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The Best Soap Scum Remover

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Inside: Dealing with soap scum in your shower or bath? Easily clean the shower with the best soap scum remover. It removes the soap scum with little to no scrubbing.

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A few years ago we ripped out our old shower in the bathroom and installed a new shower. It looked fantastic and I loved it until the soap scum started on the floor of the shower. I tried to clean it for a while with different cleaners. I tried scrubbing bubbles, lime away, and tons of homemade cleaners. Nothing seemed to budge it.

A couple of months ago, I saw everyone on Pinterest was raving about a dawn soap and vinegar mixture that they loved. I tried it, however, it was way too soapy and didn’t clean well for me. After playing around with the recipe I finally found something that worked way better with the soap scum in our shower. I really think this is the best soap scum remover. It doesn’t take a ton of scrubbing and you can easily make it at home with things you probably have around the house already. If you are tired of dealing with soap scum in your shower or bath check out how to easily clean the soap scum with the best soap scum remover.

You can see below my shower floor had soap scum covering it before I started. Using the best soap scum remover I completely removed it and made the shower look clean and like new again.

To remove the soap scum from your shower you will need vinegar, dawn dish soap, 1-2 spray bottles, and a scrub brush. In the spray bottle mix 1 cup vinegar with 1/2 cup dawn soap. Shake well to really get it all mixed up.

Start by coating the soap scum with vinegar. You will need to pour or spray about a cup of vinegar on the area with the soap scum. I just put the vinegar in a spray bottle and really sprayed the whole area down. Make sure the soap scum is completely saturated with the vinegar. Then set a timer for about 15 minutes to let the vinegar really soak into the soap scum.

After letting it soak take the scrub brush and scrub over the area for a minute or two. This should help loosen the worst of the soap scum. After that my shower floor looked much better after this first step.

Next, spray the area with the soap scum with the vinegar and dawn soap mixture. Again, make sure that the whole area is completely saturated with the mixture. Then take your scrub brush and give it a little scrub. Just for about 20-30 seconds to make sure that the mix is getting to all the soap scum. Set a timer for about 10 minutes and let it soak.

Once the 10 minutes is up, use the scrub brush to scrub away at the soap scum. After that the soap scum should easily disappear as you are scrubbing it. The soap scum in my shower was gone after about a minute of scrubbing. If you have to scrub much I would recommend letting it sit on there for about 10 minutes longer.

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Finally, when the soap scum is completely gone take a few extra minutes to really wash all of the soap and vinegar mixture from the tub or shower. The dawn soap makes it really slippery so you don’t want to leave any still on the floor.

This soap scum remover is the best! You can easily and quickly use it to clean your tub or shower whenever it gets the soap scum buildup on it. Check out how clean my shower floor looks after using the best soap scum remover.

Looking for some other cleaning tips? Check out how to clean the grease from kitchen cabinets without a lot of scrubbing.

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  1. Anita says

    June 18 at 11:06 am

    Thanks for the “recipe “ for soap scum removal! I’ll give it a try next week! Sounds easy but effective!

  2. Carol says

    June 18 at 1:33 pm

    Do you have ideas for a vertical surface?

    • Julie says

      July 18 at 4:03 pm

      If you need the vinegar on your walls I would recommend putting it in a spray bottle and spraying down the walls. You can also try this trick that I use on my shower doors.
      https://www.frugallyblonde.com/the-no-scrub-way-to-clean-your-shower-door/

  3. Sandra Herrera says

    July 6 at 9:06 pm

    I have really have hard water and my toilets have a lot of calcium build up. What can l do???

    • Julie says

      July 18 at 4:01 pm

      Hi Sandra, I use this trick on my toilets for hard water. I hope this helps.
      https://www.frugallyblonde.com/how-to-clean-toilet-stains-like-a-pro/

  4. Dolores says

    July 8 at 11:52 pm

    How to remover urine stain on a down quilt

    • Julie says

      July 18 at 4:07 pm

      Vinegar works great on urine. I would try to spray it down with some vinegar and then sprinkle baking soda over the area. Let the quilt completely dry and dust off all of the baking soda. If you still notice a urine smell and get desperate you can always try washing it at home in your washing machine. You can see how I wash dry clean clothing at home below.
      https://www.frugallyblonde.com/washing-dry-clean-clothing-home/

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