PVC-free Shower Curtain Liner
Ultimately I’d like to have a shower door, but for now I’m stuck with a shower curtain.
And I needed to replace my shower curtain liner. After learning more about the dangers of PVC, I had been avoiding buying a new liner. I didn’t want to inhale that great (toxic) new liner smell. Then I remembered that Target had promised to reduce PVC in their packaging and products like shower curtains.
Fingers greatly crossed, I found an EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate) shower curtain liner at Target. It’s completely PVC free, and so is the packaging. It’s utterly odorless and much more healthy than PVC.
Little things like this make me happy! Target isn’t perfect, but I’m glad they took this step.
Have you found PVC-free shower curtain liners at other locations?
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8 opinions for PVC-free Shower Curtain Liner
La Mama Naturale'
Apr 9, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Hi there,
I recently came across PVC-Free shower curtains for children @ simplememoryart.com- not a huge selection but a start! Great blog!
Peggy
Apr 9, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Thanks for visiting and sharing La Mama.
Rebecca
Apr 9, 2008 at 4:43 pm
I got some 100% polyester liners at Crate and Barrel–these are the white kind they have in hotels. They can be machine-washed, so I think they’ll last forever. If I didn’t live in such a damp climate, I might try a hemp shower liner. Supposedly they are mold-resistant, but I just imagined them NEVER drying. Has anyone else tried a hemp or natural-fiber shower liner?
Appookta
Apr 12, 2008 at 6:35 pm
I have lime and calcium in my water. Everything I use in the tub/shower, including the tub, turns green. I bought an EVA Shower Curtain because, unlike the thicker, stiffer shower curtains, it seemed like it would be soft enough to wash in the washing machine. After a few weeks, when it was obviously green along the lower portion, I washed it in the washing machine, regular cycle. It was wrinkled when it came out, most of which smoothed out from the weight of the curtain after a few days of hanging back up, but the washing removed the visible lime coloring from the curtain, and probably the calcium, too, which is all I wanted. It was impossible to wash those heavy plastic curtains in the machine, and they never really got cleaned except with an awful lot of scrubbing, which I, as a man, don’t like to do. As soft and flimsy as the EVA material seems to be, it really held up in the regular wash. I don’t know how long it will last, since the instructions say to “wipe clean with damp cloth”, but that wouldn’t get the lime out, and it’s too much work! I’m really happy with it so far.
Peggy
Apr 12, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Rebecca,
Thanks for visiting. I haven’t tried the liner options you mentioned. Where do you buy them?
Appookta,
It’s nice to know you can cheat and wash it in the machine (assuming you used cold and gentle cycle). Scrubbing a liner is awkward. You pretty much would have to take it down and spread it on the floor to do it right. Way messy.
Stephanie
Jun 26, 2008 at 10:45 am
Bed Bath and Beyond has a pretty wide selection of 100% EVA Vinyl Shower Curtains now.
Peggy
Jun 26, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Thanks for the tip Stephanie.
Starre
Jun 26, 2008 at 3:39 pm
They sell an EVA shower liner at walmart as well.
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