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.)
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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
Would love to try this out in the master shower 🙂 Thanks for the chance!
I have wasted so much money on cleaners for mold in my bathroom. The exhaust fan doesn’t work and I don’t have the funds to replace/get it fixed. I leave the bathroom door open but that doesn’t help very much. I’m going to google Endurance and check into buying it. Thanks for all you do for us out here!!
I have allergies to mold and mildew really bad so I am using bleach all the time to kill the yucky in the bathroom. I would love having to do it less often and not smelling bleach all the time.
Three months ago, had to hire a professional mold remover company for mold in hall bathroom – after $4,000. I still have mold! Please pick me or where I can buy this stuff!
Thanks!
Hello Barbara! I’m sorry to hear that you had to spend $4,000 for professional remediation and that the mold is already back. Have you contacted the company that did the job? They may guarantee their work and redo it free of charge.
Endurance BioBarrier is currently available online at Homedepot.com and Amazon.com. To save on shipping you may request that EBB be sent to your local Home Depot store!
Feel free to reach out to us directly through our website with any questions.
Best regards,
Spencer C.
We’d also like to add that before hiring a team of mold remediation professionals, find out if they follow IICRC S520 mold remediation standards. These standards are important to ensure the quality of their work and proper mold removal; however, that’s just half the job! If moisture is reintroduced to the affected area even after removal, mold will likely regrow as was the case for Barbara. Once the professionals have properly remediated the mold, ask them to apply Endurance BioBarrier so you know the mold won’t be able to return.
Best,
Spencer C.
this would definitely be a big help in keeping the mold at bay in my master bath. my husband gets home late at nite and always showers before bed leaving all that moisture to develop into mold.
Please, please, please pick me as one of the winners! We have a horrible 1970s shower that has the exact same mildew problem. I even replaced the old caulking with a fancy “mildew resistant” brand and it didn’t help one bit. The only thing I have found that actually works is Kaboom with Bleach Mold & Mildew Stain Remover, but the smell is rough. I would love to give Endurance BioBarrier a try!
I would definitely use it in my disgusting shower which is always a mold problem area. I live in Texas and the humidity here just feeds the mold!
I have just discovered you and your blog and signed up for emails…loving all the great info! Okay, I want into the giveaway–looks like a great product (thanks for the detailed description and photos!). I will use in my bathroom shower–living in the Pacific Northwest, there’s always moisture, and always that black mold creeping through… I am now a single woman after 23 years and am working on learning how to do EVERYTHING myself, which is exciting and fun, actually–so I’ll be referring to your blog a lot, I predict. Thanks again for all the great info!!
Our 115 yr old house has the original lathe and plaster which I’d like to save. The only bathroom in the house has had a moldy ceiling for all the 32 years we’ve been here. It always grows back, some years ago I just gave up, we live with the black patches.
My husband retires in a few months and we were dreading tearing out the ceiling, I don’t want to replace it with drywall…..I love the old stuff! If this works half as good for us as it did for you, I’d be thrilled!
And if I don’t win, I’m buying it anyhow.
I would use it in our basement. Mold is a trigger for people with Lyme disease (which I have) and with this crazy rainy weather we’ve had, I don’t want to take any chances.
I have a tiny shower in the basement (it’s my husband’s, I hate it!), no ventilation and it is GROSS!!! Mold just loves this shower and I would love to banish it for months!!!
I would love to give this a try on one of the walls in my basement.
I would use it on my refrigerator seals and at my mom’s house in her basement shower. It is just plain gross!
I. MUST. HAVE. THIS. We just bought a new house, built in the 70’s, and it too has a coffin shower! I would love to take a sledgehammer to it the first day we move in, but I’m pretty certain its going to be awhile! I don’t want to shower in someone else’s mold and germs!!! Pick me, pick me 🙂
We just finished remodeling our master bathroom and I’m afraid to use the shower because I don’t want to start the endless process of keeping the tile and shower door sparkling. These products would be perfect! Thanks, Brittany!