Time to clean the shower? Vinegar, dish soap and a sponge are all you need!

There are few things as tedious as cleaning shower walls. After every shower, soap scum, hair, and ugly limescale deposits gather on the shower walls. Fortunately, there's a simple, quick, cheap, and environmentally friendly way to clean your shower – vinegar, dish soap, and a good cleaning sponge are all you need. Join us and learn how to clean your shower in no time.

In this article, we will focus on shower walls. If you instead want to read more about how to clean the entire bathroom, we have gathered 5 simple ways to clean tile grout and learn how to clean the bathtub in 15 minutes.

How to clean shower walls with warm vinegar and dish soap

To clean the shower in an environmentally friendly and simple way, as mentioned, just mix vinegar and dish soap. Since vinegar is naturally produced, it is an environmentally friendly and gentle cleaning agent.

It might feel unusual to clean the shower with these two agents that you normally use for other purposes. However, together they make a simple but very effective cleaning agent for a dirty shower.

The vinegar helps remove limescale deposits and the dish soap dissolves the dirt. Below, we teach you step by step how to clean the shower with vinegar and dish soap.

If you feel like using some more traditional cleaning products against limescale, we recommend KBM Calc Clean Strong which is very effective against ugly, white limescale spots.

You need:

200 ml 24% vinegar

200 ml hand dish soap

1 spray bottle

1 cleaning sponge

Instructions:

1. Heat the vinegar in a saucepan. It should become warm but not so hot that it burns. Avoid inhaling the vapours as they can be harmful.
2. Pour the warm vinegar into a spray bottle (preferably use a funnel).
3. Add the dish soap.
4. Mix by gently shaking the spray bottle. The mixture should not start foaming.
5. Spray the shower doors generously with the vinegar mixture and let it work for at least 30 minutes, preferably longer.
6. Scrub with a cleaning sponge until all dirt and limescale deposits are gone.
7. Rinse clean with cold water to reduce the amount of limescale left behind. Remove the water with a rubber squeegee.
8. Feel free to wipe clean with a dry cloth for a better result.

There you go! After following the tips above, your shower should be sparkling clean again! Simple, right?! To keep it clean as long as possible and avoid cleaning it so often, there are some smart things you can do.

For example, we recommend making it a habit to quickly wipe the shower wall with a rubber squeegee after each shower. It's a simple way to avoid dirt, soap scum, and limescale sticking.

Another trick is to rinse the shower walls with cold water after showering – this significantly reduces the amount of limescale that remains.

Want someone else to clean the shower?

Want to do something more enjoyable in your free time than cleaning the shower? We are more than happy to help and make sure the shower looks like new!

Contact us for help with home cleaning in Stockholm based on your needs. We offer cleaning weekly, every other week, or every fourth week. If it’s been a very long time since you last cleaned the shower, it might be worth booking a deep clean instead.