Clear Glass Shower Doors

[norinew]

@BubbaDog

I used very fine steel wool and Windex. I’m not sure whether it was good for the glass or not but the mineral deposits came off pretty good.

I don’t recommend this method as I suspect that the tiny scratches left on the glass may just exacerbate the buildup problem.

Well, you could use the steel wool/Windex to get the doors clean, and then use one of those “spray on every day” things to keep them that way.

I still like Mr. Clean Magic Eraser to get the soap scum off.

In fact, there’s very little I’ve tried to remove with them that has failed.

[gigi]

@emmaliminal

How funny! I went looking for unsmelly shower-door-scum-remover tips earlier today. One I found and tried that mostly worked: take a dryer sheet, get it slightly wet, and rub it (fairly hard, like you would for crud on a mirror) over the soap scum. No idea what’s in there that works. One sheet got about 90% of our visible scum off, in less than five minutes.

Someone just told me to soak pots with stuck-on ick and then use a dryer sheets to scrub them out. What’s in there!?

[LouisB]

@HelenGawn

[hijack]

LouisB, I just love reading your posts, especially for the way you write about your darling Marcie. She’s a lucky woman.

Thank you for posting this; I have just this past minute brought my Darling Marcie into our office to read your post. I will print it and use a magnet to hang it on our refrigerator, just in case she forgets.

I do appreciate the compliment but I think the luck was all mine when she agreed to marry me.

[ratatoskK]

Squeegee and Tilex. Every time you take a shower.

[Dangerosa]

@LouisB

Well, my Darling Marcie put the lemon/salt combo to the test, following a full scale shower and the clear glass shower doors just sparkled. My Darling Marcie sparkled very nicely, too. The view through the sparkling clean clear glass shower doors was unimpeded and I would be there yet except that my Darling Marcie isn’t in the shower any more. I wonder what else one could do with lemon and salt? Tequila comes to mind, but there just has to be something more. I’ll sleep on it, perchance to dream or whatever.

Thanks. I’ll try some other suggestions later.

I’ve tried darn near everything including the abrasive chemicals, the dryer sheet, vinegar, different chemicals, other chemicals.

I’d never heard of lemon and salt. I gave it a try. For the first time in twelve years I have clean shower doors.

[StGermain]

I have to agree, Louis. I wish I was someone’s Darling Marcie. Only I’d like to keep my real name, if I could.

StG

[missred]

@LouisB

I wonder what else one could do with lemon and salt? Tequila comes to mind, but there just has to be something more. I’ll sleep on it, perchance to dream or whatever.

Thanks. I’ll try some other suggestions later.

The lemon and salt work wonders as a copper cleaner too! (although a tasty adult beverage would be a nice reward for all of your hard work )

[gigi]

@ratatoskK

Squeegee and Tilex. Every time you take a shower.

You’re breathing in Tilex every day? And your lungs aren’t shredded?!

[ratatoskK]

I spray it fast and close the door, I don’t breathe it in.

[Solfy]

@norinew

Well, you could use the steel wool/Windex to get the doors clean, and then use one of those “spray on every day” things to keep them that way.

I still like Mr. Clean Magic Eraser to get the soap scum off.

In fact, there’s very little I’ve tried to remove with them that has failed.

Just keep in mind that the magic erasers are a fine abrasive, also.

[gigi]

@ratatoskK

I spray it fast and close the door, I don’t breathe it in.

When I use that stuff it lingers in my house for days!

[Unix_Geek]

Another vote for vinegar. I cut it half and half with water in a spray bottle. Use it after the last shower every morning. And before you turn off the shower, spray water across all the glass surfaces to reduce the soap scum that is left to dry before you use your squeegee.

[LouisB]

@StGermain

I have to agree, Louis. I wish I was someone’s Darling Marcie. Only I’d like to keep my real name, if I could.

StG

You may keep your own name----my Darling Marcie did. Just think of yourself as “myDarlingStGermain.” And insist your SO use that name when he/she speaks to you.

[crazyjoe]

@Solfy

There are anti-fog treatments you can buy for glass that’s usefull for things like bathroom mirrors. It works in the opposite way that Rain-X does.
Rain-X makes a hydrophobic (water hating) surface on the glass so that the water droplets converge and roll off. Anti-fog treatments make the glass hydrophillic (water loving) so that the fog disperses more readily instead of forming tiny beads that occlude vision.

If you don’t like the idea of monthly Rain-X treatments, find yourself some Aquapel. It costs a little more than Rain-X, but it last three times as long.

Ok, but either way I have a problem in that I am going to have to squeegee off the excess, right? And doesn’t squeegee-ing very quickly remove the aquapel/anti-fog?

[Solfy]

@crazyjoe

Ok, but either way I have a problem in that I am going to have to squeegee off the excess, right? And doesn’t squeegee-ing very quickly remove the aquapel/anti-fog?

The idea behind the rain clearing treaments is that the bulk of the water should sheet off spontaneously with no squeegee-ing necessary.
Windshield wipers don’t remove Aquapel for months; should you choose to squeegee, it will still stick around for quite a while.
I have less direct experience with anti-fog.