You know that white film that clouds up your glass shower doors? That’s soap scum, Missy!
What the living what is soap scum, you say?
It’s what you get when fatty acids from your body oils meet mineral deposits in hard water. Gross. This chemical meet-and-greet forms a cloudy bond that coats the inside of your shower doors and stays there for, like, ever.
So how to get rid of it? There's a lot of advice online about dealing with it it, but most of that advice involves making a smelly a paste with vinegar and baking soda. No, thank you!
If you’ve got nothing better to do than make paste and you happen to like the smell of pickles in the shower, go for it. Otherwise, I highly recommend another, much simpler method.
Foil.
That’s right. Good ol' Aluminum foil. Like the kind in your kitchen drawer right now. I know it sounds crazy, but My Darling Husband happens to be a glass expert (don't ask).
He showed me how a little ball of foil can rub out any soap scum cloudiness clinging to your shower glass. I was skeptical at first, but it's true. It works.
I watched the whole thing happen with my jaw on the tiles. After 28 years of marriage I figured I knew all the tricks in his toolbox. Nope! Honestly, I was gobsmacked.
When he started doing it, I thought for sure we'd be looking at a scratched shower door and a lost security deposit. Nope! It worked a treat.
He got right in there in his birthday suit, sprayed it down with some Glass Cleaner and the little foil ball cut through the cloudy mess like a hot knife through butter! It took about 5 minutes and after he was done, he took a shower, then sprayed and wiped the glass clean with a squeegee and the shower door looked BRAND NEW. It was so good, I did the rest of the bathrooms right away. Amazing.
It also works on chrome, BTW, but that's another post.
Here's what to do:
1. Grab a large sheet of foil. Bigger! Depending on how big your shower is, you may need a few of these. Oh, just take the whole roll into the shower! Now scrunch a sheet of foil into a tight ball.
2. Spray your glass surface with a good dish soap or bathroom cleaner (not glass cleaner yet). Use something a bit thick and sudsy with the foil.
3. Scrub the entire glass surface you need to clean with the foil ball, focusing on the cloudy parts.
4. Rinse with clear water.
5. NOW, spray the glass and wipe or squeegee dry. These days I keep this one in the stall to slick the water drops away after I shower.
That's it! Your shower doors and chrome fixtures will be free of that cloudy soap-scum and stay cleaner, longer.
While you're there, you might as well clean the medicine cabinet shelves and mirror so everything will be clean and sparkling. How's that for a clever hack? Try it tonight. But don't do it in the nuddie unless it's with our Glass Cleaner. There's stuff out there that will melt your feet. Let us know how you go with it.
xx, mlk
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