Mold?!
Hey fellas, So last month I had a large water leak behind the toilet that I was able to fix. It was so bad you could feel sloshy wetness all around the bed frame in the bedroom. We have since repai...
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Water-Bug wrote:Sodium hypochloride (bleach) is a listed chemical for a mildicide. Don't know where you are getting this information about spore release that only occurs from using bleach. The active mold colony is continually releasing spores and any agitation may increase that release. Bleach will kill mold spores fairly fast when combined with water.
Bleach releases mold spores. There are better products available.
FWIW, our atmosphere is filled with mold spores. They are so small that they stay suspended for a long time, pushed by wind and kicked up from the ground by traffic or weather. The reason the spores don't propogate into another active colony is that they don't get to the narrow, correct environment to reproduce. This is why removing humidity, changing temperature, or adding ventilation is effective against mold.
If the OP was using a humidifier, I would suggest to stop using it until the mold is known to be gone. Also, some humidifiers have percentage settings and if you're not measuring the interior air with a separate humidistat, those settings may be getting your air too humid. 50% is also on the high side of comfortable but a lot depends on where you are and how it all works.
