Hi, The shower has been dripping in a unoccupied property I look after for a couple of weeks. It has left a stain on the shower tray as shown in the photos. Does anybody know the possible cause of the stain? Many thanks
comes from your pipes (normal if not in use or if someone has overdosed soldering flux on the pipes ) possibly it comes from one of the shower joints- it might be mixer/shower outlet etc. you need to look for the drop stain on your chromes and you will find which connection is not tight- just re-seal it and problem solved cleaning off- hmm, if stain didn't penetrate too deeply you can try with soldering flux or brasso, but fist make a test on less visible edge of the tray if doesn't make any damage to it
Buy some cheap cleaning vinegar, apply a bit of it with a sponge, leave for an hour or so, and wipe off. It may need several repeats of this, but it WILL come off eventually without any damage to the chrome parts or the shower tray.
If the tiles are even half decent, they won't be stained behind the glaze. The rust is most likely set in the limescale film that has grown onto the surface of the tiles. Get rid of the limescale with the vinegar and you'll be getting rid of the rust with it. It will most likely work, but it might not ... but it can't so any harm. Anything that gets harmed by cleaning vinegar is not worth having in a house anyway. The only exception to that is oak. Vinegar will darken oak considerably.
Thanks for the reply Roger, sounds like my tiles are not half decent then don't think there will be limescale as we have softened water and her indoors is pretty good at cleaning The problem originated from a screw (not stainless) attaching the soap dish thing to the wall, screw now stainless