Articles By Syndicated Columnist
Dan Thomas
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Improvement Inside And Out
Cleaning
Your Shower Curtains And Bath Mats
Both shower curtains and bath mats are subject to mold and mildew
just like tubs and damp enclosures. Luckily, it takes less effort to clean
shower curtains and bath mats than it does tile grout. The following will help
make this task easier.
Hand washing is best way to go about cleaning plastic shower curtains,
because hand washing reduces the amount of wrinkles to your curtains.
To avoid wrinkling due to machine-washing shower curtains place them in
your washing machine with a half a cup of soap detergent and a half of a cup
of baking soda, along with two huge bath towels. Add one cup of vinegar to the
rinse cycle: hang your shower curtains up right after you wash them, and let
the air dry them.
When you clean a plastic shower curtain, you can keep it soft and
flexible by adding a couple of drops of mineral oil to your rinse water.
You can retain its softness by wiping it down now and then with a mixture of
mineral oil and warm water.
You can keep your shower curtain looking new by using an older shower
curtain as a liner. Hang your new shower curtain in front of your old curtain on the same hooks. The old curtain
will prevent the new curtains from taking a beating from soap scum and water
while the new curtains remain clean.
To get rid of mildew spray your newly washed shower curtains with a mild
disinfectant.
Clean a vinyl or rubber bathtub mat by placing it into your washing machine
with some bath towels. The terry cloth towels scrubs the bathtub mat clean.
