Dealing with Mold
Hey everyone I've got a bit of a mold problem. I bought a water damaged travel trailer super cheap and understood what I was getting into. Here's my situation I have exposed all the mod and rotted woo...
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Wear a good mask plus a HEPA filter anytime you work with chemicals and mold. Spores go airborn when disturbed.
When treating patients for LYME disease, may times mycotoxins are overlooked from people trying to clean mold. Just keep this in mind in case you start feeling sick from a reaction.
you can do a search :
*Which molds have mycotoxins?
Boat owners have lots of experience dealing with mold. Marine supply stores have products available. Places like 'West Marine' .
During the Sandy storm many people spent thousands to companies that ripped them off using bleach which did the job, everybody was happy. Then the mold all returned months later and everyone was not happy. My daughters house was the only house to NOT have mold return. This is how it was done.
When you clean with bleach it kills the mold but spores still remain and do return in time. That's because bleach bonds with oxygen and has no lasting residual. You have to take an extra step to make your effort a lasting solution.
Everything affected gets cleaned first by using soap and water with a little bleach added to it .
Allow everything to dry for 48 hrs.
Amazon sells a Clorox product called 'Proquatinery Amonia' for $71.00 . Research it, read the directions , it's a sanitizer that already comes in a diluted strength. The product sets up a molecular grid to prevent mold from recurring.
It's best to keep the A/C unit on during this whole process because it filters out spores and at the end of this cleaning...change the filter.
When treating patients for LYME disease, may times mycotoxins are overlooked from people trying to clean mold. Just keep this in mind in case you start feeling sick from a reaction.
you can do a search :
*Which molds have mycotoxins?
Boat owners have lots of experience dealing with mold. Marine supply stores have products available. Places like 'West Marine' .
During the Sandy storm many people spent thousands to companies that ripped them off using bleach which did the job, everybody was happy. Then the mold all returned months later and everyone was not happy. My daughters house was the only house to NOT have mold return. This is how it was done.
When you clean with bleach it kills the mold but spores still remain and do return in time. That's because bleach bonds with oxygen and has no lasting residual. You have to take an extra step to make your effort a lasting solution.
Everything affected gets cleaned first by using soap and water with a little bleach added to it .
Allow everything to dry for 48 hrs.
Amazon sells a Clorox product called 'Proquatinery Amonia' for $71.00 . Research it, read the directions , it's a sanitizer that already comes in a diluted strength. The product sets up a molecular grid to prevent mold from recurring.
It's best to keep the A/C unit on during this whole process because it filters out spores and at the end of this cleaning...change the filter.
