A solvent can be basic or acidic as well as polar and nonpolar. To be charitable, I believe what was meant by solvent was an organic, nonpolar compound, like the soap added to solution or something like WD-40, which is mistakenly used to lubricate when it is too volatile to be a good lubricant and in fact removes protective oil coatings, so don’t use as a lubricant.
There are 3 different definitions and ways of classifying acids and bases in chemistry. Not all acids are protic acids concerned with hydrogen protons, such as nonpolar organic acids/bases. In chemistry, like dissolves like, which refers to whether a solvent (anything that dissolves another compound into solution, e.g. water, the universal solvent) and the solvate (the substance being dissolved into the solution) are polar or nonpolar. This is why soaps made from hydrocarbons can dissolve oil and grease, both are nonpolar hydrocarbons and like polarity dissolves like. Sometimes, like in your recipe, you can create solvent mixtures that are more versatile or more effective as there can be both polar and nonpolar regions on molecules. The dish soap is great for dissolving the nonpolar compounds of the soap scum, the IPA is amphiprotic, meaning that it is a polar molecule that can act as both a weak acid or a weak base. This works well with the acetic acid in the vinegar to dissolve the polar mineral build up in soap scum from hard water, and possibly to help emulsify the solution (maybe, have to refresh on the emulsification part).
Excited to try this recipe! Thanks again!
Thanks for taking the time to write this, I really appreciate it but I don’t understand a lot of your explanation; could you put it in laymans terms? :)
What should you use for a good lubricant?
Didn't read your whole letter, but what I read, I didn't understand, thanks. 😂
@CleaningHowTo what he's saying, is, the 3 ingredients cover a lot of bases, chemically.
Both water and alcohols are polar compounds, and soap is a non polar compound. Polarity is a key concept in cleaning! By understanding what we are trying to dissolve we can understand what best to apply. A polar compound molecule is structured so that it has positive and negative ends, and non polar compounds do not. Things that are polar (water and IPA) can attract and repel other polar molecules (opposite charges attract, alike charges repel). Soaps are made up of long, non-polar molecules with a polar (charged, attractive or repelling) end, so they have the characteristics of both polar and non-polar molecules. Alcohol and water will work strongly on things soap does not, and soap can work strongly on things like grease, which is affected by an alcohol and water solution, but not to the same extent as a detergent. Hope that helps!
Thank you!!!! Yes!! Throw out all the scam "cleaning" products. Just get these few things. I have hard water built up on my exterior windows. I'll try this!!!
Your cleaning mixture has worked a treat! I did not know which components to use but after watching your video, mate you have made it so easy for us! I used a very fine steel wool lightly to clean first followed but wipe off with a paper towl.
Glad I could help
Thank you sir.. I have tried everything on the market and nothing worked. This worked amazing. So very happy I found your video.
Love this, awesome!
Thanks so much for your mixture plus the magic eraser Omgosh I’ve been struggling with this shower for sometime. The amount of cleaning products I’ve used has been ridiculous and hazardous ☢️ I’m glad I found your channel 🙌
You’re welcome :)
Have you tried it with just a cloth (not magic eraser)?
This works absolutely brilliantly for the shower doors and the tiles!
It sure does :)
Solution worked perfectly on my shower doors and even my shower walls (marble).
I leave a dedicated pouf for cleaning and a small bottle of Dawn and after each shower I quickly clean the glass and walls, spray down, squeegee and we are both clean and streak free 😊
Thank you!!!! I've been trying to keep our shower doors clean using just vinegar. Never happy with results. I was so interested in your method that I IMMEDIATELY threw the ingredients into a small bucket, grabbed the scrubber sponge and went to it. Amazing results!!! It works people! I opted to try a scrub sponge first as our Kohler doors have a film that is supposed to minimize build up (mmmm...no...) and I didnt want to run the risk of possibly micro-scratching it with a white eraser pad.
