How to Get Soap Scum Off Porcelain

Your shower and tub is your hygienic haven, the place you go to clean yourself of all the grime that accumulates throughout the day. However, if your tub seems dirty or stained, it can become less of a sanctuary and more of an annoyance and eyesore. Many houses still have porcelain shower walls and bathtubs, and there are effective methods to remove soap scum from these surfaces that will not damage the porcelain or you.

Baking soda
Cleaning buckets
Sponge and sponge mop
Synthetic scouring pad
Goggles and gloves
Chlorine or hydrogen peroxide bleach
1 tablespoon trisodium phosphate
Ammonia

Instructions

- 1
  Turn on your shower at its hottest temperature, close your shower curtain or door, and wait for a good 10 minutes, allowing the steam to loosen any surface soap scum or dirt.
- 2
  Mix baking soda with warm water in a bucket. Coat a sponge with this solution and wipe down shower walls and tub, giving special attention to areas of caked-on soap scum. You can also use a synthetic scouring pad to better scrub these areas. Rinse the tub thoroughly.
- 3
  Put on gloves and goggles, and dilute chlorine or hydrogen peroxide bleach in water in a separate cleaning bucket if soap scum persists. Apply either solution to the problem areas and let it sit only for a few seconds before rubbing or rinsing away from your porcelain.
- 4
  Mix the tablespoon of trisodium phosphate with a gallon of hot water if particularly stubborn soap scum still remains. Apply it to a sponge or rag, and scrub soap scum away. You can also dilute ammonia in warm water for this same soap-scum-cutting affect. Afterward, rinse the tub thoroughly, and dry.

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