How to clean the shower cabin at home: the most effective

As with any other equipment, the showers must be constantly maintained. Water has the most negative impact on them.

Minerals and salts dissolved in it are deposited on the glass pan, pan, walls. Construct and spray hygiene products, as well as grease, washed off our skin.

The choice of means for cleansing

The means for cleaning showers can not be universal, because different cab elements are made from different materials: plastic, acrylic, metal, glass. Caring for them is necessary in different ways.

Care devices

The instruction does not recommend cleaning the cabin using:

• hard brushes and sponges made of metal;
• abrasive washcloths.

These devices can damage the surface of the shower, scratch it, leave stains.

What experts advise to use:

• rubber and silicone scrapers;
• synthetic sponges;
• soft cloth napkins and other non-rigid devices.

Detergent formulations

The consistency of the cleaning agent for shower cabins can be:

• cream or paste for cleaning complex dirt;
• gel or liquid composition for routine care;
• foam for prophylactic wiping booths;
• spray in the spray gun for polishing metal and glass elements.

Using a chemical care product, pay attention to the recommended frequency of its use. Compositions vary in this parameter. Some serve to prevent pollution, others - for the radical destruction of plaque, sediment, they are very aggressive.

Note! Before cleaning the shower cabin, familiarize yourself with the composition of the product. It should not contain concentrated acids, alkalis, abrasive powders, dyes, formaldehydes, organic solvents.

These components can damage the cab surface.

Frequency of care

To ensure that the cabin is always in perfect condition, the shower should be cleaned after each visit. Then the work does not take a lot of time and effort, you do without household chemicals.

Preventive care is as follows.

1. The surface of the structure is rinsed first with heated water, then with cold water.
2. Moisture is removed from the walls with a scraper.
3. Next, a booth with a napkin or a soft towel is wiped dry.
4. Thus, it is possible to dissolve and remove stains and hygiene products that have not yet become old-fashioned (hygiene products (soap, shampoo, etc.).

If you use daily preventive measures you do not have the ability or desire, you can carry out cleaning sporadically - once in a week or two. Consider that the less often you take care of the shower, the more time you will need for the procedure.

Capital cleaning in the booth should be done once a month. It is impossible to wash off completely lime, salt and other deposits with plain water.

They will gradually settle on the doors, walls and pallets of the building. Therefore, the monthly cleaning of the shower cabin at home is carried out using special tools.

Simple detergent formulations

What to do if your family has allergies or you just do not want to use household chemicals? Prepare yourself one of the effective formulations, the price of which is low. The recipes of two such mixtures are presented in the bottom table.

All components must be thoroughly mixed.

Note! Before using the product, be sure to protect your hands with rubber gloves. They can be cleaned items from plastic, chrome, glass. Apply a mixture of surface and wait 1 hour, then rinse thoroughly with water.

Pay special attention to the state of chrome elements (mixer, valves, nozzles, watering cans). They quickly overgrown with calcium bloom, and their holes - clogged.

This may result in equipment failure.

1. Preventive measures should be taken daily.
2. Devices and structural elements must be thoroughly rinsed, wiped dry and, in order to return shine to them, polish with a wiper.
3. If the water holes in the watering can be clogged with deposits, clean them with a toothpick or a needle, then wipe with vinegar.

Cleaning individual cabin elements

Cleaning the windows of the shower stall is most often done using household chemicals for this material.

Glass surfaces

It is best to use sprays in spray guns. Where the donkey raid, suitable cream or gels.

The most high-quality glass products are Domestos, Sillit, Mr. Muscle.

1. Spray the surface with the product.
2. Immediately wipe it with a scraper made of silicone, a napkin or cloth.
3. Take into account, before cleaning the shower windows, that the composition can be left on the surface for a maximum of 5 to 6 minutes if it is very dirty and cannot be immediately cleaned.

Pallet

1. Shower trays made of acrylic can be easily cleaned with a sponge dipped in a water solution of household soap. Salt and limescale, as well as fatty stains on such a bowl, treat with toothpaste.

Note! A situation may arise when the pallet is very dirty. Then use a polish designed for silver objects.

1. If for any reason you can not use household chemicals, prepare your own composition of water and lemon juice (vinegar) in a ratio of 1: 1. Put a rag moistened with a solution on the contaminated area and leave for 3 - 4 hours. Next, rinse the pan well.
2. Now how to clean the stone or ceramic pan. Fill the spray bottle with a mixture of water and citric acid. Apply the solution to the bowl and wait 15 to 20 minutes. Then rinse it with water and wipe the bowl dry.

Walls and casement doors

If the booth fencing is a bathroom wall with tiles tiled on it, then it can be washed with a non-abrasive tile cleaning compound. Another way is to use a 50:50 solution of lemon juice and water.

For cleaning plastic panels and walls, use special tools for this material. Note that a compound that is not intended to be plastic may damage it.

Sometimes there is a situation where the dirt can not be exposed to safe detergents. It is undesirable to use aggressive potent chemicals in this case. They may be toxic.

Here a small steam generator is useful. It will help to clean lime and calcium deposits, rust, joints, seams, grooves and other problem areas of the cabin. You will spend relatively little time on laundering plumbing structures.

Conclusion

Wash the shower cabin can be using different methods and means. The main thing is to use a properly selected effective composition. He must be guaranteed to cope with the task entrusted to him without damaging the surface of the plumbing structure.

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