<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Google microban. Order it from <a href="http://Jondon.com">Jondon.com</a> it's about $30 per gallon. Benefect is a more environmentally friendly solution as well. <br><br>Andrew Golkin<div>
Director of Emergency Services</div><div>Paul Davis Restoration & Remodeling of Suburban Virginia</div><div>703-335-2424 Fax 703-361-1013</div><div><a href="http://www.pdrvirginia.com">www.pdrvirginia.com</a></div></div>
<div><br>On Nov 7, 2010, at 7:49 PM, Bob Klahn <<a href="mailto:Home-NRG@dnaco.net">Home-NRG@dnaco.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
Sacie,<br>
<br>
There are some newer proprietary mildicides used in commercial
remediation after flooding or other major water/mold damage.<br>
I haven't tried any of them and they are probably hard to get,
especially on single residential scale.<br>
<br>
On most surfaces (substrates), chlorine bleach solution is
unnecessary overkill; toxic for the environment and, in many of the
"easy" applications, toxic to the user. It will not penetrate into
any porous substrate to "kill" more than the surface bloom. <br>
<br>
A rag or sponge, dampened - not wet - with a solution of warm water
and any mild surfactant (dish washing detergent works well). Only
enough surfactant to break the surface tension of the water - no
suds needed.<br>
<br>
Wipe from the top down, clearing away the surface bloom, then wring
in the bucket or basin, leaving the mold in the water. <br>
Dry as rapidly as possible - by blowing (room temperature or sightly
warmer) air across the surface (heat will drive the moisture deeper
into the material and slow real drying. Instead, hot air or radiant
heat can create an illusory surface drying.<br>
<br>
No panaceas that I know of. Most of the things toxic to mold are
also toxic to us - and other living critters.<br>
<br>
Bob Klahn<br>
<br>
On 11/7/2010 7:22 PM, Sacie Lambertson wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:AANLkTi=L1iA3fw5paUd1SaiRFSdCW8O4aQsxE4sWts4D@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"><i><span style="font-family: comic sans
ms,sans-serif;">From Mike O'B; Are you thinking about ways
to reduce the mold?</span><br>
</i><br>
Indeed, I would love something easy to reduce the black stuff that
appears in our shower. Certainly it is enough of a problem here
in relatively humid NE Kansas that there are loads of products
sold in the stores to get rid of it. A good spray of a vinegar
solution helps, as does clorox. However, the water from our
bathroom goes straight outside into a small running-
downhill-gray-water trench, so using clorox isn't so great.<br>
<br>
I'm in fact looking for a solution that doesn't exist. A good
scrubing lasts a long time. The walk-in shower is 3'x5', not a
stall at all. The room in which it lives is large for a bathroom;
in the winter the ambient temp is rather cool so I would love to
enclose the shower area like the Sunfrost site suggests but I'm
afraid I would only be asking for more mold problems.<br>
<br>
Wonder how the Turkish bath folks keep mold out?<br>
<br>
Sacie<br>
<br>
<br>
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