If you use your shower frequently then I’m sure you have seen that your shower can become quite dirty, especially around the bottom of the shower, as well as the shower walls. Since your shower contains a great amount of moisture, this makes it a prime breeding ground for mold and mildew.

In order to effectively clean your entire shower, you need to remove all your products, shower caddies, everything. You will be spraying cleaning solutions and you don’t want it to contaminate any of the products you use. Also, double check and make sure your shampoo, conditioner, and soap bottles do not have any mold on the bottom, if they do throw them out.

Next, if you have a removable showerhead then use very hot water, and rinse away all the debris, particles, and hair that is left in your shower (Spray all the shower walls, floor, ledges). If you don’t have a shower extension, then simply fill a large bucket with hot water and pour over the needed areas. For removing mold you have 2 choices, either you can buy a bathroom product that is specifically used to eliminate mildew, or you can make an easy homemade mixture. For the homemade mixture you will need 1 ½ gallons of hot water, 1 cup vinegar, 1 cup ammonia, ½ a cup of baking soda, and a kitchen sponge. It’s important that you wear rubber cleaning gloves, so your skin doesn’t become irritated from the chemicals.  Then, apply the cleaning solution to the walls of your shower, be sure to scrub the moldy areas vigorously, and rinse with extremely hot water. You can use this same cleaning solution on your shower basin for getting in-between shower tiles; try dipping an old toothbrush in the cleaning mixture and scrub the area.

For removing hard water spots, all you need to mix in a bucket are equal parts of vinegar and water. This works awesome on your glass shower door, or the metal fixtures in your shower. Sometimes, your shower head can become dirty, and get clogged from particles in the tap water. Unscrew your shower head off of the wall. Fill a large bowl with pure vinegar and let the shower head sit in the bowl for a few hours. After you let it soak, you can scrub the holes on your shower head with a tooth brush, or if the holes remain clogged, dig out the particles with a toothpick, or safety pin.

Now you saved the best for last, cleaning hair from the drain. This is probably everyone’s least favorite thing, especially if you or someone in your family has long hair. Over time hair becomes trapped on the surface but especially under your drain. Wearing your cleaning gloves, unscrew the shower drain (depending on what kind of drain you have); pull as much of the hair out as you can. If the hair is really tangled, try cutting it with scissors to pry it loose. Also, use a pointy stick that you can try pulling the hair out with. Then throw all the nastiness away, and rinse the drain with water if you need to. Make sure and wash whatever tool you used if you plan on keeping it, because there is a ton of bacteria and filth on it now.