How to clean my bathroom sink

poppyscorner

Evening all,

As the title suggests I want to clean my bathroom sink there is sealant around the plug hole and it has gone black and mouldy looking I clean my bathroom regularly but I cant get this clean how do I get it white again or am I stuck with it ?

I use either Mr Muscle or Tesco bathroom cleaner sprays to clean with is there another product I can buy?

I just hate seeing it the way it is and cant help feeling people must think we are dirty people who never clean up bit paranoid I know :rotfl:

Thanks in advance
Poppy x

Doozergirl

Just pull it off! Use any old piece of cutlery. Once you get a handle on it, it just peels off in one go. Give it a scrub after and then buy some sealant and a gun from B&Q or whatever and do it again yourself. Don't squirt too hard because it comes out and doesn't stop! Leave it for 24 hours before you use the sink again.

OddjobKIA

poppyscorner wrote: »

Evening all,

As the title suggests I want to clean my bathroom sink there is sealant around the plug hole and it has gone black and mouldy looking I clean my bathroom regularly but I cant get this clean how do I get it white again or am I stuck with it ?

I use either Mr Muscle or Tesco bathroom cleaner sprays to clean with is there another product I can buy?

I just hate seeing it the way it is and cant help feeling people must think we are dirty people who never clean up bit paranoid I know :rotfl:

Thanks in advance
Poppy x

this might be a washer so dont just pull it of straight away

remove the trap or u bend underneath unscrew plug hole then clean well if it is a washer buy new one if sealent buy one meant for the bathromm as it has antifungicide in it squirt librally around the re screw the plug hole together and DO NOT WIPE AWAY EXCESS YET. wait untill dry ( 6 Hours ish ) fill sink with water over night in morning let water out then clear of excess with sharp knife ( craft scalpell ideal)

chris123

have you tried via kal its much better than cillet bang or mr muscle they say not to use it on plastic though, you can get it from tesco.

chris123

I should have said not on plastic sinks or baths. We use it all the time it really is a good cleaner.

tomsolomon

Did anyone watch that series on the tele about how clean your home is?
Apparently if you dont close the lid when you flush all that stuff and bugs and yuck comes out of the pan and splatters your bathroom floor to celing :eek: Dont tell my missus though she already shouts at me for leaving the lid up.

Swan_2

tomsolomon wrote: »

Did anyone watch that series on the tele about how clean your home is?
Apparently if you dont close the lid when you flush all that stuff and bugs and yuck comes out of the pan and splatters your bathroom floor to celing :eek: Dont tell my missus though she already shouts at me for leaving the lid up.

watched it once & decided they're a pair of scaremongers :rolleyes:

relax ... how did any of us survive the days when no-one had lids on their toilets?

tomsolomon

Seriously though, there should be a screw in the middle of the plug hole, or a nut on the under side of the sink. Or both. Once undone take a stanley blade and cut around the sealant being careful not to scratch the sink. Clean the plug hole and check your U bend and clean if needed. Then just put it back together using sealant or a rubber sealing ring.

handyman.

you must use a sanitary silicon, this this one being the best. Never had it failed. The cheap versions fail (ie get mouldy)

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?cId=A336101&ts=71405&id=58308


and this ones on clearance, so cheaper

blue_monkey_2

Put the plug in - put pleach in it and then leave it overnight if need be! Should get most of it off, this is what I do on white things that have gone mouldy.

handyman.

when silicon goes mouldy, most times its within the silicon, not just on the surface, so you cant fix it.