Installation Guide
Care and Maintenance of Your Ariel Shower Panel
Follow these guidelines to ensure that your luxury shower panel lasts a long time and to keep
your warranty intact. e proper maintenance of the product is crucial. If you do not adhere
to the following guidelines, the resulting damage will not be covered by the warranty from the
manufacturer. It is important that you follow these guidelines so that your shower panel unit’s
life will last longer.
If you follow the guidelines for care and maintenance, the nish and look of the shower panel
will last. e shower panel is made of high quality acrylic that requires proper care.
IMPORTANT: Abrasive cleaners should never be used on the shower panel unit. Do NOT use
Ajax or Comet for cleaning the acrylic unit; it will result in dulling the nish on the unit and
scratching the acrylic surface. Do NOT use MEK, acetone, mineral spirits or any solvent based
cleaner for cleaning the shower panel.
Mild, non-abrasive cleaners should be used to clean the shower panel unit. Appropriate clean-
ers include So Scrub or cleaning products that are specically designed for use on an acrylic
surface.
e nish, luster and shine of your shower panel unit can be maintained by bung and polish-
ing the acrylic surface. is can be accomplished using appropriate products, such as Maguire’s
#10 Mirror glaze, automotive polishing paste, toothpaste or a good polishing compound.
If you do nd minor, small scratches on the acrylic surface of the shower panel, you can gently
bu them using 600# grit wet sand paper. Also, the luster and shine of the surface can be re-
stored using a surface polish.
An acrylic repair kit can be purchased for xing chips in the acrylic surface or scratches. Acrylic
repair kits can be found at home centers and hardware stores. Follow the instructions and guide-
lines that come with the acrylic repair kit.
Showerhead and Body Jets
e showerhead and body jets may need to be cleaned because of hard water or the build-up of
calcium, rust or lime, depending upon the chemistry of your water.
To clean the showerhead and/or the body jets, you rst need to remove the piece from the show-
er panel by screwing it o. It can be cleaned with a solution of water and mild vinegar (50/50).
You can also soak the piece in the solution before cleaning it. Alternatively, you may use CLR or
another hard water cleaner.