'Mouldy old Grout'

[Polishicebreaker]

Our shower room gets a bit cold in the winter and cannae stop the mould in the silicone between tiles

 

1. Used cheap white silicone for grout-                               mouldy 

2. Used 2nd most expensive 'never go mouldy' silicone-    mouldy 

3. used the 8 quid, 10 year guarantee no mould super duper top of the range silicone-    you know the rest......

 

 

any other ideas greatly appreciated -  is silicone more prone to mould than regular grout?   if it is, I may try grout instead. The walls are pretty solid so not much flex.

 

many thanks     Ed

 

[Pie Eater]

Spray with bleach and leave overnight

[Hudds Lad]

i was going to recommend Mouldex, but after looking at the label you don't want to be pumping that into the canal  

[Murflynn]

use black sealant.

[Detling]

Flexible grout is available basically I recon it is powdered latex and grout, or maybe of a and grout but it works on my bathroom floor at home which is small tiles and does flex a bit. 

 

[Jen-in-Wellies]

I've decided that You Mouldy Old Grout is going to be my new go to insult.

Edited October 20, 2020 by Jen-in-Wellies

[Mad Harold]

Have used Cillit Bang black mould remover.Simply spray it on and leave for 24 hours and the mould has gone.

It does stink a bit though.

[cuthound]

Why does the thread title cause this ear worm to rattle through my head?

 

 

[LadyG]

Wipe off rather than rinsing in to canal

[ditchcrawler]

On 19/10/2020 at 13:28, Polishicebreaker said:

Our shower room gets a bit cold in the winter and cannae stop the mould in the silicone between tiles

 

1. Used cheap white silicone for grout-                               mouldy 

2. Used 2nd most expensive 'never go mouldy' silicone-    mouldy 

3. used the 8 quid, 10 year guarantee no mould super duper top of the range silicone-    you know the rest......

 

 

any other ideas greatly appreciated -  is silicone more prone to mould than regular grout?   if it is, I may try grout instead. The walls are pretty solid so not much flex.

 

many thanks     Ed

 

Same in our house, Drying it after showring helps

[cuthound]

16 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:

Same in our house, Drying it after showring helps

 

I find wiping glass shower screens dry with a microfibre cloth not only dries them but stops soap and limescale deposits forming on the glass.

[LadyG]

Open windows, heat boat. 

[ditchcrawler]

You will be very hard pushed to beat black mold on silicone in a bathroom environment as you keep making it wet and then for a while it remains damp. There must be a scientific reason why mold grows so easily on silicon, even ones that are supposed to be mold resistant, as I said earlier the best bet is drying things down after use