When it comes to cleaning, the bathroom is one of the most time consuming rooms, especially when it comes to its shinier surfaces.
No matter much scrubbing, shower doors are often left with streaks and it doesn't help that they harbour calcium build up from hard water that's frequently sprayed with.
While shoppers can sink money into different single use cleaning products until they find a solution, one woman has shared her go to multipurpose item for cleaning glass and it costs less than £2.
As reported by The Mirror, Australian mum Cara revealed that scrubbing her cloudy shower doors with some citric acid mixed in hot water gives them a sparkling finish. She also makes sure to wipe the solution with paper towels, which helps keep streaks off shiny surfaces.
Getting rid of pesky water marks or streaks from glass is one of the most tedious cleaning tasks around, but this little-known method has left many people in awe and vowing to use the trick on their showers or other surfaces.
Cara posted her triumph on the Mums Who Clean Facebook page and shared her method. First, she dissolved a quarter of a cup of citric acid in three quarters of a cup of boiling water.
She then combined the two in a rectangular container so that she could then lay the paper towels flat in the mixture before sticking them to the glass surface. After just half a minute she then wiped them off with the debris. She said: "Calcium build up magic!
"I used citric acid - it just eats through all the build up. And it's not harmful to the environment or yourself. A total game changer!" She finished by saying she was now excited to clean her shower after her success with the new trick.
While it may sound aggressive, citric acid is a colourless organic compound that naturally occurs in fruits like lemons and oranges. When used in a concentrated form, it lowers the PH levels of bacteria, allowing it to penetrate cell walls of mould, mildew and germs.
The good news is that it is also affordable as a 250g box of powder can be purchased from Wilko for £1.75. It is also readily available at DIY store B&Q for £2.25.
In response, many other mums thanked Cara for the trick and were excited to use it themselves. One wrote: "This is great, I will definitely buy some and give it a go. You could add in some hydrogen peroxide for mould cleaning!"
While another stated: "You have an awesome brain and logic to think of this - looks so amazing!" A third penned: "This is why I use dishwashing liquid to clean my toilet, it has citric acid."
However, others were less keen on the trick and felt it might not be so effective. Somebody wrote: "This is very time consuming, and it would take a lot of paper towels to clean the shower."
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