Squeaky clean in five minutes: Super cleaning trick for the shower has a surprising effect

A woman recently shared a cleaning trick for dirty shower walls online. Since then, numerous users have copied the tip - and are amazed at the result.

• Deposits on the shower walls are not uncommon.
• Cleaning often takes a long time and is not very satisfactory.
• But a trick should help.

Do you also regularly get annoyed about limescale deposits on the shower that prevent you from seeing through? Then it might be time to try a trick that'll get the walls clean in five minutes .

Usually, cleaning the shower is a chore that takes up far too much time. No wonder that cleaning tricks that promise to solve a problem quickly are extremely popular. A tip is currently being celebrated in the social networks that brings the shower cabin back to a shine without much effort and within a very short time. The only thing you need for this: a dishwasher tab and a sponge.

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Woman cleans shower cubicle with two tools

It all began with the Australian Facebook group "Mums Who Clean", as reported by the online portal Dailymail. In it, a woman reported on how she packs  two work steps into one when cleaning the shower walls : Instead of first running the dishwasher tab over the surfaces and then wiping over the surface with the sponge, she cuts a hole in her sponge and presses there the tab into it. In this way, it can both clean in one step - without getting your fingers too dirty - and wipe with a damp cloth. Using this method, she should get your shower walls clean in five minutes . She also cleans her bathtub and wall tiles this way.

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With her tip, the woman immediately triggered a wave of enthusiasm - and many imitated her method. Within a very short time, other users reported similar successes with the cleaning combination.

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Cleaning the shower cubicle: an old trick in a new guise?

It is not the first time that someone has cleaned their shower with a dishwasher tab: A few times ago, a woman reported on the Internet about her cleaning success with the dishwasher tabs *. To do this, you first dipped the tabs in a bowl of water to dissolve them a little. Maybe the woman from the Facebook group has now made use of this trick and redesigned it a little more practicable.

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