Western Japan has been raining one after another since last week, and this year too, the Japanese archipelago will enter the unpleasant season.

At this time, cleaning the house is more worrisome than usual, "mold in the bathroom". According to a survey on "antifungal agents (bath cleaning / bathroom cleaning)" conducted by the online research "DIMS DRIVE", "joint" was the number one place where mold had grown in the bath at 48.1%. This is followed by "rubber packing" (46.5%) in 2nd place and "wall" (33.4%) in 3rd place, and it seems that every household is suffering from almost the same place.


◆ The slogan for mold prevention is "ventilation"! Do you use it to remove mold?

I think that many people use commercially available detergents to remove and prevent mold, but when asked about mold prevention measures for each household, various other methods were mentioned.

Among them, "ventilation" is practiced by many people. It's one of the basics as a measure against mold that likes moisture. Regarding this, there was an opinion that a fan or a bathroom dryer should be used together with the ventilation fan.

In addition, measures such as "sprinkling cold water on walls and floors" and "draining water from walls and floors" are likely to be adopted today.


Also, in the free answer, there is an opinion that vinegar or wasabi diluted with water, baking soda solution, and ethanol for disinfection are sprayed. In particular, acidic solutions are likely to be effective in neutralizing alkaline stains such as water stains and soap scum, so those who are not good at detergents may try it.

For mold that has developed, it is often removed by rubbing it with a bag closure (a clip that holds a bag of bread). There is also such a usage that tends to be thrown away.


◆ Surprisingly many !? 40% of men in charge of cleaning the bath!

By the way, 33.9% of the respondents clean the bath "almost every day". Regarding the person in charge of cleaning, 66.7% of women and 41.5% of men said that they "always clean themselves". A man is in charge at the author's house, but it's surprisingly hard work, so it's really helpful.


However, once the dirt is collected, even men can have a hard time cleaning the bath. I would like to work with my family on a daily basis to keep it clean so that the burden is reduced as much as possible.

The survey will be conducted from April 17th to May 1st, targeting 5,506 men and women with DIMSDRIVE monitors in their teens to 70s or older.