Endurance BioBarrier Review
Endurance BioBarrier Review
I’m going to warn you now, this is not a pretty post. But, this product review of Endurance Cleaner Prep and Endurance BioBarrier will most likely be one of your favorite posts if you deal with continual mold & mildew growth (especially in a small coffin-like shower from the 1970’s.)
(I’ve included affiliate links for your convenience. I earn a small percentage from a purchase using these links. There is no additional cost to you. You can read more about affiliate links here.)
You may remember how much I love our master bathroom shower:
That ugly harvest gold tile shower is the ugliest spot in our home. And, its attractive color is not helped by the mold growth that returns like clockwork every three weeks. I have tried everything to control its regrowth. What I’ve tried is using bleach, and leaving the shower door open all day. I even replaced the caulk in this shower. But, every three weeks that mold peeks out from the cracks and crevices.
This bathroom is slated to be demolished at some point, but until then it needs constant cleaning. That is until a few months ago when I tried Endurance BioBarrier Mold Prevention Spray (non-toxic and low-odor.)
Endurance sent me a the Cleaner Prep and Biobarrier to try out. You may remember that I tried it after cleaning our dirty and moldy storm windows.
I didn’t want to blog about the products until I had tried them for more than a few months. I’m happy to report that for four months, I didn’t need to clean our shower! Normally after three weeks the mold and mildew would have been happily growing in the corners of my shower.
On February 5th, 2015 I set about cleaning the shower with high hopes but big doubts.
As directed, I sprayed the Endurance BioBarrier Cleaner Prep in the shower. I let it sit for 15 minutes (1-5 minutes for normal cleaning. 15 minutes for tougher jobs.)
To clean off the mildew and mold, I used a scrub brush. Then rinsed all the surfaces with water.
After the shower is completely cleaned with the Cleaner Prep, spray the Endurance BioBarrier Anti-Mold protection spray to create a thin film on all surfaces.
Wipe up any puddled spray after a few minutes.
The shower was clean and devoid of any mold or mildew. Nothing miraculous yet. I can achieve the same results with bleach cleaner.
But, here’s where the similarities end. After four months (not three weeks) was the first time I began to see some mildew and mold regrowth.
I took the following photos on June 4th, almost four months to the day since cleaning the shower. You can see all the soap scum that had accumulated, but only a small amount of mildew had begun to form.
I was told by my contact at Endurance that typically the spray works 6 months or longer. But, given the small confined shower and no ventilation in that room, the mildew grew back earlier than typical results. Regardless, I’m thrilled with the results.
You can use the Endurance BioBarrier Cleaner Prep product to clean up mold. Then use the Endurance Mold Prevention Spray for long lasting protection against mold, mildew, germs and musty odors. You can expect up to 6 months in high-traffic areas such as bathrooms, kitchens and locker rooms. Up to 2 years on exposed indoor or outdoor surfaces such as ceilings, walls, stucco, siding, roofing, gutters, concrete, bricks and more. And up to 25 years on enclosed surfaces such as attics, crawl spaces and stud cavities.
Disclosure: Endurance BioBarrier sent me the Endurance BioBarrier and Cleaner Prep spray products to try at no cost. I was not paid to mention them or told what to say. As always, if I don’t like a product, you won’t see it featured on my blog.Â
We have the same issue with having a 1973 house. Why didn’t they add ventilation? My shower is 7 ft x 5 ft way too big for us and it is a pain to clean. I have tried everything including making my own toxic waste dump and still the mildew comes in. I clean every week as well. Would love to try a product that could get me out of that cleaning rut.
I’d use the product in the bathroom and kitchen of my cottage in Long Island. We can NEVER get the mold and mildew out completely, and as you said, it’s a never-ending job cause it keeps coming back faster than the soap scum can accumulate.
I thought it was just me when all the other mold and mildew cleaning ideas did not work on my bathroom shower. The 7yr mold resistance caulk has stained even before a year was up. I would love to see if this will work to prevent this stains. Certain beats having to recaulk every year, and hopefully not ever having to regrout again.
I have the same problem in my master bath shower but my room is ventilated and the glass shower is a little larger than the type in yours. My shower mildews under the door and around the edges. Nothing short of removing all the caulk once a year and replacing it has gotten rid of the mold and mildew. Bleach does nothing. I would love to try Endurance to see if I could prevent having to replace the caulking every year!!
I too have a tiny 70s bathroom in my newly purchased house and low and behold, I didn’t even think to look when we were at the showing, but the master bath doesn’t have a freaking fan!! Now that we’ve been here a while, I definitely notice a mildew smell and want to take care of it ASAP! If use this all over the bathroom!!
All these tiled shower stalls are destined for mildew, I would certainly tackle mine and show it who is boss, imagine “four months” relief, that would be heaven
Great post! Looks like a product I would love to try in a similar stall shower in our home. And the smell we get from using CLR or othe products. You can’t be in the room. Really hope to try this product some day. Again, thanks for posting your results. Good luck to all.
This definitely sounds like what we need to combat mold and soap scum in our shower! We have an equally (albeit, different decade) ugly shower that collects mold on every surface and in every nook and we are constantly battling to keep it clean. Now that I am expecting twins, it would be great not to have to get in there with smelly cleaners quite so often to keep the shower clean. What a brilliant product!!
I’d definitely use it in both bathrooms… it’s such a struggle to get two seventeen year olds to keep their bathroom clean!! May help if it stays nice for up to four months!
I just found your blog on the weekend and I love it!! After reading your review of this product, I am going out to buy find it and buy it this morning. I have 2 bathrooms, sliding glass doors, and a multitude of window sills to banish mold from. Once that is done, I may go into the crawl space under the stairs too… if I am still able to move that is!
This stuff sounds great! It would get much use in our basement – both the bath and the space where the water filter lives!
My master bathroom has a large shower dated to the ’50s that we haven’t had a chance to update yet. The mold is driving me crazy! This would be a great way to keep it clean!
Unfortunately I have the same exact problem in my bathroom. After a couple of weeks, I see the mold returning. No matter what we do, it doesn’t seem to get rid of it.
We had to replace the AC unit in our attic and there was water damage inside the closet below it that resulted in mold growing on that ceiling. We tried several commercial products including bleach and the mold stain returns after a few weeks. I’d love to give this product a try!
Hello! I’d love to try this stuff. I’m thinking of trying it even if I don’t win; so thank you for scouting out such awesome products! I’m in Texas; there’s SO. MUCH. MOLD! I have lived in 3 different rentals since I’ve been here. It’s so dry here I’m shocked how moldy things get! I grew up in Rhode Island by the sea, and never experienced the mold I do here! Anyway, thanks again for the chance!