Will use the eraser and a bigger bucket to do the tile and the rest of the shower tomorrow.
thats awesome :)
Thank you, i had scum that would not come out. This works works works. Thank you so much my friend. ❤❤
Worked nicely, my bathroom is now limescale free, more or less!! I recommend using a spray bottle spray the shower guard and then leave for no longer than 10 minutes before scrubbing, it makes it easier to get those marks off. A bit confused by the 500ml of water comment, as surely it would depend on how much you're making, so I just worked out how much I was making, calculated 20% and 5% (vinegar/alcohol) of this total and then filled the rest up with water. I would also recommend looking at the full recipe, as it is definitely a good idea to use some scented essential oil, to take the edge off the vinegar. @Cleaninghowto mentions the cost benefits of this solution but there are also health benefits, as companies don't test all the ingredients in their products over long periods of time, so that could potentially lead to health issues after years of usage.
I’ve made this solution as per your vid, holy hell, the result is amazing. Cleaning the cubicle weekly takes like 2 mins.
I was seriously impressed with it and it's all I use now. The stuff is epic :P
I mixed it up and put it in a squirt bottle and it worked so perfectly and easily, I couldn’t believe it! No scrubbing at all. It easily wiped clean with a magic eraser sponge as in the video seconds after being sprayed on. I feel like I have a new shower! And didn’t use expensive, bad chemicals. Thank you for taking the time to share this. I will forever use it from now on! WooHoo! I love clean!
So happy to hear this :)
WooHoo
I have this stuff on my rear window of my pickup truck, nothing I tried has dealt with it. So I appreciate you info! Thanks Man!
thats an odd place for limescale! sure it's not road film?
I tried it and it WORKS!!!!!!
Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge!
It’s all I use now and I love it :-)
Genius!!!! Barely had to scrub! Thank You!
Worked for me!
I usually have magic erasers but didn't for some reason. Originally I tried a wet rag and that did NOTHING. So instead, I used a dish scrubber and kept scrubbing in gentle circular motions while keeping the solution wet and constantly reapplying over the limescale. The solution needs time to dissolve the limescale and pairing it with a lightly abrasive scrub-down worked for me. Keep it wet while scrubbing and with enough patience, the limescale melts off.
Thanks, nothing has ever worked for me before up until now.
If you leave it to dwell for at least 15 mins it should just wipe off! Keep the area wet while you do it!
This worked best for me out of all the videos on TH-cam!
The science behind it stacks up :)
Awesome thanks for sharing this with us,looks good
Haven't tried it yet, willing to give it a go . Not completely convinced because the glass always looks good when its wet , its after its dried that the limescale still dhows up.
YES! I Agree! I thought it was just me. Every time it dries.
I would squeegee the glass after rinsing 👍
Agree. Cant use vinegar with marble. I use syntex a marble polish for hard water spots. If glass not etched, you will get squeegee clean. Do rinse immediately if you have marble since it is acidic.
You haven’t used vinegar before? Soak shower heads, dishwashers, etc.. it will take care of it.
It may be glass cancer. If it feels smooth and clean after cleaning but still has the ‘haze’, then probably glass cancer. Gets that way from too harsh chemicals over time or/and inferior quality glass.
You are my new best friend, never in my life has cleaning my shower door been so easy and comes out perfect 🥰
Thank you! Watch this space I'm still experimenting :)
Worked great, ty for the tips!
Worked like a charm!! Thanks man!!
Lovely stuff!
Bruh, I usually don't comment on videos but my god, this stuff works so well! I've been trying to get water stains out of my shower glass for so long, I've tried so many products and this removed it in seconds wtf, I'm still shocked!!!
Ha - cleaning science 🧪 😂
Glad it worked :)
So the pump spray bottle. Just purchased a 2L and tried this approach. I did not remember to get the Magic Eraser which I think would put it over the top with polish. I used a hand held scrub brush which was good too.
The SOLO 418 2 Liter One-Hand Pressure Sprayer that I bought literally changed my life as far as spray bottles. That is the only way to go for all house hold sprays. I'm buying two more in different sizes.
Thank for the post.
You’re welcome :)
Thanks very much going to try this.
This was what I wanted! Thank you. Perfect video!
You're welcome!
I made this to clean my bathroom and wooow my faucet looks soo shiny ✨
Yup! They’re great :)
thank you! this worked like a charm. my buildup was dark stains that i couldn't get rid of with cleaners on their own. it did take a couple tries and leaveing it on for 10+ mins but buildup was removed with a stiff brush with your solution. I'm glad I cleaned up with household ingredients!
edit: i reduced the water ratio and i think that helped with penetrating the tougher stains.
Fantastic!
