Shower screen glass coating
A hydrophobic coating that keeps sound shower glass clear and easy to clean — applied early, it stops scale ever etching in. Already etched? Our team advises honestly, case by case.
Get my free quote →Perth's hard water is unforgiving in a shower recess: minerals bake onto the glass with every dry cycle, bond with soap residue, and eventually etch the surface. Once it etches, the glass can be mechanically polished back — but on a shower screen that's slow, messy work: the cerium-oxide compound sprays off the polisher and coats the whole recess, and by the time you add the labour it usually costs more than a new screen. So the smart move is the other way around: on glass that's still sound, we clean it back and apply a professional hydrophobic coating so water sheets off and scale never gets the chance to etch in. The earlier that coating goes on, the more it saves you. If your screen is already etched, our team weighs up honestly whether a polish or a new screen is the better value for you — no pressure. Your quote includes a written care guide and a realistic re-coat schedule.
What's included
- Honest assessment first — is the glass still sound, or already etched?
- Degrease and controlled mineral removal — chemistry chosen to protect aluminium frames and seals
- Professional hydrophobic coating applied to manufacturer specification
- Written aftercare — what to use, what never to use
- If the glass is already etched: honest, case-by-case advice on best value — polishing is possible, but inside a shower recess it's usually messier and dearer than a new screen
Optional add-on: worn or perished shower door seals replaced at the same visit — the rubber strip along the bottom of the door or screen. It's an extra service at additional cost, but if yours is split or leaking, just ask and we'll sort it while we're there.
Before & after
How we restore & coat your glass
A proper job is a sequence, not a spray-and-wipe. Each step does one thing, in order — that's what makes the coating last.
We test the glass first — is it just scale sitting on top, or has the surface actually etched? You get a straight answer before we start.
Strip the soap film and body oils that shield the scale, so the treatment can reach the glass instead of the grime.
Dissolve the baked-on hard-water and mineral scale, section by section — as many passes as it takes, done gently so frames and seals are protected.
Lift any stubborn marks the descale left behind, so the glass is uniformly clean.
Where hard water has actually etched the glass, a machine polish cuts light etching back. We stay honest: deep etching may not fully reverse — if that's the case, we'll tell you a new screen is the better spend.
The glass is brought to a spotless, contaminant-free finish. This step is what decides how long the coating lasts — skip it and the coating fails early.
A professional hydrophobic coating — Nanovations NG-1010, an Australian-made silica glass coating — is applied thin and even, so water beads up and rolls straight off.
The coating cures over 12–24 hours — best to leave the shower overnight. You get a written care guide so it keeps performing for years.
Common questions
Physically it can be done — the same cerium-oxide polishing we use on car and boat glass grinds the etching back. The difference is where the glass sits. A windscreen or boat window is out in the open, so the fine polishing slurry just washes off and cleans up easily. A shower screen is boxed into a tiled recess with tapware and walls all around it, and the polisher throws that slurry over everything — so it's a slow, messy job to mask and clean, and the labour usually costs more than simply fitting a new screen. That's why, on a shower, a new screen is normally the better value — and why coating early, before it etches, is the real win. Our team advises case by case at assessment.
It changes the game: water sheets off instead of drying in place, so minerals have far less chance to bond. Light, product-free cleaning keeps it that way, per the care guide.
When the glass is still sound — new, recently replaced, or only just starting to scale. A hydrophobic coating then keeps it clear and easy to clean for a fraction of the cost of a new screen, and buys your glass years.
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