I was in the shower and noticed that the shower door seems to have mold inside of the seal that holds in the glass. I can't seem to clean it out as it's behind the seal. Should I be looking for a new shower door at this point? I mean, I'm inclined to do so anyway because gross, but should I be looking right now would be the thing. Pics below are kinda hard to see, but there is a rubber seal right on the edge of the glass there that should not be black.
OMG mold. Burn the house down.
Showers are wet a lot, moisture grows mold when it sits. Nothing at all to worry about. If you can get a mold killing spray in there you're good. Replacing the door might hold you for a while but it will probably mold again a bit down the road.
Spray and wipe walls ceilings and everything else down with a Clorox solution. Represent every week or two. This helps keep mold to a minimum. You may want to look at cleaning the bathroom vent if you have one. When they are not on many will leak air back in. Mold spores are everywhere. The key is to try and keep as many as you can away and make the surfaces not a good place for them to grow.
My main issue is not that the mold exists or mold in general, it's that I can't get to this particular area to clean it because it's behind the plastic border that is holding in the glass itself. The only access point seems to be near the top where it curves at the corner and that's probably how the stuff got in there, but I can't get anything in between.
I only worry about this because my wife has had a lot of allergy and sinus problems and so she is more susceptible to this sort of thing.
I might consider taking the glass out. I can't see from your shower door, but mine was riveted together in the corners. In my case, I wanted the glass for a project and the frame was damaged/ugly, but I just took the side off of mine by drilling out the rivets and the glass/rubber slid out. Re-assembly would have just needed a pop rivet tool.
A bit labor intensive for a mold remediation project, but if you can't get to it any other way, it's a thought.
Or, do you have a tote/tub that is big enough to hold the edge of it? You could mix up a bleach water batch and just soak the top of your door in it. Let that 'tussin get to the bone. (10 points to anyone who gets that reference)
Then maybe a bit of silicone to prevent future water intrusion?
In reply to Curtis :
Silicone is pretty much a food source for mildew.
There are some that are mildew resistant ( with varying effectiveness). Do your homework on these- some don’t work at all. (I am not an expert on these, and can’t recommend a particular product)
That’s an idea on the disassembly. This also might be my excuse to replace a 20 year old shower door though. I was gonna try using my steamer on the thing before I started looking at doors.
Actually, I lied, I already started looking at new doors and they are MUCH nicer than this old piece of crap.
Curtis said:Or, do you have a tote/tub that is big enough to hold the edge of it? You could mix up a bleach water batch and just soak the top of your door in it. Let that 'tussin get to the bone. (10 points to anyone who gets that reference)
Then maybe a bit of silicone to prevent future water intrusion?
That's Chris Rock's miracle cure.
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