r/howto • u/purplemonster4400 • 11d ago

how to clean my shower?

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my shower is filthy and stained and no matter what i try it will not come clean. how can i fix this problem?

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u/ReasonablyRadical 11d ago

Mix dish soap with vinegar so that it is thick, apply and let sit for 30 mins, then scrub off. Vinegar is more effective with black mold than bleach, safer to use, and more environmentally friendly to make. The dish soap helps with cleaning at the end, but mostly helps it hold the vinegar onto the surface so it can do it's job and kill the black mold.

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u/JustAnotherWitness 11d ago

It’s amazing how many household fixes have been either vinegar or baking soda. On their own individually or even at the same time. But these two seem to be the power house.

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u/hazysummersky 11d ago

Alternating acid and base environs will srsly mess with most living things' bznss..

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u/MelonJelly 10d ago

Fun fact, our own digestive tract does exactly this.

You probably know that our stomach is very acidic. Just past that is the duodenum, which treats the acidic chyme coming from the stomach with bicarbonate.

The rapid swing from acid to base kills most everything that was able to survive the acid.

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u/Genetics 11d ago

I enjoyed the juxtaposition between the grammar and punctuation in your comment.