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Cleaning dirty shower, tiles and acrylic glass

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Wyllow3 Wed 17-May-23 20:28:35

I should try soda crystals mix, yes Baggs. but was dismayed and a bit put off as all the stuff online promised vinegar and soap mix would do the trick.

Oldbat1 Wed 17-May-23 20:11:35

I seem to remember shaving foam being used. Perhaps worth looking on you tube.

Baggs Wed 17-May-23 20:10:10

I find that soda crystals and fairy liquid in hot water and a good dose of elbow grease cleans anything.

MerylStreep Wed 17-May-23 19:39:58

I use our wall paper stripper because it has a big head on it.
I can get a high stepladder in the shower. Works well.

Wyllow3 Wed 17-May-23 19:33:45

In one article it says use oven cleaner - is this a good idea!

Wyllow3 Wed 17-May-23 17:58:35

Firstly, I have tried vinegar and lemon juice as recommended frequently. Fortunately I'm not in an area with Limescale! Used ordinary commercial cheap bog standard shower cleaners of course without success

Its not fair to call it really "dirty", as it isn't, as no mould and has been cleaned lightly and not used much. But without realising it, over years, tracks of previous soaps and shampoos have built up which no amount of elbow grease and vinegar/soaps will budge.

Looking back it needed cleaning after nearly every use. Didn't really notice or realise - one of those things where you think, "oh I'll give it a proper clean one day": hindsight a great thing.

so it "looks" reasonably OK, till the light shines on the tiles and the plastic glass and the greasy solid tracks are all too visible, and its not really clean and nice.

so I'm looking for a product that will really dissolve these tracks so it looks spiffing and shiny