Mold
The hardest thing to clean up is mold. It eats into the structure of the material and fills the entire space. Only prolonged soaking with chlorine, table vinegar, or citric acid and active mechanical cleaning with a coarse bristle brush will help.
Soaking solution recipes:
- 400 g of citric acid powder + 10 liters of hot water;
- 10 caps of "Whiteness" or "Domestos" + 10 liters of hot water;
- 1 liter of table vinegar + 3 liters of warm water.
You need to soak for at least 6 hours, then actively lather the mold spots with laundry soap and rub with a coarse brush until they disappear completely.
see also how to clean mold in the bathroom.
Rust
In order to wash off rusty smudges, you don't even need to soak the curtain. It is enough to rub it intensively with a sponge soaked in one of the liquids:
- Alkali cleaner (Sanita, Comet);
- 150 ml of ammonia + 50 ml of hydrogen peroxide.
It is necessary to leave the cleaning solution on the surface of the rusty stains for 10-15 minutes and rinse thoroughly with running water.
Just as good to handle milamin sponge.
Limescale
Limescale makes the surface of the curtain unpleasant to the touch, it can change color due to impurities contained in tap water and greatly spoil the overall appearance of the bathroom. The technology for removing lime deposits is simple: you need to soak the curtain for an hour or an hour and a half in a special solution, rub it with a sponge or brush and rinse.
Vinegar or citric acid dissolve well:
- 50 g citric acid + 5 l hot water;
- 7 tablespoons of 9% vinegar + 5 liters of hot water.
To consolidate the effect at the end, you can rub the dirt with a mixture of any bath detergent and baking soda.
Take a look how to remove lime from other surfaces.
Other stains
Other stains may appear on the bathroom curtain: from getting on it with body creams or hair dye. You can get rid of them with a simple machine wash.
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You need to wash with a liquid detergent at a temperature of 30-40 degrees on a gentle or gentle wash, without spinning. Put a couple of terry towels in the drum along with the curtain; during washing, they will increase friction and help remove stains as soon as possible.
It is impossible to completely prevent the appearance of new stains on the bathroom curtain, but this moment can be delayed. After carrying out all the manipulations, a clean and dry curtain should be placed in warm saline solution for 30 minutes, then dried thoroughly again and used as usual. Additionally, you can wipe it down with a dry microfiber cloth after each shower.