How To Clean And Keep Up Glass Shower Doors

I love the fact that I have glass shower doors. It really makes my small bathroom look much bigger, because you can see every part of it and it doesn't wall off the room. Plus it is very chic right now to have that see-through effect in a bathroom. It definitely adds a touch of elegance to the room, and makes it seem a bit more expensive.

The best part is that they are really easy to install for any standing shower. I'm pretty sure that the materials are available at any Home Depot or Lowes, at a pretty reasonable cost too. It is just a lot nicer than having a shower curtain, and it keeps any water from going on to the floor.

But sometimes, the water from the shower can leave unseemly streaks and spots all over, which just make the whole bathroom, look a little dirty. One of the ways that I try to avoid this is by using a squeegee to get all of the water off the shower doors. I do this because if there is not water, then there shouldn't be any spots. Like the doors themselves, you can usually find a squeegee for just a couple of dollars at any hardware store, or even grocery store.

Inevitably though, there always manages to be something that I miss. Another thing to try to remove the annoying spots is by using glass cleaner and some old-fashioned elbow grease to clean the shower doors. This will usually work if you go at the spots a week or two after they appear.

But if you wait much longer, glass cleaner might not cut it. Sometimes it doesn't matter how hard I scrub, those pesky spots will just not come off. So I have to turn to something a little more heavy duty, the much more hardcore cleaning agents that remove things like lime and calcium build up. You do have to be a little careful with these, because they are a little more acidic, so they might hurt your hands a little. Now they won't really burn you much, but if you use them with you bare hands, it might sting a bit.

So I put on some rubber gloves, grab a sponge, the lime and calcium remover, and just scrub away at the shower doors. The spots won't just come off willingly; it usually takes some intense scrubbing. But after a little while, all those spots should disappear.

For good measure, I usually go over the whole thing with some more glass cleaner, to make sure that the calcium and lime remover doesn't leave streaks or spots of its own. Then, as if I just took a shower, I use my squeegee to again remove any liquid so that it keeps it from leaving any residue, streaks, or spots.

And then presto! Now I have a beautiful, sparkling clean glass shower doors in my bathroom again.