Cascade dishwasher detergent diluted or denture tablets work well too!
I would have liked to have seen the glass dry after. Once soap scum is removed most glass looks good when wet. Its usually those fine calcium spots that stick out when glass is dry. I will try your mixture for removing the soap scum though. Thanks
Yes exactly what I was thinking. I restore glass for work and you are correct - once you remove soap scum it will look clean while wet, but the hard water reappears when dry.
YES THIS !!! Looks great when wet ..show me how it looks an hour after
The fine spots are etching.
Well if you clean shower screens weekly they will be clean all the time all you need is automotive glass cleaner and paper towel,
I have a shower screen that’s 12 years old and it looks as good as the day I installed it…
Or you can apply edura shield on it and the water beeds right off
Great video , my comment was based on the wingers and winers of this video
Thank you :)
I'm going to try this tomorrow I been trying and buying everything natural and store-brought. Wish me luck!
Did it work? :)
OMG this works, I have been using strong vinegar alone for years with limited results. The addition of the alcohol it the magic ingredient.
Yup! The alcohol dissolves the fats in the soap scum and allows the vinegar to penetrate and do its job :)
I’m in the US. My son has massive environmental allergies, and I’m so excited to find your channel! Can you tell me where you got that fabulous pump sprayer? It looks like a mini version of a garden sprayer?
I'm so glad my videos might be able to help, thank you :) The sprayer is from a brand called Kwazar but if you look up hand pump sprayers you should be able to find one :)
I just use a mixture of dishwashing liquid, vinegar and water and basically use everywhere. it seems to work just as good as any of the specific cleaning products you can buy. I keep a spray bottle in the bathroom and one in the kitchen. And so much cheaper!
Thats what I use for maintaining :)
Soap and vinegar neutralize each other alkaline vs acid.
Works great, thank you
Very nice. The water in East Anglia, UK, is very hard. I bought a water softener and hardly have to deal with lime scale anymore. But this idea will work well in the kitchen for sure. 👍🏻👌🏻
Thanks for sharing
The spray bottle you use in the video looks good quality. Are you able to provide a link to purchase please?
Hint: Buy a cheap squeegee. After you shower, before getting out, use the squeegee to remove the water on the glass. That will keep the glass cleaner longer. it takes less than 30 seconds even if (like me) you have 2 doors to do.
Great tip :)
Greetings from Tucson, Arizona USofA.
Just discovered your channel and subscribed.
When I remodeled my house I had the back wall of the shower removed and installed a 3'x5' window.
I've not found ANYthing that would clean off the scale without damaging the marble and I'm gonna mix up your solution today.
Don’t use it if you have marble; acid dissolves the calcium in it and etches it!
Good grief! It works! I used surgical spirit instead of isopropyl alcohol. Cannot believe how many years I've spent and then suddenly find something that works with no damage to my neck for which I'm truly grateful.
OK just tried this one out. The combination of IPA + Vinegar + Magic Eraser is a very effective combo. I had a shower stall that I had been hitting with just vinegar with little effect. But this combo did a number on the scale. If you're in an enclosed environment you probably want to wear a respirator because the smell is really, really strong.
The ipa is hard on the lungs so I’d sponge it on in an enclosed space :)
Yeah, um, so how did it work with just the magic eraser ™ and water?
@@randalalansmith9883 Not quite as effective. More scrubbing, less results.
Can you please say how many parts alcohol to how many parts vinegar and then water? I dont know how to convert mils. Thank you.
@@barbarawayland2424 use Google to convert mL to whatever units you like
Have you tried citric acid? I found it's amazing for removing limescale. Vinegar alone didn't work for me, but I'll have to try it with rubbing alcohol. Thanks for sharing effective eco ideas.
I haven’t but I want to!
I'm going to try this because I tried the concoction in the video and am having to scrub really hard and having to do it again and again.
gonna try this next week when my Isopropanol turns up 👍👍
Tried this on our shower screen now which has had 20 years of soap/calcium accumulation thanks to the previous owners. I can see some improvement but still has quite a coat of soap/calcium marking. I might need to give it another go and try using with fine steel wool instead of the magic eraser.
I use lemon salt with dish soap it works well for cleaning shower doors as well flour stains
Awesome
Lemon salt or lemon pepper?
The limescale around here literally laughs at vinegar.
