OH DEAR! My bathroom's now ruined!!

Pink.

Hi jet

As this is more of a DIY question rather than Old Style I've moved your thread over to the In my home (includes DIY) MoneySaving board where you may get more replies. Good luck with sorting itg out.

Pink

Leif

One remover is Silicone Eater. It's much cheaper at builders mechants, Homebase et al charge a fortune for it. I tried it but did not like it.

My builder said to use a Stanley knife and be careful. I found a thin metal scraper with a chisel edge worked well. To get rid of the small bits, a flat plastic blade acts as a good scraper, or even a finger nail.

I caulked by dipping my finger in a nearby tub of water after each squidging of sealant.

Leif

andrew-b wrote: »

...add some washing up liquid to your water too and a piece of kitchen roll/cloth to hand to wipe your finger on. Or just spit and a finger and wipe off the excess on your shirt !

I just rinse my finger in the bucket, plain water, ready for the next squidge. I know everyone says add squeazy ...

Leif

As an aside, this might be a useful learning experience. When I went round houses with a view to buying, a bathroom/kitchen with mouldy sealant was a turn off and yet it is so easy to freshen up the kitchen and bathroom by replacing sealant, making it look newer than it is. I think there are even companies that specialise in 'reviving' old kitchens by for example redoing sealant.

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

Leif wrote: »

As an aside, this might be a useful learning experience. When I went round houses with a view to buying, a bathroom/kitchen with mouldy sealant was a turn off and yet it is so easy to freshen up the kitchen and bathroom by replacing sealant, making it look newer than it is. I think there are even companies that specialise in 'reviving' old kitchens by for example redoing sealant.

If it's kept clean from the start though with neat bleach it does'nt need replacing.
Trust me the sealant round the bath and in the shower cubicle was put on over five years ago and is still sparkling white.
I agree about it being off putting though when you see it in other peoples houses with a view to buy.
It always makes you wonder what else they don't look after in their home.
We once viewed a beautiful house,I fell in love with it until I saw the mould in the bathroom.
I was'nt interested after that.

Leif

MRSTITTLEMOUSE wrote: »

If it's kept clean from the start though with neat bleach it does'nt need replacing.

That's a good tip. I use bleach for removing mould around the windows, as I grow chillis on the window boards and the increased hunidity causes mould, but I hadn't thought about using it on bath sealer, doh!