Ok....so after spending months being pregnant with no energy, not being able to bend over, then surgery, it's been forever since I've decently cleaned my shower...boy, is it disgusting!! What are your tips to getting a super gross shower with hard water stains clean?!?!
Being that I'm actually now an expert in house cleaning (or at least I like to think that I am) I feel like I can answer this question with confidence. I scrub 9-10 showers a week. Yikes. Counting that up is kinda scary and depressing. (For those that don't know, I clean houses to help earn money to feed our family while my husband is out of work.)
Zep- Zep is my new friend. Zep is for tubs and tile but also comes in a mildew version as well. I use both. This stuff is POWERFUL and does an amazing job...especially when I have to clean tile grout. I buy Zep at Home Depot in a quite large bottle for an amazing sticker price of less than $2 (I think it's a buck 50). Spray it on and let it sit for a bit. Then Zep, Zep, Zep it's gone! Go get it right now. It's fun to say too.
Bar Keepers Friend- I've talked about BKF before and let me tell you, it. is. a. favorite. of mine for the kitchen AND the bathrooms. This stuff scrubs off calcium deposits like nobody's business. Works awesome on glass shower doors if you use a good scratch sponge. (psst, it cleans toilets great too!) BKF also removes a lot of stains although some shower stains I have found to be just plain old stained...unremovable. Short of taking a wrecking ball to the shower some stains just want leave. We must fold our hands and except this.
CLR- I love CLR too. It works great on rust and calcium build up. Can't say that I've ever had lime to remove but I'm sure it would do that too. If you've got an old tub with rust issues, this is your stuff. If you've got age old calcium build up let CLR sit on it for a bit and then scrub away. I also have a trick for getting the calcium out of the shower head so that it will spray well again. Pour CLR into a cup and hold the cup over the shower head letting the head soak in the cup of CLR. Take a toothbrush to the head and repeat this a few times. It should help remove calcium that is up in the sprayer as well and return the head to a nice flow of water.
Those are my 3 shower power cleaners!
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