How to wash the shower from limescale at home?

Washing the shower cabin from limescale at home can sometimes be difficult. Especially if the situation is running. But knowing some tricks and secrets of practical housewives, it is not difficult to achieve a radiant shine and long-lasting purity. Everything is possible and everything is possible.

Here is a brand new and beautiful shower cabin. She shines with purity. But what will happen to her after a few baths? Soap stains, limescale and yellow spots, dark stripes of mold or fungus do not add aesthetics. Often the appearance of these unpleasant manifestations can be avoided:

• Ventilate the room more often and do not forget to periodically treat the joints and seams between the tiles with special means - there will be no mold and fungus. And also it is necessary to make it a rule: to wash the cabin after each visit to the shower. One has only to rinse the walls with hot and then cool water and be sure to dry the surface with a towel or napkin.

• Once a week or two, carry out a small cleaning of the cabin.Clean plumbing, wall trays with special purchased products or self-prepared compounds from soda or vinegar, toothpaste, vodka or laundry soap.

Carrying out such simple manipulations, you can delay the appearance of plaque. But unfortunately, the reality is that the water is too hard and with various chemical impurities, it is not always possible to ventilate the room, and not everyone can do the pedantic drying of surfaces after each shower. And therefore there is a need for general cleaning and cleaning of the hydrobox.

A shower cabin is a rather complex structure, consisting of several parts: chrome-plated handles and plumbing, plastic doors and glass, a tray that can be made of acrylic, stone or metal, tiled. Unfortunately, there is no universal remedy that can clean everything. Every detail needs an individual approach.

The very first elements that take on the impact of the resulting plaque are hydromassage nozzles and shower heads. You can clear them in several ways:

• Use a commercially available chrome cleaner.
• You can treat the surfaces with a warm solution of Antinakipin (or other means that fight scale in kettles).
• Apply warm vinegar to the surface, wait 10-15 minutes, and then clean it with a soft cloth. And clean the clogged holes with an ordinary sewing needle or a toothpick.If the plaque layer is large, then you can make a “lotion” with vinegar: wet a cloth, attach it to plumbing, cover it with cling film or a plastic bag and “forget” about the watering can for a while (up to half an hour), so that the vinegar does its job, and then rinse everything with plenty of water.

• Instead of vinegar, you can use citric acid or lemon juice, oxalic acid is popular in this matter, as well as an alcohol (vodka) solution. In addition, toothpaste has good cleansing properties.

The material of the cabin walls and doors is usually plastic or glass. Cleaning the glass doors is perhaps one of the easiest tasks in cleaning a cabin. Here you can use various compositions for washing glasses.

The main thing, do not use abrasive compounds and hard washcloths, sponges. And it's so easy to scratch the surface. Cloths and napkins made of non-woven materials, old rags, flexible rubber scrapers are best suited for work.

For those who still prefer folk remedies, it is possible to prepare a vodka (alcohol) composition in a ratio of 1: 2 (1 tablespoon of vodka to two tablespoons of water) or dilute ammonia with water. Such simple mixtures perfectly remove dirt from glasses.

We must not forget to clean the plastic surfaces, because they tend to "accumulate" pollution and darken. It is best to clean plastic surfaces with products that do not contain formaldehyde, acetone, alkalis and solvents.

If the walls of the shower cabin are tiled or just tiled, then you can clean them with soda or "Pemolux", "Comet". Particular attention should be paid to tile joints. This is a favorite place for the appearance of fungus and mold. It would be useful to treat them with fungicides.

The pallet can be made from various materials. The most "capricious" in terms of cleaning is the acrylic representative. You cannot wash it with the first available product. It will deteriorate quickly. There are special cleaning products for it (the same as for acrylic bathtubs).

But if it is not possible to purchase them, then you can use the most common toothpaste. It does not have abrasive properties, like soda, but at the same time it removes plaque very effectively. And the most common laundry soap also copes well with the task.

The most unpretentious in cleaning are enameled and tiled pallets. They can be cleaned even with powdered products, without fear of "scratching". When processing the tile surface, attention must be paid to the seams so that mold does not appear there in the future.

Stone pallets are also unpretentious in terms of cleaning. Usually dirt does not accumulate on them as intensively as on other surfaces. But if the need arises, they should be cleaned with products specially designed for this purpose.. To restore the former brightness of the stone, use toilet cleaners.

