What's the Best Tile Shower Cleaner for old showers?

[chickenzoo]

Can't ever seem to get this old shower looking clean...... what do you find works best for you?

 

[PamB]

Magic Erasers. Those things are like, well, MAGIC!

 

[Engteacher]

Jack hammer?

 

[SourRoses]

CLR?

 

[Laurajean]

There's one I happen to love called Scrub Free. It has a yellow label in a typical white spray cleaner bottle, but it sprays a foam. I works incredible, you spray it and leave it and it sinks right in, then later all you have to do is spring rinse it or spray it with shower spray. Almost no scrubbing! And it happens to be quite cheap, looks very generic, but really works well. I've been able to find it even cheaper in discount stores.

BUT: It stinks to Holy Heaven!!!! Now, I happen to be very sensitive to chemicals, so I don't use it often, only when the shower is really bad and I just can't scrub it. What I do is spray the shower thoroughly and then close the bathroom door and leave on errands. For me, it stinks that bad. My ex agreed and he wasn't very sensitive. Then later I'd come back and as quickly as possibly rinse the shower, preferably with a window open.

If you can tolerate the smell (and I really would recommend leaving, if it smells that strong imagine what it probably does to your lungs), BUT it does work great for those occasional tough jobs.

 

[HHandbasket]

Straight bleach, thick gloves, and a scrubby sponge you'll throw away when you're done.

 

[sheaviance1]

Had the same problem years ago. I used the stuff you use on toilets, not tidybowl, but the other one that has "snow' in the name. Worked great!

 

[arianna]

I used for my old tub and shower Brillo Pads (this is more an extreme cleaner for an extreme situation).
For many years I tried just about anything on that tub (that was almost yellow and was supposed to be white), and nothing ever clean it the way I wanted, not even bleach. But when we decided to get the house ready to put it on the market for sale, a friend of mine suggested Brillo pads. I was skeptic about it, and concern since they are steel pads, but I try it anyway. I scrubbed very gentle, and in 30 minutes and without much effort that tub and shower looked brand new. For the first time in 8 years since I owned that old house, I actually had a white tub and shower. If you do it very gentle, you will not scratch the surface, while the blue cleaner in the pad melts the soap scum, calcium, lime, and cleans the hard water stains better tan ANY other bathroom cleaner I've used in years.
Hope this helps, good luck.

 

[Elite Silkies]

I use laundry detergent on mine and it works really good.