gross black mould round bath

lynzpower · 30 July 2006 at 4:38PM

Hi there

right so Ive set to the mould in the bath with my stardrops & microfibre cloth, and used a tooythbrush dipped in neat stardrops its not working

Ive no lemon juice, or can you believe white vinegar - forgot it today :mad:

What can I use instead?

Quasar · 30 July 2006 at 5:12PM

lynzpower wrote:

Hi there

right so Ive set to the mould in the bath with my stardrops & microfibre cloth, and used a tooythbrush dipped in neat stardrops its not working

Ive no lemon juice, or can you believe white vinegar - forgot it today :mad:

What can I use instead?

Try some washing powder, such as Ariel or any of the others. Put some on a wet sponge and rub the area. I find that this cleans quite well and quickly, and I even use it on tea-stained spoons and teapots.

Afterwards rinse and apply some bleach to kill the mould off.

jessicamb · 30 July 2006 at 5:16PM

have you got any bleach? Thats what I've used before now (well Flash spray with bleach pre MSE), and a 'special' Lakeland spray designed to do the job - main ingrediant chlorine bleaching agents.

I read a tip elsewhere to try getting mould out of shower curtains by rubbing with a bicarb/water paste which might help. Same book is saying use white shoe cream to whiten grouting. Neither of which are probably much use to you but there you go anyway.

comping_cat · 30 July 2006 at 5:21PM

Have you tried putting some stardrops on, and leaving it for half an hour before wiping off? Could also try washing up liquid!!!!
Must admit, last time i cheated, i bought dettox mould and mildew remover, removed it all first time, and is a lot easier to keep on top of now!!!!

Pink. · 30 July 2006 at 5:31PM

Hi lynzpower,

Some of the replies on these older threads may help you:

cleaning bathroom

mould round bath

Advise need on how to remove mould from bathroom sealant

Mould

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candygirl · 30 July 2006 at 5:46PM

i poured neat bleach on it, and stuck white loo roll on top to hold it, and left it over night.This removed black mould that was really deeply ingrained in the sealant all round the bath!!:j :j

newleaf · 30 July 2006 at 9:46PM

Unfortunately both bleach and Dettox Mould & Mildew Remover, whilst effective in the short term, will eventually rot your sealant and allow water to leak through. Round a bath this might not be such a problem, but we have terrible problems with our shower leaking because of zealous use of Dettox - huge damp patches on dining room & kitchen ceilings :mad:

davesgirl_2 · 31 July 2006 at 3:50PM

newleaf wrote:

Unfortunately both bleach and Dettox Mould & Mildew Remover, whilst effective in the short term, will eventually rot your sealant and allow water to leak through. Round a bath this might not be such a problem, but we have terrible problems with our shower leaking because of zealous use of Dettox - huge damp patches on dining room & kitchen ceilings :mad:

i used to do inbetween all my tiles with bleach and tooth brush religiously and now they are all discoloured yellow and very brittle flaky stuff falls off:rolleyes: would not reccomend it. i used o have a real thing for bleach and clean everything with it now only do the loo pan:rotfl:

pigeonpie · 1 August 2006 at 5:02PM

off topic but Lynzpower, that famous quotation that you use as your signature, it's driving me mad, who said that please?!

Pink. · 1 August 2006 at 5:08PM

pigeonpie wrote:

off topic but Lynzpower, that famous quotation that you use as your signature, it's driving me mad, who said that please?!

HI pigeonpie,

It's from the serentity prayer....see here

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