Even if you take the greatest care of your home, mold can still appear in the bathroom. Dealing with it and the fight against this filthy stuff can seem grueling and in vain!
It can be got rid of, but it must be tackled before the problem escalates and causes significant damage to the house or worse, affects the health of your family.
Mold tends to blacken the spaces between the shower tiles and discolor the drywall. It manifests itself as black spots on the wall covering, darkens joints, spreads in wood, makes it damp and rots from the inside. And it can be extremely harmful to health, as it releases microscopic spores that cause allergic reactions, runny nose and sneezing, in addition to irritating and even harmful odors. This type of fungi that develop from small spores floating in the air. Mold can grow in any soil, as long as there is humidity and the right temperature for it, which includes damp places like bathrooms.
So here's a very simple trick to get mold and mildew out of your bathroom overnight!
You will need cotton and chlorine or bleach.
How to proceed
- Make long and thick threads with cotton (or use several cotton balls)
- Soak in chlorine or bleach.
- Leave the damp threads or cotton balls on the mildew or mold, making sure they adhere well.
- Leave to sit overnight.
- Remove the cotton threads the next day
The mold will be completely gone!
Now, all you have to do is prevent the mold from coming back. To do this, you must ventilate humid and warm spaces such as the bathroom as much as possible, and do not allow wet towels, rugs or clothes to dry inside. It is better to dry them in the open air and in the sun.
These little efforts will ensure healthier air and a prettier bathroom!
