Thursday’s tip: Shower door solution

By mudlark • May 3rd, 2007

That pesky shower door! It seems like nothing will clean it sometimes. I read somewhere that you can put some Murphy’s oil on it when it’s clean and it’ll stay clean longer – don’t do it! It doesn’t work AND Murphy’s oil is Horrible to clean off! So here’s a better solution.

The filmy stuff on the shower door is soap scum. And soap scum doesn’t get along well with lemon juice or salt. So, pour some lemon juice on the scouring side of a damp sponge, and then sprinkle generously with salt. Scrub your shower door with that, adding more salt as necessary. You’ll be able to feel as the soap scum disappears – it likes to ‘cling’ to the sponge, so when the sponge glides smoothly over the door, you’re done! Now, there could be some leftover mildew or mold spores after that process – even if you don’t see them, so finish off with an all-purpose cleaner. Vinegar diluted with water works just fine. Voila!

Cut back on soap scum on the door by switching to liquid soaps as opposed to bar soap – the bar soap has talc added to it, and that’s what creates most of your soap scum. Until you’re ready to switch though, keep it under control with lemon juice and salt. A little scrub-scrub periodically will keep it from building up.