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Shower Cleaner
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I live in a hard water area so limescale etc is a constant problem. My shower is an absolute nightmare. The grout turns black and looks awful, scrubbing helps but It just looks a mess, there are also areas that I can't scrub. What I'm looking for is some sort of cleaner, probably gel, that I can apply and leave and then rinse/wipe off. All the shower cleaning stuff at the moment just runs off so it's useless. Any ideas/suggestions? thanks
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Does hard water make the grout turn black?
15:07 Fri 14th Oct 2011
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The black will be mould and you will need to bleach it. Pour some thick bleach over it and scrub in with a nail brush, leave it for a couple of hours or overnight if it's really bad. give it another scrub then rinse off. Any really hard to get to places or if you find it slips off too quickly the soak a paper towel in bleach and press it against the offending area. If you do it regularly then it doesn't get so bad and is easier to get rid of. I am in a hard water area too and I always use shower shine spray after every shower as it stops the water droplets drying on the tiles and screen and marking them but they need to be clean to start with or it's a bit of a waste of time. To get rid of existing limescale marks you need something like Viacal or Limelite gel to scrub the tiles with first, leave for a while then rinse off and dry.