- 12:21 ET, Mar 24 2022
- Updated: 12:27 ET, Mar 24 2022
A CLEANING fan has shared an amazing hack for getting hard water marks off of showers – and it requires little to no scrubbing.
The person took to Reddit to share the hack, which they had seen on another website.
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They shared a picture of their shower, alongside the title: “WD-40 to clean hard water streaks from glass.”
“The clear part is where I used it, the foggy part is obviously where it hasn’t been applied yet,” they added in a comment.
“I haven’t cleaned off the wd-40 yet so there’s still residue, but my goodness the difference is wild.
“Got this tip from a website and was shocked and thrilled that it worked with little effort or scrubbing.”
The poster was praised for the tip by others on Reddit, with one person writing: “I mean yeah it does stand for ‘water displacement’.
“I would’ve never even thought to do that. I would assume it would work on other glass surfaces too right?”
Although some people wondered how long the effects of the WD-40 would last.
“Works until the shampoo breaks the WD40 down,” someone else commented.
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Instead, they recommended cleaning the shower with white vinegar, before applying “a layer of RainX rain repellent”.
According to Screwfix.com, “WD-40 cleans, getting under grease, grime, dirt and oil deposits for an easy, wipe clean finish”.
Other tried and tested methods of removing hard water marks from showers including the much-loved Pink Stuff cleaning paste and the Viakal Limescale Remover Spray.
Whatever you use, it’s best to use a cleaner that’s acid-based as water marks are alkaline, so acidic products work brilliantly to remove them.
