thread: Cleaning mould/soap scum (2 questions in one...)

  1. #1
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    Sep 2008
    In a cloud of madness.
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    Question Cleaning mould/soap scum (2 questions in one...)

    Ok.... so first.
    Is there any way of cleaning mould out of kids bath toys or should I just bite the bullet and throw them out and buy new ones? It's not all over the toys just in the cracks (i only noticed it last night)

    and second....

    We seem to have what I think is soap scum build up on the floor of our shower. I have been spraying it out with mould cleaner every second day and scrubbing it every other day but it is still like a black colour on the floor of the shower. Any other suggestions on what to use. I have tried so many different products - AJAX, Gumption, shower power, bleach, white king shower cleaner.... I don't know what else to try.

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    Dec 2008
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    I'd chuck the bath toys.

    Try CLR on the shower.

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    BellyBelly Life Subscriber

    Feb 2009
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    CLR removes calcium, lime & rust deposits - you could try that. You can buy it in a concentrated form, or I've seen a spray bottle at bunnings, I think.

    I used Easy Off BAM for my bathrooms, and I keep a scourer in the shower to attack the floors while I'm showering.

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    BellyBelly Life Subscriber

    Jul 2008
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    To clean bathroom tiles - sponge with quarter cup ammonia in 4 litres water
    Baby oil and a damp cloth
    Vinegar is also good for cleaning the grout

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    May 2007
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    i throw the toys (esp when they are the squeezy ones that they often suck and squeeze water into their mouths with lol).

    As for soap scum i will use a razor blade and scrape it off every few months as i find the chemicals worth to an extent but not fully and i pass out from the fumes pmsl