I always wipe down my shower daily when used. The walls and caulking. No mold in my shower. I always run the exhaust fan for a while after the shower is done.

I don't think you did anything wrong. In our last shower we had to recaulk periodically because it always got like this. I think enduring is right that wiping down your shower after use will help. I do this with my new shower and good after 3 years.

Thank you both. I am going to try baking soda/bleach today to see if it does anything, if not it's re-caulking time. Oddly enough my husband states he'd rather recaulk periodically than wipe down the shower after use. That choice seems crazy to me, but it's his shower (I take baths)

I squeegee AND wipe down after each shower and no sign of mold after three years. I have no exhaust fan, but I do keep a window over the shower/tub open year-round.

For me, mold is one of the grossest things on the planet. It's not the time and effort spent wiping down versus recaulking. It's having a gross thing in my shower. I couldn't abide it.

How often are you cleaning the shower? No judgement from me, lol, I hate cleaning showers.

Wiping down the shower and you will not have to do weekly cleaning again. I haven't "cleaned" the walls of my shower in 3 years. I make sure that when I have guests, the last one out, wipes it down for the day. Down to the caulk at the base and all corners. All the fixtures are wiped dry too, to keep them shinny, and spot free. I don't worry about my shower pan, as it is cast iron. I do clean it 2x/year, lol. I'm usually the only one that showers in this shower, and I always have clean feet :)

I only use a large micro fiber towel for all surfaces. I can't convince Linelle to ditch her squeegee, LOL. I have a VERY fluffy 20x40" auto detailing towel that I got online at "The Rag Company" (I have no connection to company). I now have 3 of these fluffy towels to rotate every week, and I really like them a lot. They just hang over my shower door to dry for the day.

Before I remodeled this room, there was mold growing on the ceiling above the shower and periodically I'd bleach the sucker to get it under control. It never lasted long though. I had an exhaust fan too, but if the doors were closed the room was too tight to provide makeup air for the fan to actually exhaust. I hated cleaning the shower/bathtub stall. The soap scum was awful. I started using liquid soap and that helped with the scum, but the mold still built up on the ceiling. So 4 years ago I ripped out the whole room, had it lengthened, plumber rearranged all fixtures to my desire, drywallers put up fiberglass faced drywall everywhere (cement board in the shower), used setting type joint compound instead of drying type, and I couldn't be happier!!!

It takes me 70seconds to wipe down my shower, including the 5' expanse of shower doors. 70 seconds = 7-9 minutes at the most in one week.

Enduring and I follow each other around on this topic. :) I don't have to clean my shower either, but I do scrub the tub now and then.

I refuse to give up my squeegee. It's water-moving ability is awesome. Then the towel doesn't have to do quite so much.

Love it Linelle!

Well, the good news is that bleach + baking soda on a toothbrush cleaned the mold in 10min. Enduring and Linelle, I sure wish I could convince the others in the family to do a wipe down, but bending low is a problem for my husband who showers 2x day. He's just not going to do it, and since the remodel was my idea it's hard to push him on it!

Tundra, you make a good point. I bought 3 tubes of silicone from the Tile Shop and one was cured on arrival. COA? Anyway, it was the last day our installer was on the job, and I couldn't get back to the store for a fresh tube until the next day. So we did apply the silicone in that one area ourselves. In hindsight that seems like a bad decision. I didn't realize it was something we could screw up, and also wish I'd researched the vendor better. So many details!

Frequent use of the exhaust fan to pull out moisture, and wiping down the walls to get excess moisture off the walls and down the drain will help a lot. Then make sure you clean the problem areas with bleach at least once a week to kill the mold, and it should stop the mold from forming.

Bruce