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Keeping the Bathroom Mold Free with Acrylic Bath Surrounds

Written by Stephen Ryan | Jan 11, 2012 9:10:07 AM

There is no greater sight-sore to your bathroom than the sudden appearance of mold and mildew in the corners of the tub or shower stall. The insidious fungus respects nothing; not even the most beautiful bathroom décor, and is often responsive to only extreme measures, for those that don’t know what they’re doing. Emulsifiers don’t work; bleach will definitely kill it, but likely stain unwanted parts of your bathroom unless done by a professional.

Acrylic Bath Surrounds as a Prominent Solution to Mold

Tubs and shower stalls are of course the biggest attractors of mold, because moisture has been allowed to build up over time, and these are the main reasons the fungus takes hold. No matter how hopeless you think your situation might be; an acrylic bath surrounds for your tub is readily handled by a South Shore Dream Bath professional, often in a single visit. The acrylic material is anathema to the formation of mold, because its non-stick surface isn’t porous and doesn’t provide a foothold for the fungus to take root; further, it’s relatively anti-moisture for the same reason – water completely slides away.

Most people don’t know that mold can actually be detrimental to your; and so are far from being a merely unsightly phenomenon. The smell from sizable colonies isn’t at all healthy to breathe; particularly from the kinds of surfaces that seem almost tailor-made to house them. An acrylic bath surrounds not just gives your bathroom a bright and morale-boosting look of newness, it also contributes to good health.

Practical and Beautiful – Acrylic Baths are the Way to Go

The tiles and grout combination of most peoples’ bathrooms can look attractive in the beginning, but it is a simple fact that they are prone to mold and mildew buildup, with the geometry actually inviting them in. An acrylic bath surrounds structure, or an acrylic shower stall modification, can allow you to largely dispense with dousing your bathroom surfaces with powerful chemicals that can damage the less resilient surfaces surrounding the intended areas. Acrylic is an inherently tightly-sealed material, and so moisture won’t get in-between it and encourage unseen mold-growth for weeks, unlike tile-and-grout, where the surface mold is almost always evidence of a lengthy term of colonization.

With an acrylic bath surround structure protecting your bathroom from fungal visitors, down-on-the-knees scrubbing, tedious scraping with hard-bristled brushes and harsh bleaching marathons are a thing of the past. A simple cleanser and water softener will work in tandem with the powerfully-repellant surface itself, to ensure that mold stays away. Little additional things, such as opening your bathroom windows or setting the bathroom in-built fan to run after a shower for a few minutes will aid the defense against mold; as will not allowing them to fester in the darkness by keeping the lights on during your shower and airing-out process. Mold can easily be a thing of the past once these things are in place; and you can enjoy relaxing baths in your acrylic tub.