How to remove soap scum from clear shower door?

Sep 20, 2003 Last reply: 5 years ago 27 Replies
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DAMN SPAMMER

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My best luck with soap scum on a shower door has been straight vinegar and a semi-abbrasive sponge (kind of like those sponges that are a yellow sponge on one side and a green scratchy thing on the other, but this one is white instead of green, and apparantly doesn't scratch surfaces as much.

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sells them pretty cheap. Also saw similar ones in Wal-Mart that actually had a handle. Spray the vinegar on the door and let it sit for a while - seems to help loosen the stuff up. You're still going to have to scrub pretty hard, though.

...razor blades are a great tool for certain things, and thought I've never needed to resort to them for soap scum, I bet it works great.

Just BE CAREFUL! First thing - make sure the surface you are scraping is wet (again - try wetting it with vinegar). Second - make sure you use the blade at a low angle -- almost along the plane of the door. Third - make sure the blade is sharp. Dull blades don't clean - they scratch.

- Michael

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I take mine down to the car wash. No muss, no fuss, 75 cents to wash and 75 cents to rinse, does a great job.

-Tock

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I have never been able to get my shower doors spotless since right after we installed them. After a few years I finally gave up. I still regularily scrub them just to say they are *clean* but for appearances I hung a pretty (cloth) shower curtain up in front of the doors to hide them. I still have the convienince of shower doors without having to look at the ugly things.

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We just got involved in some new great cleaners that are 100% chemical free. They work better than most store products and cost the same or less. Tub & Til and Sol-U-Mel is fantastic on soap scum. They also sell soap that has no lye in it so this avoids soap scum. The soaps I found a little more than I like to pay but have since found they last 2-3 times longer than the coat soap I was using. They call the soap the Gold Bar or Platinum bar and the smell is great. Got to

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for more info. or to get information. Hope it helps. Bob

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Use a magic eraser ( I use the cheap dollar store brand) and plain water. Wipe all surfaces of the glass then wipe with a cloth. Spray windex and shine with a paper towel.

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