How to Restore Color to a Shower Stall

Even with a regular cleaning routine in place, the walls and floor in your shower stall can become discolored over time. This discoloration can be a result of prolonged exposure to hard water, which can leave deposits of iron or calcium to cake your walls. Discoloration may also be the result of using abrasive powder-based cleaners, such as Ajax or Comet, or abrasive cleaning tools, such as steel wool. When you use abrasive materials to clean your shower, you create micro scratches, which trap dirt, soap scum and mineral deposits. Most shower discoloration can be removed using common household chemicals.

Baking soda
Spray bottle
Non-abrasive sponge or cloth
White distilled vinegar
Trisodium phosphate

Instructions

- 1
  Mix 1/2 cup of baking soda with enough water to make a thick paste -- the mixture should be about the same consistency as peanut butter. Moisten the stall walls with a spray bottle.
- 2
  Spread the mixture over the shower stall walls. Allow the mixture to sit on the walls for about five minutes. Scrub the walls with a non-abrasive sponge or cloth.
- 3
  Mist the walls with a spray bottle filled with white distilled vinegar. The walls will start to fizz. Allow the vinegar to soak into the walls for about five minutes.
- 4
  Scrub the walls again to break up any mineral deposits or strip away discoloration. Rinse the walls thoroughly.
- 5
  Make a solution using trisodium phosphate if the walls are still discolored. Mix 2 tablespoons to 1/4 cup of trisodium phosphate crystals into 1 gallon of hot water. Stir until the crystals dissolve. Scrub the walls with this solution and a sponge or cloth.

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