How I do I clean the yucky brown sucker pads on a bathmat?

[brusselbeansprouts]

Dh's job to clean the bathroom - so the inside of the sink, bath and toilet are all clean, but that's about it. The underside of the bathmat is now pretty grim. Is there a quick way of cleaning it short of getting in there with a nail brush or something?

this is the nonslip in-bath mat, yes?

dump in bath overnight with slosh of biological washing powder

rinse well

I just cleaned mine by letting it soak in some milton for a wee while then giving it a rub over with a cloth. It cleaned it up nicely. I'm sure you could also use normal bleach.

washing machine........now why didn't I think of that!

oh yes, if on-floor dripmat type, sling in washer

surely yo ucan't put the rubber ones inteh washer though?

why not the rubber ones?

Sorry, yes, this is ds's non-slip, in the bath, bathmat.

Spray it with Dettol mould & mildew removed, leave it a short time then scrub with a soft washing up brush in diagonal lines - only takes a couple of mins.

dunno - I imagined it might melt! Do you put your rubber in the washing machine?

i wouldn't think a bath mat would melt, not unless you put it on a boil wash a 30 or 40 degree wash would be ok, i would think.

buy a new one babe

Buy a new back scrubber, then use the old one to scrub the suckers, just a bit of bathroom cleaner needed - it works

yep 40 wash in it goes.

soak in washing powder and hot water for an hour, then wipe it over!

Either that or spray on some flash bathroom spray, leave it for a while and wipe off.

I stick ours in the dish washer.

There is a rule in our house:

If it doesn't survive the washing machine/dishwasher, then it wasn't worth having!

This applies to bath mats, cosy toes, toys (plastic and cuddly variety) etc etc.

I just soak mine in a bucket of milton solution for a while. Seems to work.