I know this sounds silly, but how do you remove the black mould that grows on the silicon around the top of the bath/bottom of tiles? Or do you just need to replace it?
2007-07-05 00:53:14 · 13 answers · asked by ♥ mimi ♥ 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
Mold is easily removed with pure bleach. I use a stick window cleaner, with the fuzzy sleeve for scrubbing windows.
Take a dishpan put a cup or so of bleach in it with some water. Use the stick to stay at a little distance and go over the tile surface completely. It is great for getting to the ceiling (ours is 8 ft. high) Edges and corners especially. Leave it on for an hour or so AND NEVER MIX IT WITH ANY THING.
Then later rinse it down. The Mr. Clean magic pad does a good job on the tile but it is time consuming.
Once I super cleaned my shower stall. Then dried and using car wax paste waxed it. It was fabulous for months. It sealed up all the little cracks where the mold starts. Now it needs to be done again. They are a challenge.
No replacement needed. But it usually means you could have a little moisture getting behind the tile. You might need to caulk a spot or two.
2007-07-05 01:25:18 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best stuff I have used for black mould spots is "HG Mould Spray", made by a Dutch firm called Hagesan, and available in the UK. The bottle comes in a yellow box, if you are hunting around one of the big stores, but I got mine from a small local DIY shop.
If that doesn't shift it, nothing will, and the only solution will be to replace the silicone seal.
2007-07-05 09:54:34 · answer #2 · answered by andrew f 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just got rid of mine by opening a window. Taking some bleach and pouring it directly on the mould, then leaving it for about 8 hours. When I came back, it was white as snow.
Bleach is the active ingredient in products which advertise as mould removing.
Don't use bleach on fabrics obviously because it will bleach them out to white as well.
Bleach does kill the mould and it is the same ingredient as you will find in mould removers.
2007-07-05 01:01:31 · answer #3 · answered by KD 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If Tilex or any other household mold removing cleaner isn't doing the trick, then yes, it would have to be removed. I've been there, wound up redoing all of the caulking. The easy way of doing it is to take a widget (one of those things you scrape stickers off with) and separate the caulking as much as possible, then pull it out a little at a time and re-caulk it. Generally takes about 2 hours to do.
2007-07-05 00:58:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Best to replace it with a 25 year mould resistant silicone sealant..
2007-07-05 00:57:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you can buy a specific product for removing this mould from most DIY shops. Diluted bleach works quite well, you probably need some air circulation long term.
2007-07-05 00:59:39 · answer #6 · answered by Spiny Norman 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
use mr. muscle anty mould spray. it is really strong. and lasts long. there are some cheap ones available in market but they are total waste of money. you can also try BnQ. and ask a member of staff to give you one spray which builders do use(commercial mould sprey) it is very strong as well and you have to be very carefull when u use this one.
hope it helps. good luck.
2007-07-05 01:04:38 · answer #7 · answered by Kesh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remove the silicon seal (use silicon eater)and then replace it with new seal
2007-07-05 01:13:41 · answer #8 · answered by Just for Laughs 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bleach will kill it. However, if its been moldy for a while, it might have gotten behind the tile in which case you will need to replace it.
2007-07-05 01:01:24 · answer #9 · answered by jellybean 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it can be really hard to get this stuff off (and hard to prevent it in first place).
Best to just re-grout. Use a tool to scrape out as much of old grout as poss then put new stuff in. No need to get a workman for this. Really easy.
Good luck
2007-07-05 01:04:31 · answer #10 · answered by howdoyou 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