I’m hearing you…me too😂
would you use this mix for blocked drains as well? and love this cleaner recipe, it is the best!
Brilliant. Thanks lad 👍
If you have heavy calcium buildup on glass doors you need something heavy duty with a high acid content. 3% vinegar will do nothing, even mixed with alcohol.
Sounds sensible, I've tried a number of these highly watched videos thus far and the difference is minimal to n
one!
I tried a lot of different combinations and the combo I found that worked the best was Rhodes American #0000 steel wool that you buy at Home Depot, and Cerama Bryte stove cleaner from Lowe’s. You still gotta use some elbow grease, but these made the impossible possible. I noticed no scratches on the glass, but obviously you should spot-test first. 🙏❤️✝️
Thanks@@douglaspinsak1246
Hi. May I know what % is the isopropanol you are using. 70% or 90%? Thanks in advance. Great video
Either is fine :)
good video with very good advice. thank you.
Thank you 😊
Love that bottle!
It’s called a Kwazar :)
We just moved into a new (to us) home and it appears the previous residents did not ever clean their shower glass. 🙄 We live in an area where the water is very hard and the shower enclosure is coated with limescale and soap scum. I'm excited to try this, so thanks so much for sharing! I am confused by the recipe, however. You say in the video that you use 50 ml of IPA and refer to that as 5% of the total amount which is 500 ml. If you're making a total of 500 ml, 5% would only be 25 ml. Since I'm doubling the recipe, I'm wondering if I should stick with only 50ml of alcohol or double it to 100ml...? Sorry to cause confusion if I've got something wrong here, (which is very possible.) Please help! THANKS again!
Hey :)
It’s not a completely fixed ratio as each area is different but 50ml is fine; increasing the vinegar a bit might be prudent but experiment :)
@@CleaningHowTo can you put a comment that describes how to do the recipe but in ounces… I need everything simple please
@@CleaningHowTo also, do you think that quasar sprayer is better than a regular one and I guess I’ll see if it’s available in the US - why do you use it? It is very cool.
@@Madi4321 I own a cleaning product distribution business and those sprayers are the best we’ve found :)
Love your down-to-earth approach! QUESTION: What % is the vinegar you are using? (Not how much, e.g. 20ml:100ml mixture but the % of the acid in the vinegar...)
Unfortunately the glare prevents seeing it in the video and sadly, the link to "your" vinegar is no longer active. Your Website also fails to specify.
Would appreciate it if you could clarify. Thanks!
Cooking vinegar is 5% acetic which is the minimum concentration and fine to use for this :)
Fab. Thank you so much :-)@@CleaningHowTo
No problemo :)
It's incredible how adding alcohol up the game so much. I have always used vinegar + dish liquid to clean shower glass but there's only so much it can do. I tried using your mixture today and the result was mind blowing. I wouldn't say it removed 100% of the stains I had, but it removed 90% of the water and grease stains I had, with minimal effort.
I tried the mixture on my glossy shower tiles but it didn't work.
Do you have a magical mixture to remove water and grease stain from shower tiles?
fantastic, thankyou
Top Tip for Shower Glass: Wear gloves, wipe on a toilet cleaner that gets rid of limescale and it is a simple wipe on, wait a min and rinse off - ALL GONE!! There is literally no scrubbing required and product of choice is Harpic Power Plus 👍🏻
Yup the hydrochloric acid cuts through it. Don’t go anywhere near marble though!
Is that environmentally friendly too? Thanks
@@B7S5-ed6vc yes because the hydrochloric acid gets neutralized by the limescale to create water, co2 and calcium chloride, alle three are biologically harmless . the formula is 2HCl + CaCO3 = H2O + CO2 + CaCl2
Thanks for the info :)
I tried this and it didn't work for me
This is EXACTLY what the cleaning supply companies don't want you to know!
Cleaning chemistry is fun 🤩
This really works.
It worked ! Just need to do a few applications.
A longer dwell time can help :)
Since you don't really mention it, what kind of concentrations of isopropanol and vinegar do you use? Vinegar usually comes in 3 to 20%, and isopropanol goes from at least 70 to 99.9%. Since we're mixing at specific ratios, it should matter. It's probably not crucial, but it would be good to know.
It’s not functionally important to differentiate. But the vinegar is 5% and ipa 70. The variations in concentrations won’t make a noticeable difference to potency.
