<p>Is there a product to easily clean it away?</p>
<p>Is there a product that will keep it away?</p>
<p>Or should we just throw the liner out every two to three months?</p>
<p>You can wash your shower curtain liner in the washing machine on warm. Rub some detergent on the moldy places and wash. Hang dry. </p>
<p>If you wash in the machine every few months or so, you won’t have to replace.</p>
<p>Yep, I do what bookiemom says - wash in warm water (don’t use hot it might make the liner stick together) and hang dry (ditto on don’t put in dryer w/heat).</p>
<p>I wash our shower curtain liners once a month with a few towels, and put about a half cup of Borax in with the detergent. Then I fill a Downy ball with white vinegar for the rinse cycle. They get rehung in the shower/tub as soon as they’re washed, and I run the bathroom exhaust fan for 15 - 20 mins. to remove excess humidity from the room.</p>
<p>Buy a new one IMHO</p>
<p>Two choices: plastic liners from IKEA are $1.99. Cut the curtain in half for showers, and you can afford to throw one out every few months. Or… don’t use a liner. Buy a fabric shower curtain with a tight weave. The poly ones dry out quickly, keep the water in, and are very slow to mildew. We’ve never had liners with our shower curtains…</p>
<p>I used to buy the inexpensive liners and just throw them away frequently. Then I tried the thicker more substantial liners - I like them better, but they are more expensive - so I try to make them last a bit longer by washing as stated above.</p>
<p>Buy a spray bottle and fill it with a mixture of 1/3 bleach and 2/3 water. Mist the shower curtain liner with the sprayer after showering (only takes about 30 seconds). Presto, no more mildew! Scented Chlorox bleach (e.g., lemon fresh) works very well for this purpose.</p>
<p>The ones advertised to be mildew resistant help, and the above cleaning options. I would not compromise on the decorative one, it is nice to have the one that suits your decor, regardless of its ability to function as a water barrier. BTW- new house, old navy cloth shower curtain on beige carpet under the Xmas tree…not good…faint blue dyed area where the water spilled and soaked through still present 15 years later. The birthday party chocolate cake spills on the same carpet in the dining room that fall cleaned up nicely, though.</p>
<p>buy a new one once a month.</p>
<p>If you live in a house, replace curtains with “glass” stall. Ultimately, saves water damage.</p>
<p>And for those of you advising washing them once a month: We are talking about the plastic liners, right? Not fabric, right??</p>
<p>(I love CC; it’s better than “Household Hints from Heloise”!!)</p>
<p>We buy our liners inexpensively and toss them. You canget them at the Dollar Tree for $1 or for $1.99 at Ikea. Now…we did have a more expensive one for a while (gee…maybe $10). I put it in the washer on the gentle and brief cycle with bleach, the put it the dryer for about 3 minutes to get the wrinkles out. To be honest, it’s not worth the headaches. Now I have a cloth shower curtain that does not need a liner, and I just wash that…much easier.</p>
<p>The best and easiest product I’ve used for this is Tilex’s Mildew Remover.
Spray it on the inside of the shower curtain after a shower and come back in 10 minutes. It virtually eliminates all the mold and mildew as if by magic.</p>
<p>I continue to be amazed at how effectively it works. And it couldn’t be easier. With a once-a-week preventive spray, it seems to prevent new mildew/mold from forming. Great product.</p>
<p>I live in Maryland, which is mildew central, as far as I’m concerned. I just buy new ones every few months.</p>
<p>I bought a mildew resistant one from a medical supply online store that has lasted a very long time before it even mildewed and now I wash it in the washer a couple of times a year and it is still going strong.</p>
<p>Might I suggest that if your shower curtain–exposed to light–is growing mildew, your bathroom is VERY moist indeed and that you might want to check that your bathroom vent fan is running properly and that the vent is not clogged with a million years’ worth of dust and grime?</p>
<p>Good point, dmd77. That’s the male spouse’s territory. I’ll assign him that task.</p>
<p>A few weeks ago I switched to a cloth hotel-style liner. It works very well, and I haven’t had to wash it yet. I bought a second one to use while the first one is in the laundry. I never liked the idea of washing the vinyl ones.</p>
<p>I agree that if you’re developing a lot of mildew, you need to improve ventilation.</p>
<p>I also use a water-resitant fabric shower curtain with no liner. No mildew. Goes in the wash few times a year. Looks good as new after 4 years.</p>