Serious cleaning

[bigcat]

Hi

I need some serious cleaning power! I've got a 100% polyester curtain that gets wet regularly, a shower curtain, and its started going brown and orange and green. Yep, nice.

Now the cotton I boiled in dishwasher detergent, and it came out great. But I darent boil the poly, the label says max wash temp 40C, and at 40 its just not getting clean, the brown marks remain 100%, the other two reduce but dont go entirely.

So far I've tried: washing powder washing up liquid dishwasher detergent, sodium disilicate - all at 40C dilute peroxide

What else can I do? I'm going to get bleach but I could seriously do with getting this clean before I next get shopping! Any ideas??

I tried that waterproofing spray before btw, totally useless. Regards, NT

[amcmaho]

Chlorine bleach, dilute as per maker's instructions, soak for an hour and wash as normal.

This was recommended in a cleaning column in Saturday's Telegraph. I tried it on a shower curatin that was getting brown and crusty around the bottom. It works.

[Stanley]

This may work or you may need to replace it, but to keep a clean shower curtain in good nick you have to:

1. Use shower gel not soap.
2. Let it dry spread out before tying it back.
3. Wash it at least once a week using your normal washing stuff.

Our yellow one has been going nearly two years and shows no staining.

[Badger]

Acid based limescale remover.

[Pinot Grigio]

Ariel and a 40 degree wash works ok.

[bigcat]

youre sure that wont eat it? If so I'll do it. Then you can all laugh at my tale of woe :)

Thanks for all the input! Btw it must be getting on for 20 years old now, but looks perfect other than the very recent staining.

NT

[bigcat]

I searched: polyester is resistant to hydrochloic acid, but is degraded by chorine bleach. Will try the acid tomorrow.

NT