Vinegar Craziness

I felt a little guilty that my master bathroom had gotten soooo gross that I finally decided to try and clean it yesterday.  I got out my normal Windex, paper towels and a can of scrubbing bubbles.  After spraying down the shower with scrubbing bubbles, I let it sit and tried to clean my glass shower door.

Even after two sprays and rub downs, my glass door still looked like this:

I guess it's because of the flash but the soap scum goes all the way down to the bottom.  I would also like to point out that we DO have a water softener and I have come to learn that whether you have hard or soft water, you are always going to have issues.

ALSO, please notice the black line on the left side of the picture.  It is forming in the corner of the wall and floor.  I never thought to take a pic of it but was glad to find that you can see it even through the soap scum.

I gave up cleaning the door and went straight to the shower.  That will at least be clean cause, HEY!  The bubbles scrub it for you, Right? 

WRONG!

THEY DID NOT.

Here are some more pics (please note the pics were taken after the scrubbing bubbles were washed off and became dry):

The first picture is of the shower behind the glass door and then the second picture is the knobs for the shower that is right next to it.  Why we have two showers in one stall.  Doesn't make sense buuuut that is how it is.

Okay.  Okay.  You may be thinking 'well, if you would just clean it at least once a week, you wouldn't be having this problem now would you?'  and you are right.  I am making a face at you though.  I should be cleaning it at least once a week but I really want to do OTHER things in my life.  Like...  ANYTHING!  I hate cleaning. 

Anyway, I remembered seeing some vinegar thingy on Pinterest and looked it up.  You can find the website HERE where they tell you to:

1. Microwave 4 oz of vinegar till it's warm 


2. Pour into spray bottle with 4 oz of blue Dawn dish soap


3. Spray onto soap scum, wherever it may be


4. The thicker the soap scum the longer you should let it sit.  Even all night works.

Luckily, I do have both vinegar AND Dawn dish soap, which is really weird because I usually have Palmolive.  Palmolive is cheaper than Dawn, has a nice orange citrusy smell and (IMHO) works just as well BUT I bought the Dawn Pure Essentials because it is hypoallergenic AND has been made with 25% post consumer recycled material (Please click HERE to find out more about why that makes me happy to spend more money).  It isn't that much more money though.  The Dawn PE was $2.18 and the Palmolive is $1.69 (neither one on sale).  I am switching to Dawn.

My first thought was that I was going to fail this because they were pretty specific that I use the BLUE Dawn detergent and the Dawn PE is NOT blue.  It's clear. I figured I would try it anyway because then we would know FOR SURE that you do, in-fact, have to have the blue dawn.

This is how my shower turned out:

I sprayed it on, waited 20 min and used the yellow part of the sponge to wipe everything while using the shower head to spray everything down and drain.  You can see in the second to last pic that there was a spot of soap scum on the end of the knob but honestly that too came right off... I didn't even see it till I took the pic and then forgot to take another one.  *sigh*

Remember that black line from the very first picture?  It use to be in the crack of the last picture.  I wish I had taken more pictures but like I said, I thought I was going to fail this assignment.

OH, BTW...  one cup vinegar (heat up for 1 min) and one cup Dawn mixed was perfect for the size to spray all of my shower.  Even with the fan on, I had a hard time with the smell of it.  Once I washed it all off it took about an hour for the smell to be gone.  Dawn is 24 oz big divide by 4 oz gives you 6 cleanings which for me is a years worth of cleaning.  Gross, I know but hey!  *shrug*

NAILED IT!!   Thank you Bobbin from Food.com!!

Next time I will try it with Palmolive and see if that works just as well (I have a feeling its all about the vinegar)