Finally! Last night I smeared a combination of hot vinegar (microwaved 2 minutes and an equal amount of blue Dawn. I had used it last year (guest bath only used once a year). I followed the directions, just let it sit and the bottom of the tub looked great. It did not budge the insane soap scum on the side of the tub. The tub was only used during Christmas vacation by our adult daughter who never cleaned. I was in panic mode tonight and saw someone above mention Awesome Cleaner from the Dollar Tree. I put a little water in the tub to wet the vinegar/dawn mixture from last night, swished my scrubber pad in it to wet it. Poured Awesome powder on it and thanked God because it worked! I could not believe it worked and was in panic mode because my daughter is bringing her boyfriend in town with her! Now if I could just get the rest of the house presentable!

I have to second the suggestion to eliminate bar soap. I did this about a year ago, and my shower doors and tile never require a "scrubbing". I went down to visit my parents in FL a few weeks ago and their guest bath and master bath shower had terrible soap scum around the soap dish and around the pan sides. I used a good cleaner (comet spray) cleaned it really well and then made them throw their bar soap away and buy liquid. In the Mother's Day card my mother sent to me, she thanked me over and over again for her continuingly clean shower! It had been over a month and she had only had to spot clean the floor of the shower - no soap scum at all. Please make life SO much easier on yourself - just stop using bar soap!!

ust some general bathroom help is if you just keep a, you know, your disinfectant and an all-purpose cleaner and a rag just in every bathroom, but specifically the guest bathroom. That way you can just go in and tidy up when unexpected guests come. It's kind of easier to get away for a minute if you already have the supplies in there. To help keep your bathroom smelling fresh, you can always get a fabric softener sheet and just put it in the bottom of the wastebasket, replace it about once a week. This also helps in drawers, cars, basically anywhere in the house to help keep things fresh. Here is a link that might be useful: Bathroom cleaning tips

Try this recipe it works! I found this DIY cleaner on here and here and it is fantastic because it works! Here's the recipe: 8 oz. (1 cup) of warm vinegar 8 oz. ( 1 cup) of Dawn That's it! I put the vinegar in the microwave for about two minutes to get it warm. Then mix the vinegar and the Dawn in a spray bottle. One cup of Dawn seems like a lot to me, but I guess you need that much to cut through the scum. It makes sense. If it can cut through grease and baked on food, it should be able to cut through yucky shower scum! I sprayed the Dawn and vinegar mixture on the glass and scrubbed with a sponge. I really didn't have to scrub hard or for very long. That stubborn stuff came right off! I had a bucket of clean water to wipe off the soap suds. When I was done, there still seamed to be a little bit of residue on the glass so I just used the glass cleaner I usually use to give the doors a final wipe. Now my shower doors look as good as new!