removing mold

malakoa · 04-05-2005, 09:35 AM

we have a moldy house. how can i remove it?

OnlyBelieve · 04-05-2005, 10:00 AM

Where is the mold? How bad is it?

malakoa · 04-05-2005, 11:41 AM

bathroom, windows and bookshelves in my 1930s era home. medium bad. afraid baby will get asthma. right now i'm scrubbing it with barkeeper's friend

OnlyBelieve · 04-06-2005, 05:08 PM

The only thing I can think of is bleach....if those areas can be bleached. On vertical surfaces in the bathroom I would soak some paper towels and stick them e.g. to the tile so the bleach can stay in contact with the surface long enough to work.
It is also important to get rid of the source of the mold...if you know what is actually causing it.
Mold can be scary stuff so I do hope you get rid of it soon.

jujubnme · 04-06-2005, 06:44 PM

I understand tea tree oil is also a very good fungicide. Here's a link with more information: http://www.care2.com/channels/solutions/home/110

Hope you're able to deal with it without too much fuss. My MIL has a mold problem at her home... she knows it, but I think she's in denial about how bad it is and how it affects her health

. *Everything* from her house smells musty, including her clothes.

04-05-2005, 09:35 AM	#1
malakoa Rose Garden Fearless Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 6,845	removing mold we have a moldy house. how can i remove it? __________________ Mama of one Size Small Baby Girl, born August 2004. and one in heaven EDD December 2003.

04-05-2005, 10:00 AM	#2
OnlyBelieve Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Southwest Illinois Posts: 7,301	Re: removing mold Where is the mold? How bad is it? __________________ ~Sue~ Daughter of the Most High Wife to dh, JD (1994) Mother to ds, JJ (July 2001), dd, AJ (July 2004), dd, F (March 2014) and three (m/c) I hope to hold in Heaven (1997 - 10 weeks, 1998 - 13 weeks, 2002 - 11 weeks)

04-05-2005, 11:41 AM	#3
malakoa Rose Garden Fearless Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 6,845	Re: removing mold bathroom, windows and bookshelves in my 1930s era home. medium bad. afraid baby will get asthma. right now i'm scrubbing it with barkeeper's friend __________________ Mama of one Size Small Baby Girl, born August 2004. and one in heaven EDD December 2003.

04-06-2005, 05:08 PM	#4
OnlyBelieve Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Southwest Illinois Posts: 7,301	Re: removing mold The only thing I can think of is bleach....if those areas can be bleached. On vertical surfaces in the bathroom I would soak some paper towels and stick them e.g. to the tile so the bleach can stay in contact with the surface long enough to work. It is also important to get rid of the source of the mold...if you know what is actually causing it. Mold can be scary stuff so I do hope you get rid of it soon. __________________ ~Sue~ Daughter of the Most High Wife to dh, JD (1994) Mother to ds, JJ (July 2001), dd, AJ (July 2004), dd, F (March 2014) and three (m/c) I hope to hold in Heaven (1997 - 10 weeks, 1998 - 13 weeks, 2002 - 11 weeks)

04-06-2005, 06:44 PM	#5
jujubnme Rose Garden Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness. (James 3:18) Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,493	Re: removing mold I understand tea tree oil is also a very good fungicide. Here's a link with more information: http://www.care2.com/channels/solutions/home/110 Hope you're able to deal with it without too much fuss. My MIL has a mold problem at her home... she knows it, but I think she's in denial about how bad it is and how it affects her health . Everything from her house smells musty, including her clothes. __________________ ANDREA wife to my awesome dh since 8/2000 - mom to my sweet jujube ds since 9/2001 all INFPs, living in harmonious chaos. GLORY be to God for dappled things--- ... All things counter, original, spare, strange; Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?) With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim; He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change: Praise him. GERARD MANLY HOPKINS

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