Black mould/mildew on bath sealant - help!

[Lovesdogsandcats]

How do I get rid of this, it looks disgusting!

Bleach!
Depending on where the mould is, and how much there is ,bleach will work if it can be left to soak for a good while.If it has gone past the point of no return then you will have to strip away the sealant and replace.Its quite a simple task -although messy. You just need to to get on with undisturbed ,
One hint is to fill the bath -so that it really heavy - when putting in new sealant as that helps to reduce the chance of cracking.

Dettol mould and mildre spray. COmes in a green bottle and really works. I do suspect that watered down bleach would do the same thing though

mildew

I've bought some of that HG mould remover from Lakeland, I'll let you know how I go.

Before that I just redid the sealant - actually not as hard as it looks, top tip put liquid soap on your finger after you've applied the sealant it to smooth it out.

Domestos grot buster. Best of the bunch.

Same as Hurley, spray generously, shut door, ignore it, certainly don't wipe it off. |Then you can see whether or not the mildew is deeply ingrained.

Another vote for HG mould remover. It is the business and great for grout too

dettol doesnt work for me

big fan of detol mould and mildew spray - good for window frames too.

re-do it

Thanks ladies, will try the dettol first, if no joy looks like a trip to lakeland

I second Domestos Grot Buster, it's a miracle worker.

With the dettol, I leave it on longer than the instructions say and everything comes up a treat

agree with hurley - if that doesn't work it's under the sealant and the whole lot will need replacing
Alaska, can I come round and have a go? (I provide my own dettol). I have never known it fail, and have stayed in grim B&Bs where I've wished I'd taken it along

I've just been using the HG mould remover and it's BRILLIANT - I didn't even need to scrub. I came back after half an hour and the black had all gone!

You must all go out and buy some now.

no no no ... put a line of loo roll along the edge of the bath, then trickle bleach onto it and scrunch the wet loo roll against the sealant so that the loo roll goes wet and mushy and stays in contact with the sealant. Put it on before you go to bed, wash it off when you get up. Its fab and it works and it only costs a few p.

I can't believe any of this is true. Surely by the time the sealant has actually gone black it just needs replacing?

That's what I thought, and have changed the sealant before. But now I am converted and it's time for you too...

Shaz - so you actually did your mould cleaning today then?

(Honestly, I used to have a life and was quite an interesting person with a full-on groovy career)

Another vote for the Dettol here. Tried the bleach/tissue thing before but it was a pita trying to get the tissue to stick in certain corners.

bibbitybobbityhat I am ashamed to say that I spent my Saturday evening spraying the mould on my bath sealant.

I used to have a very rock n roll lifestyle...

I second the HG mould spray. Fabulous stuff.

We just use basic toilet bleach, no faffing with tissue or anything you don't need that as long as you use the thick toilet bleach it stays on for hours. Then we just rinse off with the showerhead and everything is sparkling white :)