Use a cloth to scrub the surface by hand after about 20 30 minutes and completely dry it.
Soap scum film on glass shower doors.
Fortunately you don t have to put up with this scum on your door.
Joining soap with hard water is the main culprit of soap scum.
These accumulate around the bathtub sink shower and in this case glass shower doors.
The soap scum and hard water stains can diminish the aesthetic beauty of the glass by etching the smooth surface of shower screens.
I have had good luck removing soap scum on my shower doors with scrubbing bubbles bathroom cleaner.
The calcium and magnesium in your water mixes with the fatty acids in your soap and when the mixture dries it gives you that familiar crusty or filmy layer.
These minerals seep into the surface of the glass shower door and often result in corrosion.
Spray glass door and close to allow the solution to set and drip back into the shower.
Soap scum is actually a combination of a hard water stain along with soap shampoo and body oils mixed together.
Besides this the porosity of glass also exaggerates the adverse effects of hard water minerals.
Soap scum refers to the white or grey thin film soap dirt and skin cells leave behind.
One way to help prevent soap scum is to try and soften your water but that s a topic for a different article.
Soap scums on shower doors can take time to build up with shower curtains but are more noticeable on glass shower doors.
In a spray bottle mix 1 part white vinegar with 1 part grease fighting dish soap.
Just spray it on let it sit for a little while and rinse off.
How to clean soap scum with vinegar.
It works beautifully with no scrubbing.