Best way to kill spreading mold on a bathroom ceiling
Ceiling mold thrives and spreads when lingering shower humidity is trapped in the room. Occasional bleach sprays aren't enough to kill it, leaving people too overwhelmed and afraid of getting spores in their eyes to start cleaning without proper safety gear.
What the numbers show
Counted from the threads quoted below. How we count
- People have been saying this in most months since September 2026.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
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- 1Hiding the mold with the shower curtainDid this help you?
- 2Spraying it with bleach every so oftenDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Since we moved in ~5 years ago this has been an issue and it is only getting worse and spreading.”source ↗
“Please any advice for cleaning and also proper safety gear would be much appreciated!”source ↗
“I am so scared tbh, and very overwhelmed like I feel like I’m going to get spores in my eyes? I spray it with bleach every so often. I’m finally ready to tackle it I just have no idea where to start”source ↗
Where this came up
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