Fabric shower curtain liners stain easily, but generally don't wash well.Use this simple trick to freshen up your fabric shower curtain liner whenever it gets stained with soap, mildew, cleaning products, etc. bath or hard water.
You know that amazing feeling of admiring a clean bathroom that shimmers with natural freshness? There's such a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction that goes with it.
Spotless mirrors and surfaces. Brilliant white porcelain. A stain-free toilet bowl. Bathroom bliss.
Tell me I'm not the only one who loves a clean bathroom so much.
I bet there's this naughty shower curtain liner. It does an important job of keeping water, soap, shampoo and conditioner from splashing all over your floor. Without it, the bathroom would be a mess.
But sometimes the shower curtain liner is really a mess in itself.
It can get dirty from those bath and shower products. Hard water can leave mineral stains. Instead of being bright white, it gets dull with hints of orange and yuck. And maybe, when there really are better days, you notice a bit of mold at the bottom.
Not that any of us busy moms can overlook our most expensive fabric shower curtain liners like this. Hmm.
But just throwing it in the washing machine won't clean it. Stains may fade, but if you really want to clean a fabric shower curtain liner, you need to give it a little more attention. And I have just the (easy) way to do it!
When you make the effort to clean your bathroom naturally and without any toxic cleaners (or get your kids to do it like my followers do… win!), you might find yourself with a conundrum when it comes down to it. is a fabric shower curtain liner.
These fabric liners don't off-gas like the plastic and PVC versions, which is great. But I'd be lying if I didn't admit that they can be a pain to clean, which isn't that great.
Mom friend, you and I both know that discovering the super ninja secrets of perfectly clean shower curtain liners wasn't on your agenda today. You just want an easy way to freshen it up without chemicals. disgusting so you don't have to buy a new liner every few months or live with nagging wondering what might grow on the one you have now.
Be puzzled no longer. The answer is quite simple!
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The easy formula for a clean fabric shower curtain liner
Powdered oxygen bleach, hot water and a good soak are all he really needs.
Powdered Oxygen Bleach, the only super ninja secret you need here, may be best known under the brand name Oxiclean, but there are other options from Bio Kleen, Charlie's Soap , Molly's Suds, and more. You can even find budget generic brands at some stores.
It's a safe, non-toxic way to deodorize, remove stains, and brighten white and colored fabrics. And yes, it will brighten and clean your fabric shower curtain liner too!
For years I've kept a house naturally clean without using powdered oxygen bleach, but I've yet to find anything that works so well for stains and curtain liners. filthy showers. I never do without them now!
The process is as simple as the formula, so you'll be enjoying your clean fabric shower curtain liner in no time.
First, you start with a neglected and stained fabric shower curtain liner. This is mine above. It had an orange tint to the bottom and was stained with soap, shampoo and conditioner scum. He's actually a lot prettier in the photo than he was in real life before I processed him.
Next, get your powdered oxygen bleach and add a scoop (about 1/4 to 1/2 cup) to a very large bowl big enough to fit your shower curtain liner in. completely. Dissolve the powder in about 1 gallon of very hot water. If your bowl is really large and you can add another gallon of hot water, just add a second part of oxygen bleach.
Put your shower curtain liner in water with the bottom hem first. The bottom of the liner will get the worst stains, so you want to be sure it comes into the most contact with hot water and oxygen bleach.Soak for 3 hours or more.Overnight is fine.
You can also soak your shower curtain liner in your washing machine if it allows. However, our washing machine does not produce very hot water, so I use the bowl method.
After it's soaked for a while, swirl it around in the bowl and check out that water. Ewww! When ours was really neglected, the water even smelled grimy.
At this point you can either get ready to wash it if an oxygen bleach treatment did the trick, or dump that water out and start a new soak. I like to soak our liner twice because (confession time) I don't deep clean it as often as needed. After a second soak, it's time to machine wash it.
To wash, follow label directions. I clean ours gently with free, clear laundry detergent (never homemade laundry detergent!)
Once washed, you can either hang it in the shower to dry it or hang it outside on a sunny day to reduce any remaining stains. When ours gets really bad, I like to give it at least a little bit of time in the sun.
After all of that, you should have a much cleaner fabric shower curtain liner! It's entirely possible that it won't be as shiny as the day you bought it, but there will be a dramatic difference .
After its last cleaning, ours retained a slightly orange hue in its lower middle section, despite lots of soaking and sunlight. That's probably because I hadn't cleaned it well in a year. Yes, sometimes I feel like I can't follow too.
But if you do it every month (or maybe more realistically every few months) you'll probably only need to soak your liner once before washing it and it'll probably stay stain free. .Best of all, you can keep it that way without any of the harmful chemicals you want to avoid.
