This document discusses how to clean two types of shower mirrors: non-coating and coating mirrors. Non-coating mirrors develop water spots from mineral deposits that make the surface hazy and allow water to cling. They are cleaned weekly with soap and water. Coating mirrors use special chemicals to prevent fogging, but these degrade over time. Lower quality coatings last only a few days while higher quality coatings may last months before developing texture. Both require scrubbing with soap and discarding cleaning materials due to the chemicals in the coatings, which must sometimes be removed before retreating the mirror.

1. How to Clean Your Shower Mirror

2. First we will talk about cleaning non-coating type mirrors. Then we will discuss cleaning coating type mirrors.

3. Non-Coating Type Mirrors

4. Non-Coating Type Mirrors Non-coating type mirrors prevent fogging without using a special coating.

5. Non-Coating Type Mirrors Water spots build up on non-coating type mirrors.

6. Non-Coating Type Mirrors Water spots are mineral deposits left over from water droplets that have evaporated from off the mirror's surface.

7. Non-Coating Type Mirrors These mineral deposits may make the surface of the mirror somewhat hazy. They also make the mirror's surface “rough” (in a microscopic way).

8. Non-Coating Type Mirrors This microscopic roughness makes water droplets tend to cling to the mirror's surface.

9. Non-Coating Type Mirrors This prevents our ability to sheet the droplets off the mirror. Water droplets make it difficult to see ourselves in the mirror.

10. Non-Coating Type Mirrors To deal with the build up of these water spots, you will need to clean the mirror once or twice a week.

11. Non-Coating Type Mirrors To clean the mirror, you just scrub it with a face cloth and regular bath soap, and then rinse it good.

12. Okay, now we'll talk about coating-type mirrors.

13. Coating Type Mirrors

14. Coating Type Mirrors Coating type mirrors use special coatings to prevent fogging.

15. Coating Type Mirrors These coatings eventually degrade.

16. Coating Type Mirrors Low-quality coatings basically wear off the mirror – often in just two or three days, and the mirror just starts to fog again.

17. Coating Type Mirrors Higher quality coatings will often last for several months, but will eventually develop a sort of orange-peel texture.

18. Coating Type Mirrors The coatings will continue to prevent fog even with this “orange peel” texture, but this texture itself will make the mirror's image slightly blurry, which will make the mirror unusable.

19. Coating Type Mirrors Whether it's a low quality coating or a high quality coating, once the coating stops working right, you will need to remove the coating.

20. Coating Type Mirrors The coating type mirrors are also cleaned by scrubbing with a cloth and soap and then rinsing with water... BUT...

21. Coating Type Mirrors As the coatings are chemicals, I prefer to discard whatever I use to clean the mirror with.

22. Coating Type Mirrors The low quality coatings are fairly easy to clean and must be removed frequently. So, for these, I usually use a strong paper towel and regular bath soap .

23. Coating Type Mirrors The higher quality coatings tend to be oily, difficult to remove, and need to removed only a few times per year. So, for these, I usually use a few drops of dish soap and a face cloth, which I discard afterward.

24. Coating Type Mirrors Due to their oily coatings, you may need to wash the higher quality type coatings twice to completely remove them.

25. Coating Type Mirrors Don't forget to rinse well.

26. Coating Type Mirrors You will then need to retreat the mirror with a defogging fluid.

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