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Best shower glass cleaner? I’ve used so many and can never get a perfect finish. Looks great from a distance but once you get closer the soap scum is still faintly there.
Gumption baby. Wax on wax off. You can do your tiles and grout with it too.
Just (almost - missed a few spots) cleaned our almost 80 years old bath with gumption and a stiff brush. The landlord told us it was stained beyond repair, gumption cleaned it in minutes.
Gumption is the answer to a lot of cleaning problems. The more people who hear about this little Aussie invention the better.
I'm intrigued. I need to try this stuff out.
I have this but never found a use for it. Always thought it was really abrasive. So do you put it on dry or wet glass?
I wet the glass then wet my sponge and dip it in to the paste, rub it on in circles, leave it for 10 to 15 minutes and rinse it off. Do a spot test first but I've never had a problem with it.
Prevention is the best cure for that - get a squeegee and hang it by your shower, and have a rule that if you get the glass wet, you get every drop of water off it. Some of the shower sprays just reduce the surface tension to stop water sticking (i.e. they are a similar preventative measure to just wiping all the water off) - they only work if you use them every time (but wiping with a squeegee is easier, the reason those products exist is selling a consumable you use every time you shower is more profitable than selling a squeegee).
If over time, you repeatedly get it wet, and don't let any liquid dry on it, you'll eventually leach out all the scum (most Melbourne water is relatively soft - low calcium - so just water works eventually). If you really want to accelerate it, try something with oxalic acid in it, which will strip calcium from limescale - but repeated cycles of tap water and squeegee will eventually get the same result.
Jiff and a sponge. Soap scum removal requires a bit of rubbing, don’t believe any magic spray claims, it’s all marketing trash. Wet the surface, put some Jiff on a sponge, rub over, rinse off. Will sparkle like new.
antikal. that stuff is magic. Can't buy it here