black mould type in bathroom?

SuzieSue

As someone said below, it is a messy, fiddly job if you have never done it before and even if you have. There are professional mastic applicators if you do a google search.

If you do decide the sealant around the bath yourself then you should fill the bath up before applying it so that sealant doesn't move after you have applied it.

Someone on here also suggested the following:


https://www.byretech.com/acatalog/shower-tray-seals.html

SuzieSue

ktcoil wrote: »

If I peeled this off would the sink fall off?

thanks

No, the sealant does not support any weight.

Slinky

You'd have trouble 'peeling' the sealant off as well. It can be a right bar%=$stard of a product to remove. You can buy some stuff that will 'rot' the old sealant out, but it's messy and won't leave it perfectly clean. You end up scraping at it with a stanley knife and wishing you'd lived with the old stuff.....

Try some of the bleach cleaners first and only remove the old stuff as a last resort.

SuzieSue

Slinky wrote: »

You'd have trouble 'peeling' the sealant off as well. It can be a right bar%=$stard of a product to remove. You can buy some stuff that will 'rot' the old sealant out, but it's messy and won't leave it perfectly clean. You end up scraping at it with a stanley knife and wishing you'd lived with the old stuff.....

Try some of the bleach cleaners first and only remove the old stuff as a last resort.

Yes, all in all, it is a horrible job. Unless the sealant leaks, I would leave it as long as possible but I can understand that it is unsightly if you have visitors.

lstar337

HG mould is the best. Don't try and take it out yourself. If you ever want it done, get a professional in to do it.

WestonDave

Get some HG Mould spray - cover the sealant with a layer of toilet paper or kitchen roll and then spray it. The paper holds the spray in contact with the sealant for long enough to bleach it back to white (in some bad bits it might not go completely white but stay rust coloured). Otherwise the spray tends to run off and it doesn't work as well. Once you've left it a few hours, you should be able to peel the soaked paper off and it will look much better. Might take a couple of tries if its really bad.

Danger_Mouse

as others have said, HG mould spray is a winner.

Jonesya

I use neat, thick bleach. Put it on the silicone and spread around, leave it for several hours, clean off then reapply for a second time if necessary.

JP08

Black mould is quite hard to kill off. The only thing we've found that works reliably is the steam cleaner - actually a cheapie Lidl wallpaper stripper that came with a few "steam cleaning" attachments. Mould really doesn't like being boiled !

Zola.

Changing the shower seal isnt that hard a job, half an hour or so tops.

Sharp Stanley, cut it all out, bleach down the area and dry it.

Seal gun and silicone, bead it all in.

Its messy yes, but a little bucket of water and an old rag to clean up your finger etc with is needed.