How to keep your shower cleaner in one easy step!

[LunaMom]

I take no credit for this, because I got the idea from a thread here on Mothering, but I'm so amazed at the simplicity of this that I had to bring it up again...

Don't use bar soap in the shower! The other thread had someone point out that bar soap has fat in it to hold it together, and that is what leaves a residue on the walls and shower floor and doors.

Now, I used body wash, but DH used regular soap. I finally just went out and bought him "man's" body wash and a PUFF (in blue, so as not to make him feel to girly although he's been quite the metrosexual lately anyway!).

Well, let me tell you, I barely need to do any cleaning in there. Thw water seems to wash everything away when we shower, and I just need to wipe everything down - no more scrubbing. The floor used to get this film on it but no more.

Yay!!!

[tinams8]

No way, darn it, and I just bought dh a huge case of Dove soap at Costco. Hmph.

Actually I started to get green staining down the side of the shower when I began using bar soap again and hanging it from the shower head. I figured it was related but I never got around to kicking the soap out to see what happens. I'll try it!

What I thought you were going to say was to use a squeegy to wipe down the shower after each use. I've heard that helps a lot but we have been slacking lately.

[Mama Lori]

that is a good idea. but i just can't give my my seaweed oatmeal soap! it has such good scrubbing power and texture that i can't imagine getting from a body wash. but boy does it leave a mess, with the oatmeal and all. but i use a plastic fine-meshed drain screen and that catches it all, at least.

[Chanley]

If you knew what was in your liquid soaps you would NOT be using them!!!

If you wax the inside of your shower walls with car wax when they are CLEAN! then the stuff wont stick to the sides of the shower.

Ohh and hard water is also a culprit for yucky showers.

[yequanamama]

I've just cleaned my shower, and I've just dropped soap, so now I will get to see the results for myself! Thanks for cluing me in that I should watch for it! (no build-up, that is.)

[Mom2Cora]

I had to laugh cause I also just bought DH "man" body wash and a blue loofah!! :LOL

Thanks for sharing.