If you have petroleum jelly lying around your house, you have what it takes to make this home hack happen. All you have to do is dab a little petroleum jelly into the cup and hold it in place wherever you're attempting to stick it. Yup—it really is that simple.
We recommend using a little bit of olive oil or Vaseline rubbed on the inside of the cup to adhere it to your surface.
A little bit of water can do wonders for boosting a suction cup's grip. Using warm water, rinse the whole cup so it softens it up. Shake the drops of water off the cup quickly and then put it up on the wall. That can often do the trick.
Stick the suction cup on when the air temp is above 40 °F (4 °C). Lower temperatures cause air pockets to form inside of the seal. Once air pockets start to form, they weaken your suction cup's bond with the surface. Wait for the air temperatures to warm up to make your suction cups stronger and get the best results.
Suction cup manufacturers suggest wetting the inner perimeter of your suction cups with with warm water to make them stick better and create a tighter seal.
Clean the surface you are applying the suction cup to. It won't adhere well to a dirty surface. To enhance suction, a tiny dab of Vaseline or cooking oil may be rubbed on the rim of the cup. Press the cup all the way down, against the surface.
Temporary Shower Storage
The main benefit of suction cup storage is that it is typically affordable and simple to install. However, one of the cons of suction cup storage is that even the strongest suction cups can begin to slip over time, especially in a wet shower environment.
Make sure both the inside of the suction cups and your window are clean and dry before application. To enhance suction and help keep the seal tight, a tiny dab of Vaseline or cooking oil may be rubbed on the rim of the cup, or dampen your fingertip with water and lightly moisten the inner rim of the suction cup.
Clean the area where you want it to stick and the suction cups with rubbing alcohol. Then smear a drop of mineral oil onto each suction cup before you put it up. The oil will help create the suction it needs.
Warmth. Suction cups like warm surfaces. So if it's really cold outside, use any warming device you have to warm up the designated window- even with a hair dryer! It will create a stronger bond with the window.
The only Fix that works: hot Water
Bring water to boil in a kettle, wait a few seconds until the bubbling stops, then immerse the suction cup in this hot water for about a minute. Take it out, shake it (don't touch the surface of the suction cup, don't use a towel), then slap it with VIGOR onto the CLEAN bathroom tile.
The Best Suction Cups To Stick To
FrogsFeet™ Suction Cups are multi-surface suction cups that will mount to just about all nonporous surfaces like painted walls however we do not recommend for drywall because it is porous and will not hold a vacuum tight seal.
Wetting a suction cup makes it stick better because the water fills in the imperfections, and allows the small vacuum created by the elastic properties of the suction cup to be maintained longer.
Is it better to have a mesh or plastic shower caddy? Plastic shower caddies dry quickly and are easy to clean, while mesh ones take up less space and are often easier to hang up. Which type you opt for will depend on what's most important to you.
A plastic shower caddy may be a great solution for you because it offers a rigid shape, but it's often not as durable as metal. Depending on construction, plastic shelves may not hold as much weight as metal and it also won't last as long.
Some suction cup manufacturers suggest wetting or warming suction cups to get them to work better on rough uneven surfaces. You should not have to do anything! They should just work right out of the package!
Suction cups adhere best to smooth, non-porous surfaces such as tile, glass, fiberglass or metal. To ensure a firm bond, surfaces should be totally free of dirt and soap film before attaching the suction cup.
Ordinary suction cups only stick to flat or glass-smooth surfaces because the delicate vacuum seal the forms between the cup and smooth surface cannot fill gaps in a rough mounting surface. FrogsFeet Suction Cups on the other hand mount to just about any nonporous surface from smooth to highly textured.
When pressing a suction cup down on a material, tiny irregularities in the material's surface may allow air to pass between the seal. Wetting the surface fills these small gaps so that the air cannot pass through.