Thank you! Was just going to ask. Retail we can purchase 3 to 20% concentrate vinegar, but our bulk refiller receives theirs at 99% which is hugely caustic, and they dilute it down for me to whatever I ask for.
99 % acetic acid is crazy 😝
Cleaning vinegar is 12% if that’s any use!
In the above description for website(on website) it states the below information. You might want to update the information to reflect what you covered here in TH-cam comments👍
Outstanding information and thank you for sharing🙌🙏
Good to know that you can use
5% vinegar
70% IPA
Instructions to Make your All-Natural, Toxic-Free Bathroom Cleaner
Step One:
Add 20% vinegar to the spray bottle.Step Two:
Combine 5% of rubbing alcohol into the bottle
We use the Mr Clean magic eraser all by itself periodically without any extra stuff and it clears the shower glass fine. We do squeegee the glass after every shower. After it's clean I spray RainX window cleaner to put an extra slick coating on to protect the glass from soap build up.
I was first introduced to vinegar as a cleaner back when cleaning glass in a kiosk. Just a bit of neat vinegar dropped on newspaper. The paper is mildly abrasive. No water used
Ive used it to clean mould from the walls of my 150 yr old house walls as well.
I use a water and vinegar spray to neutralise smells from my dogs on my concrete patio and ceramic tiles esp the grouting.
It’s good stuff!
i substitute the vinegar with citric acid as it breaks up the limescale and doesn`t have that stong smell to it like vinegar has. i like the idea of combining it with isopropanol, thanks
If you're in America and using Dawn dish soap, don't use essential oils, it breaks up and makes it funky, coz Dawn cuts grease and oil.
Good tip, I’m gunna try this recipe with some lemons or limes
Remenber: DO NOT mix cleaning agents without knowing what you are doing. A lot of people have gotten seriously hurt or even killed.
It works. Thank you.
You're welcome!
wow ❤
And many thanks!
I noticed you didn't show the door once dried. Thats because it didn't work as well as you claim and looks great when wet with the vin/ipa/soap solution. It would have only needed another 20 seconds of drying time to demonstrate the finished results. Cant help but feel like you cut it short and with no true after photo because it looks better wet and unfinished.
Yeah - nice try; it worked, I’ve done it three times now and it worked then too. I tell you what though, if you don’t believe me I’ve another video in this series where I do it again in edit. And finally; if there was still limescale on the glass you’d see it; wet or not.
@@CleaningHowTo I wish it had worked for me then. Not here to argue, just want a cleaner glass shower door! Pretty objective observation that you didn't show it dry which would be the after photo.
Mine looked immaculate when wet, similar to in your video, but still has the limescale after dried. I even tried it a second time with apple cider vinegar because its a stronger acid and then a third time but with hot water immediately after posting my comment because it can't hurt to try again and I'd like for this method to work well. Anyways I appreciate your video and your safer common household cleaners approach so will look through your other video collection to try around my place. Do you think fine steel wool would be worth trying instead of melamine pad?
@@marambula try a spot with neat vinegar - how thick is the buildup ?
@@CleaningHowTo the buildup is moderate id say, less than your before in the video. I actually started with neat vinegar first, then tried neat IPA before starting your measurements. As I said I'm very into the idea of this working well. In fact I keep a melamine foam pad in my shower where it can easily dry and have cleaned with vinegar/soap drop probably every 2 weeks and been doing that for 18+ months. I believe I used to have better results because more recently Ive noticed more buildup and diminishing results and am now searching for solutions. I was excited to try some IPA added hoping it would work better than what I have been doing as if it were the missing link. I do think its working better than just Vin/Water/SoapDrops so thank you for the IPA idea.
@@marambula where are you based? The water seems to be exceptionally hard; you could try stronger acid (hcl, muriatic, etc) but these are pretty strong and can’t be inhaled the away you can with vinegar so apply with gloves on using a sponge.
Nope. Doesn’t work . I’ve tried all this crap and it doesn’t work where you have super hard water. Maybe if you do it from the beginning with your glass, but it definitely won’t remove hard water stains that have accumulated from previous owners. No more effective than spitting on it.
Wow.
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Great video!
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Brilliant!!! Thanks! 😃👏👏👏
Glad you liked it!