How the HECk do you keep shower curtains nice?

[Anonymous]

Is it just me? I can't for the life of me figure out how to avoid mildew on my shower curtain. Seems like I have to replace it every year, despite washing it with the towels and doing some soaking in oxiclean here and there to keep it fresh.

What am I doing wrong? Or is it normal to replace every year? I swear when I used to buy those crappy plastic shower curtains in college and grad school they lasted for years and years and never looked the worse for wear.

[Anonymous]

shower glass

[Anonymous]

Once a year is pretty good. Stop being cheap.

[Anonymous]

I replaced my nylon shower curtain liner with a hemp shower curtain liner. No mildew, easy to wash, no chemicals. Hemp is the same stuff they make ship sails out of, so it's strong and wateresistant.

[Anonymous]

We always buy the fabric ones. Maybe your bathroom is too steamy? We have no issues with mold. I've actually had the same one for maybe 4 years and it looks brand new. I wash it every 6 months or so.

[Anonymous]

I just make sure I keep the curtain drawn after I take a shower so that it can dry out.

[Anonymous]

After a shower, I put the outside curtain over the rod and let the liner dry on the outside of the tub.

Every six months or so, I replace the liner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We always buy the fabric ones. Maybe your bathroom is too steamy? We have no issues with mold. I've actually had the same one for maybe 4 years and it looks brand new. I wash it every 6 months or so.

+1

Turn on the fan to help with ventilation? Pull out the curtain to try?

[Anonymous]

I buy a decorative fabric one that hangs outside the tub, and a cheap clear plastic liner for instead. We don't have mildew issues, but after a year or two the plastic one does start to seem a bit grody so I buy a new one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I buy a decorative fabric one that hangs outside the tub, and a cheap clear plastic liner for instead. We don't have mildew issues, but after a year or two the plastic one does start to seem a bit grody so I buy a new one.

Inside, not instead.

[Anonymous]

I installed a door with shower glass. Problem solved

[Anonymous]

Daily shower cleaner on the liner. Spritz and it runs down. Also definitely spread out the curtain so it can dry.

[Anonymous]

I've read that you can just throw the plastic ones in the washer.

[Anonymous]

I buy mildew free ones for the inside liner. I replace them every 4-5 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I installed a door with shower glass. Problem solved

But now you have to have a shower door.