How often do you wash the appliances in your home that are supposed to keep you clean? After taking a good look at the hard water deposits and mildew stains in and around the shower, this is a question we prefer not to linger on for too long.
Yes, cleaning the bathroom can seem intimidating, but this list of genius shower cleaning hacks keeps things easy. It should be especially helpful if you’re short on time.
1. USE DAWN DISH SOAP TO SCRUB BATHTUB AND SHOWER WALLS
If you have read some of my other articles, you will realize that I love using Dawn dish soap to clean. That’s because it’s great for cleaning purposes, not just only for dishes but a lot of other things/surfaces too.
To clean your shower with dawn just squeeze a few drops of dawn dish soap on a cloth(damp). Now use the cloth to scrub all over the shower.
Be sure to scrub in between the shower tiles and also to clean the tub, spout, and showerhead as well.
2. BORAX IS GREAT AT REMOVING DIRT MARKS AND SOAP SCUM
To remove soap scum, dirt, and grime from inside your shower with borax, all you need to do is the following.
Sprinkle a lot of borax inside the shower tub and use a brush to scrub all over(remember to sprinkle water inside the tub before sprinkling the borax this will make the borax wet and moist).
After your done scrubbing rinse the tub with a lot of water.
3. LYSOL WILL GIVE YOUR SHOWER A NICE SMELL
This actually works. What you need is a bottle of Lysol surface cleaner and a cloth. Pour some of the Lysol on the cloth.
Make sure the cloth is damp after pouring the Lysol on it, don’t pour too much because you don’t want to finish it. After doing use the cloth to wipe all over the shower.
Wipe areas such as the tub/shower floor, shower head, tub spout, and the shower wall.
4. BAKING SODA WILL DESTROY SOAP SCUM
To remove soap scum with baking soda you need to dop the following. Sprinkle a lot of baking soda in the shower floor/ tub. Now get a cleaning brush and scrub the floor.
If the soap scum is on the shower walls/tiles just sprinkle some of the baking soda on a damp cloth and use it to wipe the walls. Remember to rinse the wall and floor with water. This should remove all the soap scum that was in your shower.
5. USE VINEGAR AND WARM WATER TO DEEP CLEAN YOUR SHOWER
If you want to deep clean your shower the right way, Just follow this tip. Get half a bucket of warm water. And pour 1 and half cups of vinegar in it.
Then get a cleaning cloth, dip it into the bucket and use the cloth to wipe everywhere inside the shower. Then after doing this rinse the shower with a lot of water(to get rid of the vinegar smell).
6. CLEAN YOUR SHOWERHEAD WITH A WARM DAMP CLOTH
This is simple and easy to do. Just turn on warm water on a cloth and use it to clean your shower head. It’s that simple.
7. USE A BRUSH TO CLEAN IN BETWEEN THE SHOWER TILES
Dirt and grime gloves to gather in between shower tiles. So if you are having problems or don’t know how to clean the grime in between your shower tiles just do the following.
For this, all you need to do is get a wet cleaning brush and squeeze 2-4 drops of dish soap on the brush. Now use the brush to clean in between the shower tiles. You can also use diluted bleach as well.