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Shower screen!!! Aaargh!

frugalmumof3
frugalmumof3 Posts: 22 Forumite
in Old style MoneySaving
Hoping someone has a miracle method to clean a glass shower screen, I've tried everything but the stubborn water marks just won't go! :mad:
I have tried more natural methods such as vinegar, lemon. Then attempted bleach and bicarb. Even bought some viakal but nothing seems to work. We do live in a very hard water area and it does have some hammer as there are 5 of us in the house with just the one bathroom,
Help please...
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  • Mummy2cheekymonkeys
    Mummy2cheekymonkeys Posts: 441 Forumite
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    I also live in a hard water area and the only thing I have found to work is:
    Scrub with flash bathroom cleaner. Rinse off. Spray with windolene, scrub again rinse off and then use a karcher window vac to remove all the water. I have to use the window vac every time I use the shower as as soon as there is water left to dry it gets the marks again. My parents bought a rubber squeegee to keep in their shower to do the same thing. I found with the water so hard here prevention rather than cure is the only thing that works.
  • Blackbeard_of_Perranporth
    Blackbeard_of_Perranporth Posts: 7,605 Forumite
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    I use the cream cleaner for emporium W8RS. Does ours!
  • VfM4meplse
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    I'm always amazed at how useful WD40 is. I think it may well be the answer to your problem, and possibly prevent a further build up.

    Try it on a small area and let us know how you get on?
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  • pollypenny
    pollypenny Posts: 29,449 Forumite
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    I live in a soft water area, but the shower screen drives me mad. It is curved so unable to use Karcher, and as for the tracks! Nightmare. I keep hoping Lakeland will produce a long-handled thin brush.

    Best efforts so far are with good old Star Drops.
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  • Need2bthrifty
    Need2bthrifty Posts: 2,266 Forumite
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    pollypenny wrote: »
    I live in a soft water area, but the shower screen drives me mad. It is curved so unable to use Karcher,

    I have a curved screened corner shower cubicle and use a squidgy - top to bottom on the straight side panel's and side to side on the curved bits.....simples :cool:
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  • System
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    Black harpic toilet cleaner applied on a cloth. Leave for 15 minutes and then wash off.
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  • Nick_C
    Nick_C Posts: 7,692 Forumite
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    Any strong acid should do the job. I use descaler liquid for coffee makers and kettle.
  • boliston
    boliston Posts: 3,012 Forumite
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    I have a glass shower screen but don't spend much time looking through it while i'm showering so a few marks are not much of a worry
  • melanzana
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    Brillo pads. Brilliant. Test a small area first. Works great for me anyway. Simple and easy job. Same for ceramic hob, unreal!
  • caronc
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    Baby oil wiped on after cleaning masks any streaks and helps reduce build up
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