Stacey Solomon's £1 hack gets rid of mould on your bathroom sealant

Daily Record

13-05-2025

This cheap and effective tip will have your shower and bath looking brand new again
Stacey Solomon has let us in on a cheap trick for removing bathroom sealant mould, in an easy and quick way. The TV personality shared the hack during an episode of her show - Sort Your Live Out - which aired on BBC One.
During the fourth episode of season one, Stacey visited a home in Manchester with her cleaning team team to help mum, Cherelle, and courier Tony, dispose of clutter and clean their home.
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Cherelle and Tony, who are parents to four children and had only been living in their home for three years however every single room was rammed with toys and cluttered with their belongings.
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With two toddlers, and a set of twins in the house, the parents confessed they had no time to organise their home. As Cherelle confessed: "I feel with every child, we have accumulated more. There's just no order, there's no structure. Everything is everywhere. I've got clothes in the kitchen, I've got birth certificates in the laundry room."
While the rest of the team tackled the clutter and organised the house, cleaning expect Iwan Carrington went to the bathroom to share a "really easy" mould removal tip.
The expert drew attention to the mould growing on the bath sealant, expressing: "All you need to do is get some neat bleach and then just run a line of it along that sealant."
He then covered the area with cotton wool balls to keep the cleaning product in place.
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Telling the audience what to do next, he said: "We are going to leave this overnight, and by the morning they've had a nice little party together and it's all going to be back to lovely and white."
Victoria Plum explained that the adhesive is typically used in bathrooms and kitchens as it works as a waterproof seal between tiles, appliances, and flooring.
However the lack of proper ventilation can quickly lead to mould developing on the sealant, which is worse in bathrooms that are always have moisture in the air from people using the bath and shower.
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You can purchase a pack of 100 cotton wool balls for £1.50 from Sainsbury's or for as cheap as £1 from Poundland. Make sure to add it to your next shopping list.
Iwan next directed his attention towards the toilet, revealing a 'hidden button' that is often overlooked by many homeowners. He said: "There's one area in toilets that does get quite grotty if you don't often get to it and it is underneath these metal hinges. If you've got this button on your toilet seat, the whole seat should just pop off"
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The expert then removed the metal hinges and showing the large amount of dirt that was sitting, hidden away.
He added: "This is where all that hidden dirt is. You can use your toilet cleaner or some vinegar to clean it. I'm going to scrub it away with an old toothbrush."
"Ensure the toothbrush goes back to its rightful place because I wouldn't want to brush my teeth with that one, I can verify," he joked.