Choosing effective shower cleaners is a difficult task. And it is not easy in that there are a lot of various means on the market today. And the eyes just run up when you need to choose one thing.But nonetheless there are time-tested and proven products on the positive side, such as:

• Dishwashing detergents - effectively remove traces of soap deposits. In addition to liquid formulations, in some cases, Comet, Pemolux and other powders are acceptable.
• So-called fungicides - means for removing black plaque, mold.

• Toilet cleaners - can help clean up, for example, the "Toilet Duck" stone pan can be a lifesaver for those who have very hard water.
• Means for dealing with scale in kettles. Antinakipin solution will help get rid of limescale.
• Means for cleaning mirrors and glasses. It doesn't matter what it will be - "Mr. Muscle" or some other composition. Many of them perfectly wash windows and mirrors.
• Melamine sponge. It is an almost universal remedy that can effectively remove impurities.

Popular detergents that can be used in cleaning the hydrobox:

• "Acrilan" - a special tool designed for cleaning acrylic surfaces.
• Cilit is a powerful cleaner that should not be used on natural stone or aluminum surfaces. Quite poisonous. Requires extreme care in handling.
• Tilex is a prophylactic. It is used after taking a shower to prevent the formation of plaque, mold.

• Cif is a well-established tool. Can clean acrylic surfaces.
• "Sanelit" - has a pungent odor, but at the same time does an excellent job with the tasks. Suitable for cleaning acrylic.

• Aron - effectively cleans hydrobox glass. Can be purchased at a reasonable price.
• Sarma, Domestos, O.C. Plus and many other great products.

The household chemicals market is littered with all kinds of products. But, after all, it's still "chemistry". I don't want to use it often in my house.

There are ways to clean the cabin without these purchased products. One of them is using a steam generator. Another is the use of "grandmother's" folk recipes for maintaining cleanliness in the house.

To clean the shower cabin, you can prepare the following compositions:

• Dilute soda in water, and also use it (if the material allows) as a powder. But don't use baking soda on plastic. Baking soda is an abrasive.
• Effective soda in combination with citric acid. 20 g of soda and 30 g of citric acid, diluted in a glass of water, will add shine to the surface to be cleaned.
• You can get rid of mold with the following explosive and “fragrant” composition: mix in equal proportions (usually take a quarter cup) soda, vinegar, ammonia. Leave the composition for half an hour, and then rinse everything thoroughly with water.

• The following mixture can be used to prevent the formation of fungus and mold: 1 glass of water, 1 teaspoon of vinegar, 1 teaspoon of ammonia and 1 teaspoon of hydrogen peroxide.
• Regular 3% vinegar copes well with stains. It must be diluted with water, for example, in a ratio of 1:10. This composition perfectly removes soap stains, rust and plaque.
• Alcohol or vodka composition - 1 part alcohol or vodka (usually 1 tablespoon is enough) to 2 parts water. The perfect glass cleaner is ready!
• 5 drops of ammonia in a glass (200 ml) of water is also an excellent glass cleaner. You can strengthen it and add a moisture-repellent effect with glycerin. Another 100 ml of the product must be added to the solution.

• The most common laundry soap also copes well with stains. Especially on acrylic pallets.
• White toothpaste or powder with whitening properties helps to clean the whimsical surfaces of acrylic, chrome products. Treat the surface and leave it alone for 10-15 minutes. Then rinse.
• In the fight against mold, Belizna has proven itself well. Apply it for half an hour, and then remove the stains. Be sure to wear gloves when handling this compound.
• The popular carbonated drink "Coca-Cola" perfectly cleans chrome surfaces.
• You can use the most common furniture polish or lemon oil as a means of preventing plaque.

• Oxalic acid has good cleansing properties. It must be diluted with water in a ratio of 1 to 5. 20 minutes (or even less) and there is no trace of stains. After treating the surfaces with acid, the plumbing is wiped with ammonia, left for 10 minutes, then everything is washed off with water and wiped dry.
• For yellow spots due to hard water, which is high in iron, the following ingredients can help: 2 tablespoons of soda ash, 50 ml of vinegar and 50 ml of bleach. First, the surfaces are treated with a soda-bleaching mixture. Just apply for 15 minutes. Then a mixture of vinegar and bleach is applied. Leave the treated surfaces for half an hour, and after the time has passed, everything is washed off with running water.

You will learn the recipe for a universal cleaner from dirt in the following video.