Friends, My clear glass shower cabinet is coated with limescale that is proving almost impossible to remove. It is regularly cleaned with Cif Bathroom spray. I have tried Lime-Lite, vinegar, Lemon juice and a half Lemon, Brillo pad and in an obscure corner a scalpel!
It appears to be etched on to the glass, anyone any ideas?
Regards Peter Fagg
I use HCl acid, AKA Waitrose toilet descaler, occasionally. Seems effective but gradually takes the metal plating off the faux chrome plastic plug hole. Probably best not take a shower at the same time.
Rusty.
Having used several abrasive cleaners it's not surprising.
In message , Peter Charles Fagg writes
I had this problem, tried loads of stuff which didnt work, and found that Cilit Bang, (or whatever it's called), did the trick.
There has been a long thread on this recently - some found it good, others think it's just the same as the rest. So I'm only speaking from my own experience.
Probably not much help to you but many commercial glasshouses are sprayed with Hydrofluoric acid each year. This removes the surface of the glass leaving a clean substrate. Don't try this at home folks
When I posted this message I had not expected someone to interpret my using a Brillo pad or the scalpel all over the glass, it was tested in a very small section at the bottom where any scratching would go un-noticed.
The harshest treatment has been the Lime-Lite but it too is totally ineffective.
I shall probably try this Cillit Bang that other refer to as a last resort.
Thankyou for the suggestion, now to find a Waitrose outlet! Is there one on the Isle of Wight?
Peter.
Richard, thankyou for your thoughts. I will certainly try this method in the near future.
Peter.
I have already posted one reply but for some reason it did not record. Richard thankyou for this thought I will try this stuff in the near future.
Peter.
Mary
Had a similar problem, despite a water softener being fitted to the house, scale on shower glass appearing over a year or two that would not shift easily using standard cleaning/descaling products. A mate tested the "scale" it at his work and it was calcium sulphate not calcium carbonate which is normal scale. Calcium sulphate is not attacked by standard cleaners or even brick cleaning acid.
So not too sure what the cure is.
Ian, am I to understand that you just tolerate the unsightly opaqueness or have you tried something that gives some results?
Peter.
Basically I tolerated for a while, using standard descalers removed a lot scale, but always left faint scale marks. In the last six months I have turned my water softener up, it was set to leave slight hardness in the water (about 2 Clarke as opposed to 21 Clarke source) and that has cleared most of the resistant scale, leaving almost 100% clean glass. Oh get a squeegy wiper thing (used for car windscreens) to wipe the glass after a shower to remove any soap residue as with 100% soft water that what gets left on the glass. I am not too keen on the fully 100% softened water as it makes soap difficult to get off as water is so soft.
My thanks to everyone who has posted useful information.
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