How do I remove mould inside bath ducks?

[MrsJamin]

DS has had bath ducks for over a year and they are getting a few black spots inside, can anyone think of a way to get rid of the mould without harming the ducks or leaving a residue that would get into the bath water?

Make a bleach solution and put ducks in it. Keep squeezing them so it swooshes around inside. But if they're those rubbery plastic ones eventually they get stained

milton

I throw them and get new ones. Life's too short to bleach ducks.

Get rid.

chuck the cluckers

I stick them in the dishwasher

Dishwasher sometimes works on bath toys but really having found out the hard way, I think best to just buy a few new ones.

LOL at "Life's too short to bleach ducks" but sad to say I have done, as my DC will not contemplate the disappearance of their precious ducks .

It doesn't work for long, I have to admit

You can get rerally cool ducks now - all sorts of colours and patterns! We have dinosaurs at the moment. Can't you invent a ducky heaven or something?

That's part of the problem - we are not talking easy-to-replace ducks here - one with flowers on, one wearing shades, a selection of colour-changing ones - ducky heaven would result in ducky grief counselling, I fear.

cut the hole slightly bigger then clean with a cotton wool bud. not hard, and anyway the black stuff won't harm them even if they did eat it.

These are common-as-mud yellow ducks from Dunelm Mill, not difficult to replace, but my eco and moneysaving side won't let me throw them away. Life is indeed short but landfill space is also running short

I can't imagine the dishwasher would get into the inside of the duck. Milton is an interesting idea.

Chuck them out - I am always relieved to have an excuse to throw out the bath toys - they drive me mad having to put them away each evening!!

You know what happens to rejected rubber ducks? this!

Miltons, then rinse really well!

chuck em out

Tell your child they have flown south for winter and buy more.

meltedmarsbars - that is a really interesting story!

and when you buy new ones make sure they don't have any holes (thus avoiding future mildew spots)

MrsJamin, I really do have nothing better to do!

smac I too am a little about the amount of people that told me just to throw them away!

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sorry MrsJamin I didn't mean to be rude, I clicked on the thread as some of DDs duck are a bit patchy & black on the inside so I was genuinely interested in some useful suggestions. Chuck 'em doesn't in my mind count as a useful suggestion however !