Cleaning a Shower Curtain
Coreen from Burnaby, B.C.
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RE: Cleaning a Shower Curtain
"Shower Curtain Cleaning" GROSS; Clean It Up Easy And Learn Tips To Prevent Mildew. There isn't much grosser than the shower curtain that has been hanging in your shower for too long. Most people think of shower curtains as disposable, but they don't have to be. Cleaning a shower curtain is a simple procedure. Just put it in the washing machine on warm with some laundry soap and a little bit of bleach. (Do not put it in the dryer, it will melt.) If you want to dry it with a towel, you can, but it is not necessary.
You will be amazed at the results. An almost brand new shower curtain. It will be a little wrinkled when you pull it out of the washing machine, but they will go away shortly after you hang it. You can help prevent shower curtain mildew by spraying a mixture of vinegar and water on the shower curtain once you have hung it back up. It is best to spray on the inside. Especially on the bottom and on the bottom of the outside also, as it seems to grow their too.
If your children take baths, make sure to pull the shower curtain out of the tub to help prevent more mold and mildew. If you think about the ring you get in your tub from baths, you don't want that same ring on your shower curtain.
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Post By A Busy Mother (Guest Post)
RE: Cleaning a Shower Curtain
When washing a vinyl shower curtain, it is important to use warm rather than cold water. Cold water makes vinyl stiffen up, so it cracks and tears more easily. Warm water keeps it soft. When I started using warm water, my vinyl shower curtains came out whole, rather than torn to shreds!
Post By D. Gjerdingen (Guest Post)
RE: Cleaning a Shower Curtain
What about getting the rust stains from hard water off? We only use cold water to wash... everything else comes lovely clean. Just can't get the rust off.
Post by Shosha
RE: Cleaning a Shower Curtain
I kept having the same problem so I got a fabric shower curtain liner. I'm not sure what it's made of--polyester maybe? But it keeps the water in the shower and not on the bathroom floor, it doesn't get scummy and it doesn't fall apart in the wash.
Post by Allison
RE: Cleaning a Shower Curtain
Maybe the reason that the shower curtain got torn was that you didn't use the gentle cycle. I put a few towels & add 1/2 C of detergent, 1/2 C bleach & 1/2 C borax. I always make sure that I wash the curtain on a sunny day so that I can then line dry it outside. Have been doing this for over 40 years & have always had great results. Good luck.
Post By joesgirl (Guest Post)
RE: Cleaning a Shower Curtain
I had the same soap scum problem till I started drying the curtain off after every use with the towel. I just dried on and it cut the problem down to almost nothing.
Post By DEBRADJ. (Guest Post)
RE: Cleaning a Shower Curtain
I used to buy the heavy vinyl shower curtains and ran into the same problem of them tearing after a number of washings. So I finally bought a white polyester fabric shower curtain liner from Walmart which sits inside the bathtub. I having a matching shower curtain which stays outside my tub which matches my bathroom drapes.
So when the shower curtain liner needs washing, I take it down and pop it in my washing machine with some bleach and detergent. Once it's done washing, I hang it up damp and it dries very quickly on the shower curtain rings.
Post by MCW
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