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White FABRIC polyester SHOWER CURTAIN liner bath NEW Review

White FABRIC polyester SHOWER CURTAIN liner bath NEW
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Updated 11/19/10:
Downgrading again a star, from 3 to 2. Between the mildew, letting the water through, and the off-putting translucence, I've kind of grown to hate these curtains. We're having guests for Thanksgiving and the thought of asking them to deal with these pushed me over the edge. I've tossed them and found much better-looking replacements at my local superstore-of-choice.
Updated 9/20/10:
It's been over a month and I'm updating this review from 4 stars to 3.
It's turning out that one shower curtain is not sufficient to keep water inside the tub - I wouldn't call it a flood of water outside the tub, but it is a lot like rain coming through window screens. This isn't an issue with a doubled-up curtain, and it's not bad if the curtain isn't stretched flat, but that's more than I'd want to think about with a shower curtain.
There's also the beginnings of some mildew along the bottom of the curtain where it tends to stick to the wet tub so doesn't dry out quickly.
Again, since I'm using these mostly doubled-up as shower curtains, I'm not having too many problems, but I'll probably be looking for a different curtain when it's time to replace these, and I'd think twice if I was intending to use these as curtain liners.
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Original Review, 8/30/10:I use these liners alone for my clawfoot tub, whose tap and shower head are located on the short end of the tub. There's an overlap of two liners on the half of the tub closest to the showerhead, except for a six-inch area behind the shower pipe that is only one liner thick; there's no overlap at the far side of the tub, where the coverage is also only one liner thick.
I've been using these for about two weeks now.
- Water repellent - water beads on these curtains, and I haven't had any problems with them allowing water through while showering. I don't know how these would do if you aimed the shower head at them directly, but they stand up to regular usage just fine.
- Bottoms are not weighted, but I haven't had any problems. My last curtains were fabric weighted with plastic strips threaded into the bottom hem, and these act exactly the same in terms of billowing inwards during showers - that is, sometimes they do it, but most of the time they don't.
- Fabric is more sheer than I expected and you can see fairly clearly into the shower area if light is coming from that side of the curtain. Not a problem for me, but if you have a lighted shower area and you're expecting these curtains to give you privacy or to hide a lot of toiletry clutter, you're going to be disappointed. If your shower is unlighted, you'll be fine, if possibly slightly unnerved by how much you can see out while you're showering.
- The washing instructions state no bleach, which I'm not that thrilled about, but I'm willing to give it a try to see if that extends the life of the anti-mildew treatement.
I haven't had these long, so I have no idea of how the water repellent or anti-mildew treatments will stand up to washing, or how effective the anti-mildew treatment will be. I'll post a follow-up in the future. The verdict for now, though, is that I'd recommend & buy these curtains again.

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Smelly Washer Washer Cleaner, 12-Ounce Review

Smelly Washer Washer Cleaner, 12-Ounce
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I bought some smelly washer, dubious at first.
I have googled the smell/mildew problem with front loading washers and was sad. I've had skin problems and now found the culprit. I'ld paid a lot for my GE washing machine. I had read the websites full of recommendations. I had already tried vinegar, quart of full strength bleach etc. Vinegar helped cut the smell, but it came right back in my next load of wash. Plus, it was expensive in the quantities I had to use. If this stuff called "Smelly Washer" didn't work, I was going to ditch my washing machine and buy a top loader.
I ran one cap in hot water through the machine. I let it soak overnight. MY GE Front loading washing machine still stank, but was slightly better. Progress! I wiped my finger around the seal, and there was still black slimy gunk, but it looked a little, say, "gellified". Something was going on.
So I ran another cycle of smelly washer. I didn't have time to soak it this time. The washer got cleaner. Oh boy! Light at the end of the tunnel. I was hopeful. There was only some light gellified gunk around the seal, but getting much better. Full instructions for washing (provided by Paul Flynn at Smelly Washer company) are at [...]After 5 cycles of smelly washer, the smell was much better. And the gunk was now just a thin slime. I ran a load of laundry with Tide HE laundry detergent. My clothes reeked again. AHhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I should have noticed it was the laundry detergent that was the culprit. Ok, so maybe I'm a bit dull in washing machine smell investigation, but I shouldn't have to do this.
I ran another cycle of smelly washer to clean out the washing machine smell. It was better.
On a tip from another booklet I bought on Amazon, I bought some ERA HE laundry detergent from Walmart, and my washer smelled awesome, my clothes were clean and I was enormously happy. Oh man oh man. I was happy it was cleaned and upset that I had to go through all this after years.
The short of the story: Clean your washer with Smelly Washer and then switch to ERA HE laundry detergent. All other detergents I've tried make my washer smell. Smelly Washer + ERA = Brad's happy with his clothes again.
I was also told by Smelly Washer company they have a page describing why the washer smells -[...] but I haven't read the page yet. All I know and care about now it using ERA to keep the smell gone and my clothes clean.
I can hardly believe now, that after years, I couldn't tell the difference between clean and dirty clothes by smelling them because my "cleaned" clothes had a mildew smell to them.

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