I’ve got a shower with two sliding glass doors. The lower track in which the doors slide is constantly developing a slimy brown mold (my girlfriend’s a doctor, and tells me it’s mold - and that it’s going to make me sick if not contained; I think she’s an exaggerator, but…). I’m willing to do the elbow-grease end of this and clean it, but every time I do so it immediately reappears (within a day or two). Is there a prevention method that mommy didn’t tell her little boy about? I can’t ask - she’d be pissed if she knew my otherwise clean bathroom had been invaded by contagion!
Well, after your shower you could use one of t hose cleaning products like “Clean Shower” that helps the water evaporate faster, or you could pour a dilute bleach mixture into the track, which will both kill and inhibit mold growth.
Whte vinegar and/or borax should take care of it. Pour on, leave for a while, wipe off.
Bleach breaks down mold, or any plant material. Be sure you don’t start mixing household cleaners. Mold does require something to grow on. Being sure to rinse out the slot with clean water before you turn off the shower may help a lot. It gets rid of all the organic material setting in the slot.
Maybe wipe the track dry after every shower. Possibly use a blow dryer on it to make sure.
Maybe mold remains on the lowest part of the door that rides in the track. Make sure you disinfect and dry that. You may need to use some long, thin brush. If none of that works, you might need to remove the door to clean it properly, and that would be difficult.
The track should have drain holes to remove the water. Maybe one of them is plugged?
We have an extremely high humidity bathroom, no windows. Our maid cleans the shower with a solution of water and clorox. Consequently, no mold. We have an exhaust fan, but it doesn’t do very well in removing the humidity.
I’m with Harmonius Discord,in that there must be organic matter- a food source- for the mold to sustain itself.And grey water contains material sufficient to do that.
A periodic thorough cleaning should do it along with judicious use of sodium hypochlorite.
If you have high humidity in your bathroom even with the fan running,be assured you will be facing major problems eventually.
Bleach (sodium hypochlorite) is just wonderful stuff. You can get the “scented” stuff but I find that stuff cloying so, whatever Clorox makes their classic bleach it from, my hats’ off to 'em. Wear gloves, have good ventilation and dilute! dilute! dilute! in a bucket of soapy water, about 10 or 20 per cent solution should be fine.
I take a spray bottle and fill it with a 1:3 ratio of bleach and water*, and spray down the grout in my shower that tends to get mildew. It works like a charm, and no scrubbing is required. Spray down the area every couple of days, let sit for a while, then rinse.
*I know, I know, that’s a pretty high ratio, and something like 1:10 would probably do just fine.
There’s a new product that automatically cleans your shower every day. I don’t remember the name, but it has a nozzle that sprays cleaner in every direction, after you hit a button and a delay of a few seconds passes. There is significant cost though; I imagine they make most of their money on the refills. It’s good for maintenance though, to keep things from getting dirty in the first place. I don’t know if it’ll get down into a track but it might be worth a try.