Cleaning glass shower screen

[Kapenta]

eps said:

Vinegar, job done. Just the cheapest stuff you can find on the shelf will do the trick.

I have also used the cheapest white vinegar. Whilst it does work, it doesn't half pong! Lemon and Salt works for me and doesn't leave your shower smelling like a Chippy on a Friday evening?

[eps]

solo2 said:

eps said:

Vinegar, job done. Just the cheapest stuff you can find on the shelf will do the trick.

I use white vinegar also with a green scourer, buff with a clean towel dry. Use the same vinegar for descaling the kettle as I hate chemicals and worst thing that happens is your coffee might not taste so nice if you've not rinsed it enough.

Yep, same here - in fact the active agent in most of the products mentioned above will be vinegar. I've used brown vinegar, it's something like£3 for 5 litres. It works really well and you don't need to use that much of it either.

[Foppo]

I have never liked these glass shower screens.We use a shower curtain when mucky washed in the washing machine.

[wolfracesonic]

Kapenta said:

@OP Wolfracesonic

Any Updates on how the lemon & salt has worked, or any others?

Limelight cleaner on order from Amazon, haven't found the gel version in the shops yet. I might try the lemon and salt at your suggestion, I'm intrigued if nothing else. Maybe the salt is mild abrasive and the acidity of the lemon counteracts the alkalinity of the limescale. Or maybe it's a wind up and you are trying to get me to wipe increasingly unlikely substances on my shower screen I doubt I'll get the glass looking like new though

[eps]

wolfracesonic said:

Kapenta said:

@OP Wolfracesonic

Any Updates on how the lemon & salt has worked, or any others?

Limelight cleaner on order from Amazon, haven't found the gel version in the shops yet. I might try the lemon and salt at your suggestion, I'm intrigued if nothing else. Maybe the salt is mild abrasive and the acidity of the lemon counteracts the alkalinity of the limescale. Or maybe it's a wind up and you are trying to get me to wipe increasingly unlikely substances on my shower screen I doubt I'll get the glass looking like new though

Vinegar will make it look like new, but smell like a Fish and Chip shop (for a bit).

[Patch1875]

We got a karcher steam cleaner from their outlet website its been a bargain for what it can do,used it on the shower and it came up like new taking all the mould that builds up in hinges etc.

Used it again today to clean the cars mats.

Sure it was only £40

[wolfracesonic]

Had a go yesterday with a lemon and some salt, mixed results. It removed a bit more lime scale following the application of the HG Hagesan product, though another go with the latter would have probably achieved the same result. The lemon did smell nice though and was cheaper. Worryingly, I tried scraping the glass with a fish tank algae cleaner, brand new razor blade in it and that didn't remove the final traces either. Final attempt will be with the Lime light cleaner I have ordered, though I fear the glass is irrevocably marked Thanks for all your suggestions, it seems the key is to keep on top of it, not to let it get to the state where you can barely see through the glass.

[dvs_dave]

Use a melamine foam sponge on it. Aka magic eraser. These things are not a gimmick, and as long as you understand what they are (essentially a very hard yet super fine abrasive) and how best to use them, they can prove extremely useful. Because of what they are, they work very well at removing limescale "stains" from glass, for example.

[wolfracesonic]

^ Cheers for that, will get hold of some Magic Erasers and give them a go.

[dirty_dog]

Did mine with my Flex machine polisher and Sonus polish when I had the shower doors off for bathroom return. Depends what you've got around the place.

[eps]

wolfracesonic said:

Had a go yesterday with a lemon and some salt, mixed results. It removed a bit more lime scale following the application of the HG Hagesan product, though another go with the latter would have probably achieved the same result. The lemon did smell nice though and was cheaper. Worryingly, I tried scraping the glass with a fish tank algae cleaner, brand new razor blade in it and that didn't remove the final traces either. Final attempt will be with the Lime light cleaner I have ordered, though I fear the glass is irrevocably marked Thanks for all your suggestions, it seems the key is to keep on top of it, not to let it get to the state where you can barely see through the glass.

Have you tried vinegar?

[wolfracesonic]

Update. I've just tried the Limelight gel and the magic eraser sponges, aaaaaaaaaaaand , no improvement from my last attempt with the lemon and salt My one last hope now to try some cerium oxide and try to polish away the crud, more mechanical than chemical!

[Impasse]

Pop in to Halfords and buy a bottle of Wonder Wheels.

[ukwill]

op - buy this

http://www.biggreensmile.com/products/bar-keepers-...

Thank me later

[wolfracesonic]

^ Will give it a shot, watch this space.