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How a professional cleaner cleans the shower using a 'simple but really thorough' method

By Rachael Gavin|

A? professional cleaner has revealed her process for cleaning a shower from start to finish, and it's super simple, yet very effective.

Kacie Stephens, the owner of The Big Clean Co, shared her method in a video on Instagram and TikTok.

Watch the video above.?

The first thing Stephens does when cleaning the shower is remove all the items in it, including soap, shampoo and conditioner bottles, loofahs and razors.

However, the shower she was cleaning in the video was part of an end-of-lease clean so it had nothing in it.

Next up, the pro ?"gives her shower a shower". To do this she soaps the whole thing up using her own cleaning product For All, but you could also use dishwashing liquid, if that's what you have on hand at home.

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Kacie Stephens uses diluted detergent to soap up the shower before rinsing it. (Instagram/@thebigcleanco)

"Soap it up using For All either straight from the bottle onto a cloth, or you can spray a pre-diluted mixture onto the shower and then scrub?," she said in her Instagram caption.

After soaping the shower up, Stephens then scrubs "where she needs to" before rinsing the ?soap suds off and squeegeeing the water off the glass and tiles. She also dries the shower with a microfibre cloth.

If you don't have a shower with a detachable shower head, the best way to give your shower a rinse is by using a jug of water. You can pick up a plastic jugs from the supermarket or hardware store for under $10, and keep in your cleaning caddy for easy access.?

"It is so simple, but ?also really thorough," she said.

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Squeegeeing water off glass and tiles is part of the cleaning process. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

But for those showers that need a deeper clean, Stephens had some recommendations.

"If you've got some hard to budge soap scum, calcium build up or mouldy grout you have options.? My go to is always Gumption on the glass and tiles. Hydrogen peroxide and bi-carb on grout gives an extra kick too," she said.

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Stephens' followers had several questions after watching the video.

Some asked more detail on using hydrogen peroxide and bi-carb soda.

Another follower responded to this and explained the two can be mixed together? to clean grout.

"You can make a paste and let it sit for a good 20 minutes or longer and scrub with a grout brush?," they said.

One person wanted to know "the trick" for removing mould from silicone between the shower glass and tiles.

Unfortunately there is no easy fix to this. "The trick is to replace it (a tube of silicone is about $15 in the hardware store)?," Stephens answered.

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Over on TikTok, a viewer wanted to know how to clean the outside of the shower without rinsing it.

"The outside is never as dirty so we just give it a spray and wipe (using a pre diluted For All and water)?," Stephens said.

So there you go, it turns out cleaning the shower is pretty straightforward, which means the hard part is getting the motivation and energy to do it. But it is definitely one of those things that feels good to look at and use after it's been cleaned.

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