clear glass shower screens

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"Bonnie Jean" <me@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>> > "0tterbot" <spl@t.com> wrote in message
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>>> hello!
>>>
>>> after two months in this house i've discovered the second reason clear
>> glass
>>> shower screens aren't very common - soap scum!!
>
> try a Mr. Clean Eraser

hm, well i'm sure i could if i knew what that was ;-)

would i find such a thing in a hardware shop, or...?

thanks.
kylie

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"Choreboy" <choreboyREMOVE@localnet.com> wrote in message
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> Vox Humana wrote:
>>
>> I should
>> note that I have a water softener. I don't know if that makes any
>> difference.
>
> Soap is sodium or potassium with a fatty acid. Soap scum is usually
> calcium or magnesium with a fatty acid. Water softeners remove calcium
> and magnesium. If there is no sodium or magnesium in your water, I
> don't see how you could be getting soap scum.
>
> My soap scum is hard to remove even with harsh shower cleaners. I've
> found that scrubbing with a little baking soda or baking soda and salt,
> on a cloth or with my bare hand, does the job most easily.

thanks; baking soda i'd forgotten about for some reason. i can certainly try
that.
kylie

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"Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> You can try using a steam cleaner or Bon Ami to do an initial cleaning or
> the glass.

it occured to me i could actually try my usual cleaner in an inobrusive spot
(to check if it scratches).

For tile and vinyl/pvc shower pans, you can use a paste of
> automatic dishwasher powder and a 3M scrubber sponge. After the initial
> cleaning, it just takes a few seconds after each shower to keep it clean.
>
> I have a hand-held shower, so when I am done with the shower, I use that
> to
> rinse down the walls and glass. That eliminates all the soap.

i miss a hand-held shower. when i had one of those i did the same, cleaning
was much easier. :-)

thank you for the info.
kylie

[limey]

"0tterbot" <spl@t.com> wrote in message
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> hello!
>
> after two months in this house i've discovered the second reason clear
> glass shower screens aren't very common - soap scum!! (the first reason
> they're not very common is entirely obvious, of course).
>
> is there some common household stuff (vinegar? metho?) or some sort of
> method i could use to keep soap scum under control round the bottoms of
> the doors? to date i've just been wiping it over, so a little bit stays
> behind every time (it appears). i'm not prepared to buy commercial glass
> anti-soap-scum cleaner unless there's literally no other way, because i
> know for a fact i'll only ever use it intermittently (say, just before we
> move, or something like that :-).
>
> thanks in advance!
> kylie

I know this is before the fact rather than after the fact, but I keep a
squeegee in the shower, which has glass doors, and squeegee all the surface
with it then dry with the bath towel I've just used (including the track).
It only takes a couple of minutes. It may sound fusspot, but it beats
cleaning everything after the scum has formed (and I have a high mineral and
iron content, with no softener, so I've been there and done that). Try it
once you have cleaned to your satisfaction using the other suggestions here.

Dora

[mm]

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 06:37:59 GMT, "0tterbot" <spl@t.com> wrote:

>hello!
>
>after two months in this house i've discovered the second reason clear glass
>shower screens aren't very common - soap scum!! (the first reason they're
>not very common is entirely obvious, of course).
>
>is there some common household stuff (vinegar? metho?) or some sort of
>method i could use to keep soap scum under control round the bottoms of the
>doors? to date i've just been wiping it over, so a little bit stays behind
>every time (it appears). i'm not prepared to buy commercial glass
>anti-soap-scum cleaner unless there's literally no other way, because i know
>for a fact i'll only ever use it intermittently (say, just before we move,
>or something like that :-).

I don't know. You're not moving now and you want to clean it.

>thanks in advance!
>kylie
>
>
>
>


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[Nan]

On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 10:59:04 GMT, "0tterbot" <spl@t.com> wrote:

>"Bonnie Jean" <me@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>>> > "0tterbot" <spl@t.com> wrote in message
>>> news:bhn3f.16733$U51.8377@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>>>> hello!
>>>>
>>>> after two months in this house i've discovered the second reason clear
>>> glass
>>>> shower screens aren't very common - soap scum!!
>>
>> try a Mr. Clean Eraser
>
>hm, well i'm sure i could if i knew what that was ;-)
>
>would i find such a thing in a hardware shop, or...?

In the US, they're available in supermarkets, drug stores, most large
retailers.

http://www.homemadesimple.com/mrclean/index.shtml

Nan

[Gregory Morrow]

0tterbot wrote:

> hello!
>
> after two months in this house i've discovered the second reason clear
glass
> shower screens aren't very common - soap scum!! (the first reason they're
> not very common is entirely obvious, of course).
>
> is there some common household stuff (vinegar? metho?) or some sort of
> method i could use to keep soap scum under control round the bottoms of
the
> doors? to date i've just been wiping it over, so a little bit stays behind
> every time (it appears). i'm not prepared to buy commercial glass
> anti-soap-scum cleaner unless there's literally no other way, because i
know
> for a fact i'll only ever use it intermittently (say, just before we move,
> or something like that :-).


If at all possible get rid of the glass shower doors and get a shower
curtain - much easier to keep clean, glass shower doors a major PITA. And
if you do remove the glass shower doors be prepared to retch when you remove
the metal frames - ALL kinds of gunk collects inside the frames, no matter
how clean you think you keep it.

--
Best
Greg

[Vox Humana]

"Gregory Morrow"
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>
> 0tterbot wrote:
>
> > hello!
> >
> > after two months in this house i've discovered the second reason clear
> glass
> > shower screens aren't very common - soap scum!! (the first reason
they're
> > not very common is entirely obvious, of course).
> >
> > is there some common household stuff (vinegar? metho?) or some sort of
> > method i could use to keep soap scum under control round the bottoms of
> the
> > doors? to date i've just been wiping it over, so a little bit stays
behind
> > every time (it appears). i'm not prepared to buy commercial glass
> > anti-soap-scum cleaner unless there's literally no other way, because i
> know
> > for a fact i'll only ever use it intermittently (say, just before we
move,
> > or something like that :-).
>
>
> If at all possible get rid of the glass shower doors and get a shower
> curtain - much easier to keep clean, glass shower doors a major PITA. And
> if you do remove the glass shower doors be prepared to retch when you
remove
> the metal frames - ALL kinds of gunk collects inside the frames, no matter
> how clean you think you keep it.

The high-end, thick, frameless doors are pretty nice, but the conventional
ones can be nasty. http://www.dirkseglass.com/residential.htm