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armb ([personal profile] armb) wrote2005-10-01 03:05 pm

Shower curtains

When I have a shower, I expect to get cleaner. So how do shower curtains so get grubby?
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[identity profile] ewx.livejournal.com 2005-10-01 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Because nobody dries them, perhaps?

[identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com 2005-10-01 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Particles of skin, shampoo, water with lime scale, soap etc, none of it rinsed off.

If they're vinyl curtains wash them in a washing mashine on a low temperature setting but don't dry them, just hang them to dry. They'll look milky at first but should soon look clean and clear (if they're transparent).

[identity profile] armb.livejournal.com 2005-10-01 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Not rinsed perfectly, but I do rinse them with the shower. Leaving them in the bath with the whirlpool cleaner in seems to clean them fairly well. (We hardly ever actually use the whirlpool thing - one day I'll get round to moving things around to put a plain bath where the basin is and a shower cubicle where the bath is.)
That they don't get dried probably encourages mould compared with skin, but not having a self renewing surface might be the main difference.