Water Spots on Shower Door & Walls (floor, railing, cleaner)

[Katzy]

Phew! I'm exhausted! It's been several weeks and I still can't find anything to clean the shower. I thought it was soap scum, etc. but now I think it must be hard water stains as I've cleaned the heck out of it.

This is what I've used:
Bleach
Tilex w/ Bleach
Tilex Mildew Root stuff (this took off first layer of gunk!)
Bar Keepers Friend (this helped clean the floor pretty well)
Comet
Mr Clean Magic Eraser (did ok - but not touching the water stains)

I'm totally desperate. Does anyone know what I can use to get these clear glass things looking good again? My parents are visiting next week and I'm determined to get this place looking clean.

(FYI - Our foreclosure must've been sitting vacant for over a year, so I've been cleaning like a crazy lady)

Any help is appreciated!

PS: Lemon Oil ROCKS on my SS appliances! I learned that thanks to this board!

[wileynj]

Try CLR...I swear by it!

[Katzy]

Really? That never works for me. Not even on my coffee pot. Maybe I should try it again.

[Bones]

I've never tried it, but ya might try WD-40 on glass....

[desertsun41]

If it is soap scum, a better idea is not to use soap. Soap is very very bad for your skin anyway. All soaps burn the acid mantle off the surface of your skin leaving you more susceptible to catching silly colds or flues. Your skin can absorb anything that it comes in contact with. Dont intentionally rub it off with soap.

A better product is a non-soap. There are only 2 that I know of. Shaklee makes a non soap cleansing bar and also Aveeno which is more easy to find in drug stores.

I do not get soap scum stains. They are non existant using non soap cleansing bars. And I live a more healthy life without using cheap soap too. Just a water rinse in the shower area every week or so is all I need.

[wileynj]

Originally Posted by Katzy

Really? That never works for me. Not even on my coffee pot. Maybe I should try it again.

You can't just wipe it on and then off again..you have to let it sit for a few before you wipe it off and don't dilute it too much. CLR even took the rust stains off my concrete steps from the iron railing... it's alos great for cleaning your faucet screens. I love it!

Are you dealing with glass or plexi-glass?

[Katzy]

It feels like glass, but I've been really craking away at it and I swear it should've broke by now, so maybe it's plexi.

I never use bar soap, but this is left from whoever was here before. Too bad the banks don't clean the foreclosures! lol

[ladybug07]

When we lived in San Angelo, TX the Concho water was horrid. I had to clean our tub weekly or it stained horribly. I used Easy off BAM in the tub and also a Mr Clean eraser for others. For shower doors, I highly recommend the Tilex Soap Scum stuff. When we owned a house (it was a foreclosuer also and sat for about 2 years before it was on the market) there was shower doors on the tubs and nothing I used got them clean. I used the Tilex Soap Scum remover and they looked brand new. It took some scrubbing, but it worked.

[harry chickpea]

If the glass has somehow become etched, you may be out of luck. However...

Test one - use a plain ol flat razor blade in a hidden area. If it scratches, you have plexiglass or lexan. If it doesn't you have glass.

If it is glass, use the flat of the razor blade to scrape. It may take off some lime. You can also try the mild acids, like vinegar, but clorox should have taken care of it.

If you've done all you can, go to an auto supply store and get rubbing compound, or if you are lucky, glass polish (not cleaner - polish). This is an abrasive that should polish the glass to remove some milkiness. If you have plexi or lexan, use toothpaste instead as a polishing agent.

[new2city]

Try 100% white vinegar. Spray it on and let it penetrate the hard water stain and then wipe off with towel. We had lots of water mineral deposits on a shower head and soaking in vinegar worked like magic!