How to keep Your Own Shower Doors
Crystal-clear shower doors add a touch of sparkle to your bathroom which makes everything else shine, even if you don’t get around to bathroom cleaning as frequently as you’d like. In comparison to faucets, sinks and toilets, shower doors are painless to keep up — you do not need harsh disinfectants, and the scrubbing included is minimal. Care is even easier if you perform a few jobs regularly to prevent soap scum and mineral deposits from building up.
Cease Streaks from Forming
Even in the event that you receive your water from a municipal water system, it is bound to contain some mineral salts, and these leave streaks on glass shower doors. The streaks are not difficult to eliminate, but if you maintain a squeegee in the stall and use it after each shower, then you won’t need to bother removing them. Combine this with a once-a-week treatment with a used fabric softener sheet from your dryer. Moisten the sheet with water, and use it to safely and effectively rub off accumulated soap scum in the glass and the frame.
Streak Therapy
Once mineral deposits have coalesced on the glass to form streaks, you can not only rub them off with soap and water, but that does not mean you get a difficult cleaning job ahead of you. Simply mist them with white vinegar by a spray bottle; allow the vinegar to work for a couple of minutes, and then wash it off with water in the shower face The acetic acid in vinegar dissolves the salts that cause the streaks. If you do not have some vinegar, use lemon juice instead; it includes citric acid which does the same thing.
Cleaning the Frame
Vinegar also dissolves mineral streaks on alloy shower frames, but salts tend to accumulate around the bottom frame, and a few scrubbing could be warranted to receive them off. Your bathtub glove makes an perfect scrubber — it is only abrasive enough to wash metal and glass without scratching either. To make the job go faster, mix a paste with baking soda and water. Baking soda is mildly alkaline — which provides it soap-like qualities — and it is an effective deodorizer. You may want to use it to scrub other parts of the shower while you’re at it.
Hinges, Handle and Door Sweep
Your bathtub doors have two moving components that need attention — the hinges. To keep them squeak-free and the shower door swinging effortlessly, spray them periodically with a lubricant. While you’re at it, wipe a bit about the shower door glass to leave a clear, water-repellent picture, and spray some on the grip to quickly remove smudge marks and create the metal shine. Rubbing a little lubricant on the sweep on the base of the doorway keeps it supple and leak-proof, especially in the event that you observe the treatment with an application of petroleum jelly.