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Cleaning a tiled shower question

geegerbee — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 20:43:41 GMT

My shower is 2 yrs. old. Where the wall tile meets the bottom tile, it is getting kind of an orange film. I am afraid to use an abrasive tool like even a toothbrush or a harsh chemical thinking it might take off the silicone sealer where the 2 kinds of tiles meet. I regularly use a squeegee on the walls, but have ignored the bottom part. How do you clean your showers where the wall meets the floor tile? Do I need to reseal with silicone after cleaning?

Re: Cleaning a tiled shower question

SilleeMee — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 20:54:31 GMT

I use a Clorox Bleach Pen. It whitens the silicone and the grout. The pen has gel in it and it sticks and clings to wherever you put it. Then I leave it on over night and rinse it off the next day. Everything looks new again.

Re: Cleaning a tiled shower question

BadWolf — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 20:57:29 GMT

Soak some paper towels with a calcium, lime and rust removed and let set for about 10 minutes. You can lightly scrubbed with a nylon scrubbing pad and it should not harm your silicone. That stuff is actually pretty tough.

Re: Cleaning a tiled shower question

Kachina624 — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 20:59:49 GMT

I spritz with Fresh Shower after every use. Never get mold, mildew, water spots or soap scum. Tile stays clean and shiny and I have no work or scrubbing.

Re: Cleaning a tiled shower question

geegerbee — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 21:19:50 GMT

I will check into the gel pen, but my grout is beige, not white, so might not work.

Re: Cleaning a tiled shower question

SilleeMee — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 21:22:08 GMT

@geegerbee wrote:
I will check into the gel pen, but my grout is beige, not white, so might not work.

@geegerbee

It won't make the grout white. It will just bring it back to it's original color. But I would do a test section first just to be sure.

Re: Cleaning a tiled shower question

Janey2 — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 21:38:18 GMT

Orange film in a shower usually means hard water stains. Google that and you will get different ways to clean that problem. If the film is more of a pink color that is soap scum. I always get that and use original soft scrub on the tile.

Re: Cleaning a tiled shower question

gtx — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 21:48:16 GMT

Kachina, is Fresh Shower a shower cleaner?

Re: Cleaning a tiled shower question

Happy2BHere — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 22:13:38 GMT

@Kachina624 I just wanted to say that I love Clean Shower (is that the same as Fresh Shower? I don't have the bottle anymore), but all of the sudden I had a hard time finding it, even on Amazon. Living with the humidity in FL you really need to use something, and Clean Shower has saved me a lot of work .

In the meantime I did find some Clorox daily shower and really like it too - so if you ever have a problem finding an after shower spray you might try this stuff. It works really well.

Now when I can't find either of these I will really be in trouble!

Edited to add - the picture below is the Clean Shower I usually used. Looks like Amazon is price gouging on it now for some reason!

Re: Cleaning a tiled shower question

SilleeMee — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 22:14:12 GMT

@Kachina624

I can't find Fresh Shower...?? Are you sure that is what it's called? I found Clean Shower but not Fresh Shower.

I make my own daily shower cleaner using one part vinegar, one part rubbing alcohol and 1 part water in a spray bottle.

Re: Cleaning a tiled shower question

Kachina624 — Sun, 27 Sep 2020 01:24:36 GMT

@SilleeMee It's Clean Shower, my mistake. However I haven't been able to get it for weeks. May have to set out on a safari looking for it in the wilds of grocery store alley.

Re: Cleaning a tiled shower question

Judaline — Sun, 27 Sep 2020 14:21:14 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
@SilleeMee It's Clean Shower, my mistake. However I haven't been able to get it for weeks. May have to set out on a safari looking for it in the wilds of grocery store alley.

Kroger

Re: Cleaning a tiled shower question

rockygems123 — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 04:49:38 GMT

@Kachina624 What brand is Fresh Shower?

Re: Cleaning a tiled shower question

Abrowneyegirl — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 12:14:51 GMT

Ugh I feel your pain. The problem you're describing MAY be moisture is getting behind the silicone bead where the wall and floor meets. No amount of cleaners are going to fix that you may be due to have the silicone replaced.
The only permanent solution is to have the grout replaced with an epoxy grout. Then there will be no silicone used n the shower at the joints.