Pink mould - accidentally allowed to proliferate

[Dave2002]

We have a shower room. Over the last 6 months or so, some of the tiles have turned pink, periodically. I clean them off sometimes.

I assumed that this was some lotion that mrs d was using, perhaps hair shampoo. Today I noticed it had gone further up the walls, so asked the question "What is that pink stuff you are using which is turning the tiles pink?"

Answer: "I'm not using anything".

"Agh":

So now I've got to clean off the pink stuff, which I expect will take a few days, and shouldn't (hopefully) be too difficult. Now that I do know though, does anyone know what kind of mould would have a pinkish appearance, and (is it/was it) a health hazard?

I will be on to this very vigorously from now on, but I really didn't know.

[Frances_iom]

bleach on tiles works wonders - find an empty spray bottle + use thin bleach for a couple of days - suggests also you need better ventilation in the shower room

[Dave2002]

I can understand about the ventilation and the bleach. I'm actually curious about what would have that pink colour.

[oddoneout]

I don't know about pink but I used to get orange colouration in the shower cubicle in a previous house sometimes which I think was to do with iron compounds in the water colouring limescale or grout rather than mould, since the latter wasn't much of a problem.

[Pulcinella]

I have found that sprays such as ShowerShine can look pinkish, but if neither you nor Mrs D uses that......

As others have said, mild bleach should get rid of it, if not the underlying cause.

[LezLee]

Found this:

https://ultra-fresh.com/pink-mold-in-shower-how-to-get-rid-of-it/

[Bryn]

Found this:

https://ultra-fresh.com/pink-mold-in...get-rid-of-it/

Thanks for that.

[Dave2002]

Found this:

https://ultra-fresh.com/pink-mold-in...get-rid-of-it/

Thanks - very helpful. I’m on the case now.

I do wish I’d known earlier, but I didn’t.

[alywin]

Ugh, thanks for that. Given the range of colours the article covers, I think that's probably the stuff we have on our (supposedly antibacterial) bath mat. We need a new one, but of course can't buy one at the moment :(

[Dave2002]

I'm treating our shower room now with some rather more vigorous black mould spray. I figure it should be under control in a week or so. The daily shower sprays seem barely to touch the problem, so something stronger is needed, though I thought I detected an improvement almost immediately even with the weaker stuff almost once I realised that the problem was not due to coloured dyes in shampoos or other liquids.