Tested Life Hack: DIY Shower Head Cleaner


It's been awhile since I've tested one of those life hack tricks floating around on Pinterest and the Internet. But, I was cleaning my shower and noticed how gross the shower head was getting and I remembered seeing a trick for cleaning shower heads: a plastic bag full of vinegar tied to the shower head. It was an easy enough thing to test out, so what did I have to lose?


I'm sorry about my gross looking shower head. But you needed to see what we were up against. It was not only a bit of hard water, but also some mold and mildew--so it was definitely time to clean it.


I grabbed a gallon Ziploc bag because it's what I had--but any sturdy plastic bag should do the trick. I put about 3/4 of a cup of vinegar in the bag and attached it to the shower head as best as I could. I used a couple of twist ties and some scotch tape to keep it on the shower head and to keep the vinegar covering as much of the shower head as possible.


I checked on my shower head once after it had been hanging for about an hour and the vinegar had started to turn slightly green in color and little flecks of black mildew had started to come off. I put my bag of vinegar on the shower head around lunch time and took it off after supper. It was probably on the shower head for about 8 hours.


When I took the bag off of the shower head, it was already noticeably cleaner. The vinegar did a lot of cleaning on its own. I then turned on the shower head and sprayed a scrub brush (to wet the shower head and the brush).


I gave it a couple of light scrubs and everything came right off! This hack totally works! The shower head was clean with hardly any work. I'll probably try this one again as soon as my shower head starts to get gunked up instead of waiting for it to get so gross. So the final ruling: WORKS!

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