Debra Lynn Dadd

Will a hemp or cotton shower curtain dry overnight?

QUESTION:

I've been working on turning our apartment "green."

Background: Our bathroom doesn't have a window and the exhaust fan the manager had put in doesn't work as well as the old one. Two showers are taken on a daily basis.

I'd like to get a hemp or cotton shower curtain. Which curtain type dries faster? Is one more resistant to mildew than the other? Will either curtain type completely dry overnight?

Thanks for your advice!

Nikki

POSTED BY NIKKI :: CA USA :: 12/11/2006 7:32 AM

DEBRA'S ANSWER:

A hemp shower curtain will dry faster, however, it will still mold.

I've used cotton shower curtains in the past, and they seemed to mold to the point of having the mold eat holes in the curtain, rendering it unusable in 3-4 months. I finally just installed glass shower doors, which cost less than $100 at Home Depot and Lowe's. And they are pretty easy to install if you are handy around the house.

If you don't want to install glass doors, go with the hemp and pretreat it as described in Q&A: Controlling Mold on Shower Curtains.

Debra :-)

COMMENTS:

I don't have a cloth shower curtain like you do, but have a windowless bathroom and ineffective ceiling fan also, I started to use a fan in the doorway to blow into the bathroom, which puts the moisture collected on walls, tile,etc, into the air.

We need some moisture in winter anyway. It blows across the floor and onto the shower area and back out into the hallway.

Using electricity isn't exactly green, but it works for now.

Margo in NC

POSTED BY MARGO :: NORTH CAROLINA USA :: 12/14/2006 8:42 PM

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