The wire container to hold showering accessories is held to the tiles by suction. More elaborate than the "rubber suckers" on the end of toy arrows, there is a screw action that is meant to increase the hold. This seems to be failing. Careful cleaning doesn't seem to do the trick. From new, there was a sort of tackiness to the concave part of the flexible disc, which is still there to some extent, though I would like to add to it if anyone can reccomended a suitable tacky spray or similar that would help the adherence?
Shower basket failure.
Mar 01, 2026
Last reply: 4 months ago
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women leave cans of hair spray in bathrooms for a reason
That's potentially a good solution. I'll be quite happy to try it. The tackiness that remains of the original coating is maybe more persistent than hair spray might be. My experience of hair spray, when used to set the shape of a hat is that it dries out pretty fast.
Although it might turn out to have adhesive properties as well - only one way to find out
Spit.
I had a suction mobile phone holder that went like this. Nothing worked.
My advice is throw it way and buy something else
I've got a sucker clock attached to the tiles behind my cooker. Moistening it with plain water was no good, it fell off in an hour or two. I used spit and it's been up for years, and withstands levering the clock from the sucker twice a year (for daylight saving time changes) and four times a year (for battery changes).
Spit is also quite good for cleaning phone and tablet screens. Not TVs, as I don't produce enough.
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