Effective Ways To Clean Plastic Shower Floor

A plastic shower floor is slightly different from other types of floor. Unlike tiles its surface is porous and dirt can easily sit into its pores, which makes it very hard to clean. 

Luckily we have some best ways to clean a plastic shower floor by using some household tools. 

How To Clean Plastic Shower Floor [A Step-By-Step Guide]

Tools required to clean a plastic shower floor:

1. Sponge
2. Hand gloves
3. Abrasive cleaner

5 Steps To Clean A Plastic Shower Floor Using Household Chemicals And Tools:

Step 1: First, you have to wet the surface of your plastic shower floor by sprinkling water on it.

Step 2: Now wear hand gloves so that your bare hand doesn’t come into direct contact with harsh chemicals.

Step 3: Now take a sponge and pour some abrasive cleaner directly on it. An abrasive cleaner is an effective cleanser to remove stubborn dirt and residue from the small area of your shower plastic floor. 

It is available in both powder and Liquid form. You can use anyone that is easily available in your house. 

Step 4: Now keep the spouge in your hand and start rubbing your plastic floor. Rub by rotating it in a circular motion so that it can effectively get into the pores to remove dirt that is stuck there. 

Step 5: Now rinse the shower plastic floor to clean it from all the dirt.  

How To Remove Soap Scum, Mildew, And Hard Water Stain From The Plastic Shower Floor?

There are two very effective methods to remove soap scum, mildew, and hard water stain from the plastic shower floor:

1. By using household chemicals
2. By natural ways

By Using Household Chemicals

Required Elements:  

1. Acidic cleaner
2. Hand gloves
3. Sponge

6 Steps to remove soap scum, mildew, and hard water using acidic cleaner:

Step 1: Wet your shower down first. 

Step 2: Wear your hand gloves to ensure the safety of your hands.

Step 3: Take a sponge and pour some acidic cleaner directly on it.

Step 4: Now rub your plastic floor surface with the sponge by moving it in a circular motion so that dirt can be removed from the pores completely. 

Step 5: Leave it for a few minutes after rubbing using an acidic cleaner so that the stubborn dirt can easily come out from the hard-to-reach pores.

Step 6: Now wash your plastic shower floor with water.

Now, you have successfully cleaned your plastic shower floor. 

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By Using Natural Ingredients

You can use these natural elements to clean your plastic shower floor naturally:

1. Lemon Juice

2. Baking Soda And White Vinegar

How To Clean Plastic Shower Floor Using Lemon Juice

Lemon juice is a neutral cleanser to clean all the mildews, hard water strains, and soap scum from the plastic shower floor. 

Required Elements:

1. Lemon Juice
2. Sponge
3. Hand gloves

6 Steps to remove soap scum, mildew, and hard water using lemon juice:

Step 1: Wet the plastic shower floor first.

Step 2: Wear your hand gloves to ensure safety.

Step 3: Now take lemon juice and pour it directly on the sponge. 

Step 4: Rub the sponge in a circular motion to clean all the soap scum, mildew, and hard water strain from the plastic shower floor. 

Step 5: You can use an old toothbrush to clean around your shower plastic floor drain cover. You can also use a scum scrub. 

Step 6: Now rinse the surface of the floor to clean all the soap scum, mildew, and hard water strain from your plastic shower floor. 

That’s fine, now you’ve successfully cleaned all the soap scum, mildew, and hard water strain from the plastic shower floor naturally. 

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How To Clean Plastic Shower Floor Using Baking Soda And Vinegar

You can use baking soda and white vinegar together to remove soap scum, mildew, and hard water strains from a shower plastic floor.

Requires Elements:

1. Baking soda
2. White vinegar
3. Scrub or Sponge
4. Hand gloves

10 Steps to clean plastic shower base using baking soda and vinegar:

Step 1: First, wet the surface of your plastic shower floor with water and then rinse all the water before following the second step.

Step 2: Now sprinkle the baking soda onto the entire plastic shower floor and spread it everywhere across the plastic shower floor. 

Step 3: Now take an old cotton cloth that you use for cleaning the floor. Put it over the plastic floor, and leave it for a few minutes. During that time boil 2 to 3 liters (You can reduce or increase the quality as per the size of your plastic shower floor) of water on the stove and warm it until it gets boiled. 

Step 4: Now evenly distribute this boiled water over the cotton cloth from which you have covered your plastic shower floor. Be careful here as you are pouring hot boiled water. 

Spread the hot water until the cloth becomes wet. Now leave it until the water cools down and the cloth becomes wet and comes to a normal temperature. 

Step 5: Now wear your hand gloves and keep the wet cloth and rub it over the surface of the plastic floor. Rub it thoroughly so that all the dirt, soap scum, mildews, etc can clean effectively.  

Step 6: Now take a plastic spray bottle remove its sprayer first then add two cups of white vinegar and two tablespoons of dishwasher soap. Put it inside the microwave to heat it up for two minutes. 

Step 7: Now wear safety baking gloves to put the spray bottle out of the microwave. Now put the sprayer in the bottle and spray this solution to the entire surface of your plastic shower floor. 

Step 8: Leave the plastic floor for half an hour after spraying the complete bottle to the entire surface of the floor. 

Step 9: Now take a brush or a sponge to rub those spots which you found are dirty and dull due to stubborn dirt.

Step 10: Now Rinse the entire plastic floor and you end up with a clean and shiny plastic floor, that is ready to use again with its earlier beauty.  

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How To Remove Rust From Plastic Shower Floor

Rust strains don’t clean easily. Vinegar and dishwashing soaps are very effective in cleaning rust strains. We are using them to clean rust from the plastic shower floor. 

Required elements:

1. White Vinegar
2. Liquid dishwashing soap
3. Baking Soda
4. Scrub

6 Steps to remove rust stains from a plastic shower floor:

Step 1: First, spread the liquid dishwashing soap all over the surface of a plastic shower floor, especially on the rusted area, and leave it for a few hours. 

Step 2: Now take half a cup of white vinegar and pour it onto the rusted area.

Step 3: Now take a scrub and rub on the rusted area thoroughly. 

Step 4: Usually rust strains don’t get away easily, to clean them all you need to pour a second cup of white vinegar liquid onto the rusted surface and leave it for two hours. 

Step 5: After two hours pour one more cup of white vinegar onto the rusted surface and scrub it well. 

Step 6: Now wash the plastic shower floor with water and you will get a clean and rust-free shower down. 

Note: If you still have some rust strains in the plastic shower floor, then use baking soda to get rid of those stubborn rust strains. 

Also Read: 3 Easy Ways To Clean Shower Door With Protective Coating

Conclusion

I’ve discussed all the possible ways to clean a plastic shower floor in effective ways. You can use your household chemicals to clean it thoroughly. 

I’ve also discussed how to clean your plastic shower floor naturally. My personal favorite method to clean plastic shower floors is using lemon juice. 

If you don’t have lemon juice, then you can use baking soda and vinegar for effective cleaning of your shower. 

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