Grot Between Tiles

[Eve]

Anyone got any good easy solutions?

Maybe something I can spray on, leave then wash off without a lot of scrubbing and preferably something that doesn't stink of bleach?

[TheWinner]

You will be hard pushed to find anything better than Dettol Mould and Mildew remover. Spray it on, leave it at least 20-30 minutes, and shower off. No need to rub, or scrub, just leave it to work. You will probably get loads of people now confirming this.

[woofgang]

I use thick bleach from the supermarket applied with an old paintbrush, left for about an hour then rinsed off. It does smell of bleach but then so does the dettol spray.

[boxtops]

Must go to specsavers - I thought this said "grot between toes"..... :-(

[theshedman]

Yes got to agree with TheWinner on this one. I always find it works for me and the good thing is that it seems to keep it at bay for quite a while afterwards. It does have some bleach in it but doesn't smell too bad.

[Eve]

Sounds like it's worth a try then. I got a cheaper brand one ages ago to help with the black that gets on grouting and where I had a leak through the bathroom ceiling and it did help that (well, until the bathroom ceiling fell in!) but it smells so strongly of bleach, not sure why but the smell makes me feel sick, and my hands smell of it for ages afterwards. Doesn't help I only have a tiny bathroom. It didn't help on the tiles though.

I'll give the Dettol one a try. I've got some gloves so maybe I should spray it on with all the windows open so it's ventilated and I can hide downstairs then zap it in the shower, not able to bend or kneel to be able to scrub it much.

I'm so tempted to get a company in to do one of those blitz cleans then get someone in every couple of weeks to help me keep things ticking over. I've been meaning to for ages, just need to let go and get it done.

Thanks all.

[TheWinner]

We buy ours from Tesco.
Here are some reviews found online.

http://reviews.homebase.co.uk/1494-en_gb/075366/reviews.htm

[diddlydo]

Isn't life to short to worry about a bit of grot between shower tiles? I only bother to do anything about ours when we've got guests coming.

[Eve]

I found the Dettol one for a good offer in Savers but decided to man up and use the one I've got as that is a bleach mould and mildew spray and I figured if they both smell of bleach it'd be a waste to just buy another one.

It worked ok, had to scrub a little but an old nail brush seemed to do the trick. Will go for the Dettol one when I run out though.