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    The No Scrub Way To Clean Your Shower Door

    By Julie

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    Looking for the best way to clean shower doors? Check out this easy way to clean hard water from shower glass and have it look like new!

    Shower doors seem to be a magnet for hard water and soap scum. You can get mineral deposits, calcium, and limescale build-up.

    Plus, it's amazing how quickly it all can build up on the shower door.

    Over the years I have tried all different techniques to clean the shower door so it shines. We have hard water at our house so it tends to get cloudy and dirty fast.

    Because we have hard water at our house I have had plenty of opportunities to try all the methods of cleaning shower doors. Very few methods actually worked and most took a lot of elbow grease.

    I had some luck with harsh chemicals that involve opening up windows and running fans. I didn't like the horrible smells.

    Then a couple of weeks ago I decided to try my favorite trick to remove hard water stains from the toilet bowl.

    It got my shower door clean again with zero scrubbing. So if you need to get your shower door clean again check out the no-scrub way to clean your shower door.

    How to Clean Shower Doors with Vinegar

    To do this trick you will need a few things. You probably have everything you need at home.

    This easy no-scrub way to clean shower doors will work on hard water stains and soap scum build-up.

    Ingredients Needed:

    • Vinegar
    • or Citric Acid (I buy mine from Amazon)
    • Paper towels (or microfiber cloths)

    Vinegar is the cheapest way to do it, but if you hate the smell of vinegar citric acid works great too!

    Note: It doesn't take a lot of your time to clean the shower doors with vinegar, but they do need to soak. I recommend doing this on a day when you will be at home for most of the day.

    Getting Started

    You will want to start with a couple of paper towels (or microfiber cloths) and a spray bottle full of plain vinegar.

    Hold the paper towels up to the shower door and carefully spray them with vinegar. The paper towel will absorb the vinegar and stick to the shower door.

    Make sure you completely coat the paper towel with plenty of vinegar. The paper towel will keep the vinegar against the spots on your shower door so they don't run down and off the door.

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    Letting The Paper Towels Soak on The Door

    Let the paper towels sit on the shower door for at least 30 minutes. You can pull back the paper towels to check and see if the stains are gone.

    If they are just pull off the paper towels and wipe down the door. If they aren't just put the paper towel back on the spot.

    You may need to let the paper towel sit for as long as 2 hours.

    Move the Paper towel

    It was amazing how the spots just completely disappeared and the door was clean without any scrubbing! You can see below the clean spot on the door where I pulled off the paper towel.

    If you are in a hurry to get the door cleaned you can coat the whole door with paper towels. I

    didn't want to waste many paper towels so I just used the same 2-3 squares and moved them on the shower as I got an area cleaned.

    You can see below in the before and after all of the hard water stains are gone and the shower door shines! I have the older frosted glass on my door but this would work even better on the new clear glass shower doors!

    No longer do you need a bunch of chemicals or scrubbing to clean your shower door.

    Just a little bit of vinegar, paper towels, and some patience will get your doors shiny again!

    Keeping Them From Getting Grimy Again

    If you have hard water chances are the hard water will come back on your shower door after a few months.

    To prevent it from building up there are a few things you can do.

    My preferred method is to use this DIY daily shower spray to keep the hard water build-up from happening.

    You can also use a shower squeegee. With either the daily shower spray or the shower squeegee I recommend using after the last shower of the day.

    It will help prevent the build-up of hard water and limescale on your shower door.

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    1. Michelle says

      May 08, 2017 at 10:12 am

      After your glass shower door is clean, apply RainX (follow directions on label) to create a barrier to repel water.

      • Julie says

        May 22, 2017 at 7:25 am

        I will have to try that, thanks for the suggestion!

    2. Deborah Gessner says

      May 12, 2017 at 10:18 pm

      I have the same shower door and the same problem you have, Thank goodness there is finally a way. I will let you know how mine turn out.

    3. Cathy says

      May 27, 2017 at 6:00 am

      It makes sense since I have always cleaned my windows with vinegar and. newspaper!

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