What will remove soap scum from glasses?

brigden

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I found several good quality beer glasses at the back of our cupboard, but they're covered with soap scum from being put in a crappy dishwasher. What product will clean them the best? Vinegar?
 

Spikesoldier

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i was about to call you a filthy bastage and wondered where you got the soap in order to make your glasses have soap scum on them, you fat pile of crap.

with that aside, i would get out the brillo pad/steel wool and use your favorite non-crappy dishwasher soap.
 

TwiceOver

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Bleach, put it in the dishwasher. Jet Dry, stuff works wonders.

I switched to the jetdry powerball/soap combo brick things and all my dishes are much cleaner and glasses are clearer.
 

cavemanmoron

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What will remove soap scum from glasses?

hammer.


;)

Try full strength vinegar,then wash by hand using normal dish soap,like Dawn,etc.
 

boomerang

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It's not soap scum. The glass has been etched from dishwasher detergent.

There is no way to "remove" it. It's a permanent condition.
 

brigden

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Originally posted by: boomerang
It's not soap scum. The glass has been etched from dishwasher detergent.

There is no way to "remove" it. It's a permanent condition.

No, it's from hard water. White vinegar worked like a charm.
 

Yo Ma Ma

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Originally posted by: Spikesoldier
i was about to call you a filthy bastage and wondered where you got the soap in order to make your glasses have soap scum on them, you fat pile of crap.

with that aside, i would get out the brillo pad/steel wool and use your favorite non-crappy dishwasher soap.

Oh yes, a good brillo pad scrubbing on the glasses will just make them gleam.
 

boomerang

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Originally posted by: brigden
Originally posted by: boomerang
It's not soap scum. The glass has been etched from dishwasher detergent.

There is no way to "remove" it. It's a permanent condition.

No, it's from hard water. White vinegar worked like a charm.

I'll have to try that then. We have a bunch of glasses at home like that. We have a water softener that seems to be working well but I had read an article on dishwasher detergent etching glasses. Older formulations were the problem, the new stuff doesn't do this.

 

alkemyst

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Here my dishwear is never affected but my shower and sinks need a spray of CLR/LimeAway type stuff every couple months. Normal cleaners do not pentrate the calcium/whatever minerals.

I can't beat my rent though right now, plus a safe and nice place to live and save for a house...
 

artikk

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Originally posted by: TwiceOver
Bleach, put it in the dishwasher. Jet Dry, stuff works wonders.

I switched to the jetdry powerball/soap combo brick things and all my dishes are much cleaner and glasses are clearer.

Definately that.:)