Black Mold Cleaning Tips
As we already covered previously there are five different steps in the remediation of mold:
- Secure – Secure the area, keeping family members and pets away from the area where you think you may have mold.
- Test – Either have a professional come in and test for mold/mold spores or purchase a home mold test kit to test for the presence of mold.
- Kill the mold – Areas where mold can be killed avoiding the hassle of removal
- Remove the mold – Areas such as drywall where mold cannot successfully be killed the mold should be removed(suggested reading: black mold removal).
- Prevent the mold – Fix issues that have caused the mold(moisture, humidity, mold food), this will ensure the mold does not come back.
With this article detailing black mold cleaning tips, we are assuming that you are doing the mold removal yourself. With that said remediation of mold of the DIY nature should only be done for Level 1 categories(or small isolated areas). These areas should be no more than 10-16 square feet, think half of sheet of 4′ x 4′ or half a sheet of standard size plywood.
These molds are generally more of the visually annoying ones, often found inside bath stalls and showers, pose very little health issues and can be cleaned fairly easy.
Most people when faced with a mold issue like this simply apply a bleach based cleaner, wipe off the surface mold and call it a day! While somewhat effective, some better steps can and should be taken.
At a very minimum open a window(if you have a window fan that exhausts use this), use a basic white filter mask that can be purchased at any hardware store, rubber gloves and finally wear old clothing that can be disposed of after using.
Create a Borate based paste or Borax solution spray(suggestions below):
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Organic Kitchen’s Organic All Purpose Cleaner… |
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Effective enough to clean the toughest dirt… |
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Effective enough to clean the toughest dirt… |
Spray the solution(or apply the paste if using a powder form) and let dry, leave for roughly 10-30 minutes(somewhere around 15 is usually good).
All cleanup materials (rags, masks, old clothes, gloves), should be put into a plastic bag, sealed off with tape and placed into an outdoor trash can. This prevents spreading mold spores throughout the house.
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