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Title: black mold on white silicon
Post by: Jonny jones on August 08, 2007, 07:23:22 pm

hi ive beenasked to clean black mildew or mold around a bath, i think its on the silicon, can anyone tell me the best products for this

thanx jonny

let castle take the hassle

Title: Re: black mold on white silicon
Post by: The Great One on August 08, 2007, 07:29:27 pm

HI

The only thing you can do is rip it out and replace.

Even a steam cleaner at 115C will only get some out.

It gets ingrained and becomes part of the silicon.

Please don't waste your time trying to clean it!

I would charge about £55 to do this job, chances are it will come out in one piece, scrape any residue off, clean area, wait to dry, renew, tell them not to use for 12-24 hours.

Regards

Martin 8)

Title: Re: black mold on white silicon
Post by: Jonny jones on August 08, 2007, 10:18:32 pm

hi
thanx martin i was thinking the same thing, but thought there would be somebody knew an easier way

thanx jonny

Title: Re: black mold on white silicon
Post by: Bertie Boo on August 08, 2007, 10:52:01 pm

Johnny

There is no other way. As has previously been said it can be steamed (i use bleach which has a slight effect), or you can charge for it as as another 'service'.

I dont involve myself in that sort of thing as i'm not really very good at it. As far as i am concenered the silicon is part of the 'furniture' and will only look as good as you can get it, like shoddy paintwork or torn wallpaper.

I think replacing the silicon is quite a good sideline  ;D

Stephen

Title: Re: black mold on white silicon
Post by: Ian Rochester on August 09, 2007, 06:38:37 am

All you can do is rip it out and replace it, easy enough with a sharp stanley knife and silicon gun..............until you get that little bit behind the taps!!!!

Title: Re: black mold on white silicon
Post by: Cleaning Resource on August 09, 2007, 06:59:39 am

bleach it, use a strong clinging bleach leave it on for 20 mins and rinse, it`s always worked fine for me.

Title: Re: black mold on white silicon
Post by: Jonny jones on August 10, 2007, 12:12:33 am

hi guys and gals

went there today to do the job, the silicon was a disgrace told him to take it all off and replace it with new silicon, and charged him £100 for a call out ( joke) ;D

thanx anyway jonny

let castle take the hassle