My tenant moved and I'm trying to clean up the apartment to rent. The shower is a mess: copper stains and mold/scum are all over the stall. I've tried several products on the copper and nothing works. Any suggestions? I don't want an abrasive, unless it is ok to use on the fiberglass. Thanks.

The two best things I've found to use on a fiberglass stall is either baking soda or Bon Ami, on a dampened cloth, powered by a lot of elbow grease and lots of rinse water. It's a pain in the patootie, but it works and makes the fiberglass shine like new if it isn't all scratched up. I'm not sure it'll work on the copper stains, I've never had that problem.

By the way, the rough finish on the bottom of the shower can be cleaned much easier by putting quite a bit of baking soda or Bon Ami on it, mix it with a little water and, with a brush, scrub, scrub, scrub… rinse, scrub again and repeat until the nasties are gone.

Best of luck on this one. It's going to be, at the least, a mild pain.

My mom had hard water stains on her shower and found that the Watkins cream cleanser worked the best. I use it in the bathroom almost exclusively - it has a very fine jeweler's pumice in it so it scrubs well without stinking and releasing awful nasty fumes.

You can order it online if you haven't got a rep nearby - watkins-online.com, I believe.

(I love their organic cleaner and citrus cleaner too … they are concentrated so you get TONS of cleaning power outta the stuff, you just dilute it in a spray bottle and off you go. Plus, it's all earth friendly.) :)

I would try borax mule team (works like baking soda). Also, i would look at the copper pipes to see what condition they are in and have your water tested. We were told if water was too acidic that it would eventually eat away at the copper pipes which could