How To Clean Glass Shower Doors With Vinegar & Baking Soda (Steps & Video)

I LOVE this EASY way to clean glass shower doors with vinegar & backing soda! And, it’s safe on marble & stone tiles. Easy steps & video.

How to Clean Glass Shower Doors With Vinegar and Baking Soda

Instead of buying store bought cleaners full of “who knows what”, homemade cleaners using things like vinegar and baking soda have become popular.

And, while they can’t clean everything, you can clean shower glass with vinegar and baking soda. In fact, they make a pretty powerful combo when it comes to getting rid of hard water stains on glass.

I actually DON’T combine the vinegar and baking soda together when I use them to clean glass. Vinegar is a tough acidic cleaner on glass. Adding baking soda to it LOWERS the pH making it less powerful.

So, I use the vinegar first to breakdown and weaken those hard water stains. Then I follow it up with a baking soda scrub to remove any leftover spots.

OK, let’s get started with how to clean glass shower doors.

Cleaning Glass Shower Doors with Vinegar and Baking Soda – Video

If any of the written steps below are confusing, I highly recommend watching this short video. Hopefully seeing me cleaning glass shower doors with vinegar and baking soda can help clear up any confusion.

How to Clean Hard Water Stains On Glass with Vinegar & Baking Soda

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OK, let’s get to those steps for how to clean shower glass with vinegar and baking soda.

How To Clean Glass Shower Doors

Supplies Needed

• Distilled White Vinegar 5% Acidity
• Baking Soda
• A Non-Scratch Scrubbing Pad or Scrubbing Sponge
• Cleaning Rags and Towels

Step One – Prep The Area

If you have stone, concrete, or marble tile, start by putting old towels down over the tiles under the shower glass. Vinegar can etch and stain these types of tiles.

The towels protect your tile from the vinegar. You can also use painters tape and plastic wrap to make a waterproof barrier along the bottom of the glass.

Step Two – Soak The Glass In Vinegar

Wearing gloves, dip the scrubbing sponge or a clean rag, in vinegar. Then squeeze out most of the vinegar. You want the sponge damp, not dripping.

Then wipe down the glass with the vinegar. You want the entire door slightly wet, but not dripping.

Once the glass is coated in vinegar, spend a couple minutes slowly scrubbing the glass in circles with the scrubbing pad or scrubbing sponge. This will help to loosen the hard water stains.

You don’t need to scrub hard. Let the vinegar sit on the door for 10 minutes. Again, be sure to keep it off the marble, concrete or stone tile by keeping the towels over the tile and preventing dripping vinegar.

Step Three – Baking Soda Scrub

After 10 minutes, soak a clean rag or hand towel in water. Squeeze out. Then wipe all of the vinegar off the door. At this point, you’ll be left with just the thickest parts of the hard water stains.

So, it’s time to use that baking soda. Sprinkle a bunch of baking soda on the scrubbing sponge or scrubbing pad.

Then scrub those glass shower doors in small circles to remove the rest of the hard water stains. Keep adding water and baking soda to the sponge until you’ve scrubbed the entire door.

The paste of water mixed with baking soda and the non-scratch texture of the scrubbing pads work together to scrub off the rest of the hard water stains on glass.

Wipe down the shower glass door again with water on a rag or hand towel. Remove all of the baking soda paste. If you see hard water stains, scrub those spots a little harder with the baking soda paste.

Step Four – Rinse And Dry

Once all of the hard water stains are gone. Use cups of water or turn on the shower to completely rinse clean the shower glass door. Make sure all of the baking soda is rinsed off the glass and tile.

Finish off by drying the glass shower door with a clean dry towel or microfiber towel.

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One Last Tip

You can keep your shower glass door spot-free longer by drying the glass after each use. But, I know that’s pretty hard when multiple people use a shower.

So, just do it when you can and don’t stress about it otherwise.

Spending 10 minutes cleaning glass shower doors once a month is way better than spending all day keeping track of whether or not everyone in the house is drying the glass, right? 🙂

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