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03-17-2016, 08:31 PM | #1 |
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Best soap scum remover ?
I have tried so many natural cleaners and made my own, but I think it's time to use a chemical soap scum remover. I need to get the soap scum off of my glass shower doors. Ideas for the best?
And with that, we have calcium buildup that I can't keep up with anymore around the faucets. Ideas for removing that?
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03-17-2016, 09:00 PM | #2 |
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Re: Best soap scum remover ?
Mr Clean magic eraser
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03-17-2016, 09:03 PM | #3 |
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Re: Best soap scum remover ?
I just tried that about 20 minutes ago and it still didn't help :/
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03-17-2016, 10:03 PM | #4 |
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Re: Best soap scum remover ?
Shampoo?
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03-17-2016, 10:17 PM | #5 |
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Re: Best soap scum remover ?
Bar Keeper's Friend.
We have hard water, too. |
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03-18-2016, 05:56 AM | #7 |
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Re: Best soap scum remover ?
CLR cleaner for the calcium.
For soap scum, I just did this on a pretty bad case. I let a mixture of tide coldwater he and water sit, then put down Comet with bleach and kept that wet by spraying more of the tide/water mixture, while going back and forth and scrubbing again after letting that paste sit a little while. It didn't amount to that much total scrubbing. The trick was to use the scrubbing as a way to dig in repeatedly to keep the chemicals working deeper and deeper.
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03-18-2016, 08:35 AM | #8 |
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Re: Best soap scum remover ?
I've successfully used straight borax and a lot of scrubbing with a stiff brush before. Just be sure to wear gloves.
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03-18-2016, 09:09 AM | #9 |
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Re: Best soap scum remover ?
Yeah, elbow grease and something abrasive. I've used a combo of baking soda and salt.
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03-18-2016, 10:53 AM | #10 |
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Re: Best soap scum remover ?
I recently de-scummed our tub with a razor blade. My tub is nice and white now.
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03-18-2016, 10:59 AM | #11 |
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Re: Best soap scum remover ?
For the faucets:
Saturate some paper towels with distilled vinegar. Wrap them around the faucet. Cover with a plastic bag (to keep it from drying out) and let it sit overnight. In the morning the hard water scale will come right off. Just make certain it's not a plastic faucet made to look like metal. The faux metal coating will peel off. (I learned this tip on one of those hoarder shows years ago.) ---------- Post added at 10:59 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:58 AM ---------- My very best tip for soap scum: prevention. No bar soap, no castile soap. |
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03-18-2016, 12:31 PM | #12 |
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Re: Best soap scum remover ?
So what do you use then?
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03-18-2016, 01:10 PM | #13 |
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Re: Best soap scum remover ?
I should try that, we have 50 year old bathtubs that I can't ever get clean. No matter how much I scrub if I scratch my nail accross it I scrape a line off soap scum off. It just shreds magic erasers.
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03-18-2016, 04:25 PM | #14 |
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Re: Best soap scum remover ?
Shampoo. My dh sometimes buys "body wash" but I tell him it's no different than shampoo. I usually buy a gallon of Shikai and refill smaller bottles.
For hand soap, I use the foaming dispensers. Fill with water and a little shampoo. It takes a bit to figure out the right amount to add. Too little it will be watery, too much it will be hard to pump. |
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04-11-2016, 05:54 PM | #15 |
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Re: Best soap scum remover ?
We've been using a mixture of dawn detergent and vinegar, in a spray bottle (you have to heat the viniger in the microwave to get it to mix well), but we don't have hard water.
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