mold & mildew everywhere...interior turned stinky green

[Neverhappy]

I left a perfectly well kept 96 leisure travel wide body rv in a friends garden in Florida for a year.
Upon my return...I found a mildew infested rv ..in the closets on the white cabinets ..in the outside compartments..everywhere.Even black mold on the headliner arround the roof windows.
What can be done to save this rv ?

[traveylin]

About ten years ago, mold remediation and chronic illness was the very profitable new line of business for the housing in coastal Texas. Lawyers were obtaining 100000$ settlements and people were getting remodeling done on someone else s dime. Then one tiny change in the std house insurance policy cured all that illness overnight. House policies specifically excluded mold damage. The new line of business went away and people were cured of mold sensitivity within the next policy schedule.

pops

[OldRadios]

96? From your description I'd call the insurance company. If it's that bad there is no cleaning it and being that old it's not worth a tear down and rebuild.

[Dick_B]

This may be a job for the pros if you want to spend the money to save it OR drive it to the nearest junkyard. The mold has got to be BEHIND the walls as well as in front of them.

[traveylin]

Wipe it down with a Clorox based spray cleaner and a damp rag. In tropical environments green mold is a way of life. If the outside of the RV shows the same green tint on very humid days, use a chem sprayer with about a 1/2 cup of Clorox and table spoon of dish detergent per gallon. Spray the mix on and rinse off several minutes later.

pops

[colliehauler]

There have been several threads in the past with people who had similar problems of leaving a RV closed up in FL. They might have some more ideas on what works to get rid of the mold and mildew.

[noe-place]

Before doing anything have the health department inspect it to confirm the hazardous level of the mold.

[time2roll]

Apply some elbow grease. Lots of it.

[westend]

Clean and treat the mildewed surfaces.

[57_Panhead]

Neverhappy wrote:
I left a perfectly well kept 96 leisure travel wide body rv in a friends garden in Florida for a year.
Upon my return...I found a mildew infested rv ..in the closets on the white cabinets ..in the outside compartments..everywhere.Even black mold on the headliner arround the roof windows.
What can be done to save this rv ?

If you have insurance I'd call them because mold remediation is a pricey proposition. A trailer of that age could be a total loss.

Good luck to you in solving this nasty problem

Steve