How to Clean Your Shower Screen

Using Household Products

Use simple water and dishwashing detergent to clean your shower screen. Squirt some high-quality dishwashing detergent over the grotty shower screen. Use a scrubbing brush (or an old cloth) and a bit of water to ensure the whole screen is clean. Use the brush or cloth in a circular motion until the whole screen has been covered. Wash off with fresh water.

Clean a glass shower screen by scrubbing with baking soda and vinegar. First, get the shower screen wet by running the shower. Put baking soda in a cloth and scrub the screen. Finally, put white vinegar in a spray-bottle. Spray the screen down to get all the baking soda off. Rinse with warm water.

Use a vinegar soak to loosen up hard mineral deposits. Completely dry off your screens. Soak paper towels in vinegar and stick them onto the screen until the area is covered. Try putting more than one layer on if possible to keep the area soaked. Leave them on for at least 45 minutes. If there's a lot of lime, then you may want to leave them on for a few hours. Once that's over, the residue should wipe off easily.

Use lemon juice and salt. If you have metal frames, mix one tablespoon of lemon juice with two tablespoons of salt. Use a toothbrush to scrub the frame, especially in the corners. Let sit for a few minutes and then rinse with warm water.

Clean your screen with saliva. Saliva contains enzymes and bacteria that literally consume the dirt on the shower screens. This is useful if you want to clean a spot where dirt is concentrated.

Using a Cleaning Cream

Buy a commercial cleaning cream. It doesn't need to be expensive—a generic brand should suffice. Find a shower cream anywhere that sells cleaning supplies: home-and-garden stores, bathroom-supply stores, and some drugstores.

Squeeze a bit into your hand or a cloth and spread it over the whole surface of the screen. Don't worry about ruining the surface—the cream doesn't harm glass. Rub the cream all over the glass, and don't feel that you need to rub too hard. If you have a marble shower, you should keep the cleaning cream away from the marble.

Grab a damp/wet cloth and wipe off the cream. The cream will froth, and it might take a few attempts to wipe it all off—but you don't need to scrub!

Dry the screen. Use a clean, dry towel (cloth or paper) to gently dry the shower screen so that the end result is evenly clean.

Repeat the process for the tiles the tiles. If you're worried about the surface of your tiles, you can put the cream onto a cloth instead, but it will take longer and more persistence.

Using a Window Cleaner

Spray your shower screen with window cleaner and wipe with a squeegee. You can use any commercial window cleaner—for example, Windex. If you do not have a squeegee, consider using a sponge.

First, rinse the surface. Get rid of any dirt that has collected on the surface of the shower screen. You can run water from shower over the screen to wash away dirt, or you can use an external water source.

Spray window cleaner on the surface, then lightly wipe it down with a paper towel.

Squeegee the surface. Spray on another layer of your preferred window-cleaning solution, then go over the surface with the squeegee until it is perfectly clean. If there are any marks left after the squeegee, go over the surface with a dry paper towel. Don't be afraid to scrub stubborn spots.