OH DEAR! My bathroom's now ruined!!

jet77

Oh dear!!! what have I done :eek:

It all started so well ... I bought some mould spray because the sealant round the edge of the bath (plastic strip attached with sealant round edges) had started to have spots of mould on. I sprayed it on - waited a few minutes and then started to scrub.

Then it went wrong ... all the sealant started coming off and before I knew it all the plastic edging had come off too leaving great big black marks and loads of sealant bits all round the edge of the bath!!! :eek::eek:

I've tried scraping it off with a sharp knife ... but it's like springy superglue in there ... and I've no idea what the black stuff it - it must have been building up for about 20 ears :eek::eek:

PLEASE HELP!! I've NO idea what to do I've got 3 manky plastic edging strips and a horrid black gunky edge to my bath now

esmf73

Oh my goodness. All I can suggest is scrubbing hard and then getting some new sealent and resealing it. Make sure that if you're doing a bath that you fill the bath with water first to weight it down.

Barneysmom

Oh dear.
It's going to cost you about a tenner I'd say top renew it but all's not lost.
B&Q will have some meths to clean all the old gunk off. Then a new roll of sealing strip to replace the old one.

The meths might even clean up the old strips but then you'd have to buy silicon to glue it back on.

jet77

Ok that's great thank you

mrcow

To clean black mould off of sealant in future , just put normal bleach on it and then cover with tissue paper and leave overnight.

No scrubbing or expensive chemicals required. If it's raelly bad, you may need to repeat, but it does work.

taxsaver

I'm afraid that meths is highly unlikely to remove old silicon. It's extremely tough to get off. You can buy from the DIY places a special jelly for removing it, but even with that it's a longish job with several applications and the jelly is something like £6.99 for a tube.

The alternative is to CAREFULLY use a very sharp modelling/stanley knife to cut the silicon away leaving only a thin layer, then re-fix your old strip or a new new strip to cover.

PollyFlinders_3

esmf73 wrote: »

Oh my goodness. All I can suggest is scrubbing hard and then getting some new sealent and resealing it. Make sure that if you're doing a bath that you fill the bath with water first to weight it down.

Alternatively, stand in the bath yourself as you put the sealant on. The important thing is that the bath is weighed down, so the sealant doesn't split from the bath the first time you use it. And definitely don't be tempted to let the sealant get water on it before it has properly set. Good luck.

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

taxsaver wrote: »

I'm afraid that meths is highly unlikely to remove old silicon. It's extremely tough to get off. You can buy from the DIY places a special jelly for removing it, but even with that it's a longish job with several applications and the jelly is something like £6.99 for a tube.

The alternative is to CAREFULLY use a very sharp modelling/stanley knife to cut the silicon away leaving only a thin layer, then re-fix your old strip or a new new strip to cover.

I'd say that the stanley knife is the way to go.
I've tried the silicone remover and found it pretty useless.
I know its not much use now but when you get the new stuff on its best to just wash the seals down once a week with neat bleach and then wipe off.
I've always done this and never had mould in nearly 40 years.

Nickitree30

I used a wee plastic tool from a DIY shop, that has a razor blade fitted in it (the kind of thing that you can use for scraping paint of windows after painting the frames) to remove old silicon.
This guy recommends WD40, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruxEhgI4NW4


When you are putting the new silicon on use your finger to smooth it out, but dip it in water with a bit of washing liquid in it first.

Owain_Moneysaver

Nickitree30 wrote: »

When you are putting the new silicon on use your finger to smooth it out, but dip it in water with a bit of washing liquid in it first.

Lidl have a sealant cutter:

Use the pointed end to remove sealant from surfaces without damage
Use the flat end to smooth out sealant when newly applied

Offer starts today.

It's more expensive but many people find a fugenboy gives very good results.

madtrekker

Nickitree30 wrote: »

When you are putting the new silicon on use your finger to smooth it out, but dip it in water with a bit of washing liquid in it first.

Vaseline also works well to smooth silicone. Fill the bath before the sealant dries and leave for a good few hours until it's properly dry.