can we talk shower cubicle cleaning please?
can we talk shower cubicle cleaning please?
My bathroom renovation now has a 1.2m x 80 cm shower cubicle with two fixed glass panels and two sliding glass doors.
Anyone got any tips for a fast, spotless clean on changeover? I've tried standing inside it, squirting with bathroom cleaner, spraying with the shower hose etc. I end up soaked to the skin and so does half the floor.
Then I have to go back to dry it, then to polish it, then to clean the shower base which then splashes the glass I've just cleaned.
Then I tried cleaning it with my window sponge on a handle but I still need to do the base and the sliders.
There must be a better, faster way? What tools/products do you use?
Anyone got any tips for a fast, spotless clean on changeover? I've tried standing inside it, squirting with bathroom cleaner, spraying with the shower hose etc. I end up soaked to the skin and so does half the floor.
Then I have to go back to dry it, then to polish it, then to clean the shower base which then splashes the glass I've just cleaned.
Then I tried cleaning it with my window sponge on a handle but I still need to do the base and the sliders.
There must be a better, faster way? What tools/products do you use?
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You need a Karcher window vac, tavi: https://www.kaercher.com/uk/home-garden/window-vac.html
Spray shower panels with white vinegar, rub them over with the cleaning tool, vacuum off the dirty water. Polish off the odd streak with a blue e-cloth. Job done, quickly and beautifully.
I couldn't manage without mine - I've had it for nearly 4 years and it's cut down the time it takes to clean my shower screens by 90%. And it's just as good on windows.
And make sure you provide a rubber squeegee for your guests - if they use it after every shower that will make your life even easier!
Spray shower panels with white vinegar, rub them over with the cleaning tool, vacuum off the dirty water. Polish off the odd streak with a blue e-cloth. Job done, quickly and beautifully.
I couldn't manage without mine - I've had it for nearly 4 years and it's cut down the time it takes to clean my shower screens by 90%. And it's just as good on windows.
And make sure you provide a rubber squeegee for your guests - if they use it after every shower that will make your life even easier!
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I use white vinegar applied with a (used) green scourer if the water marks are bad, followed by a quick spray of clear window cleaner and a polish with a soft cloth. Today's changeover was just the window cleaner - lovely guests, left the whole place really clean!
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Plain water on a damp microfibre cloth, dry with a dry mf cloth, then polish with polishing cloth. The base and walls I squirt with Ecover bathroom cleaner, rub around with mf cloth, wipe off with separate damp cloth and dry with dry cloth. Get into the groove and it's done in 10 minutes or less. I always have at least 6 or 7 mf cloths in my changeover bag, and another 6 polishing cloths.
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thanks kev and jemima
yup microfibre cloths great, and a good idea to have loads as once they get a little bit greasy or dusty they don't work so well. Must buy more.
Can see now that actually drenching the shower screen wasn't really necessary and that's probably what was creating all the extra work.
yup microfibre cloths great, and a good idea to have loads as once they get a little bit greasy or dusty they don't work so well. Must buy more.
Can see now that actually drenching the shower screen wasn't really necessary and that's probably what was creating all the extra work.
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and, as has been said on a thread a year or two back, hoover the shower tray, bath and basin before getting anything wet, otherwise the hairs just get moved around by the cloth, not picked up.
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