How to Clean a Shower Curtain

Is your shower curtain covered in soap scum? Is there mildew around the edges? Read on for an easy cleaning method with minimal work.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Dirty shower curtain
• Washing machine
• Laundry detergent
• Bleach
• Hand towels

1. Remove the shower curtain from the shower and take off the rings.

2. If you have a cloth shower curtain, follow the cleaning instructions on the tag. For vinyl, plastic, etc. curtains, read on.

3. Place the shower curtain in your washing machine with 3 or 4 hand towels. Washcloths will also work, but use 5 or 6 of them due to their smaller size.

4. Add laundry detergent and bleach as if you were washing a medium-sized load of white clothes.

5. Run the washer as you normally would. The bleach will kill the mildew, the towels act as scrubbers to remove soap scum, and the detergent cleans everything. The scrubbing action from the towels makes heat unnecessary so save energy and use cold water.

6. After the washing machine has completed it's job, hang the curtain back up in the shower and turn on the bathroom fan to help with air circulation. Heat & steam from future showers will erase any wrinkles and creases.

Tips & Warnings

• Due to the risk of melting in the dryer, always air-dry a plastic or vinyl curtain.

[Wannalearn]

on 8/9/2008 Thanks for the tip. The hand towels were missing on my curtain cleaning

[constellation]

on 5/15/2008 nice!!! i tried it really worked