Every Fact About Mold Removal

Black mold poses great damages to your health as well as the building structure. When you notice the first sign of black mold, you want to get rid of it as soon as you can.

There are 2 options when it comes to black mold removal: you can either hire professionals to implement the black mold removal project; or you can do it yourself. If you choose to implement black mold removal yourself, here are the precaution measures you need to take.

Precautions for black mold removal

1. Use disposable clothing when performing black mold removal. Discard the clothing after you have finished with the removal of black mold. Do not wash it with your other laundries. This is to prevent the mold spores that attached to the your clothes from infecting other laundries. Black mold is deadly to your health.

2. Use face mask or respirator to protect yourself from inhaling the hazardous mold spores.

3. Protect your eyes with goggles that are able to filter tiny spores.

4. Make sure you take short breaks in between the course of black mold removal to give yourself some fresh air.

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To remove mold on bathroom caulk, use a mixture of vinegar and baking soda to make a paste like cleaner. Give a good scrub to the bathroom caulk with this baking soda paste. After the initial scrub, spray some bleach water onto the bathroom caulk to kill residual mold. Let the bleach water to dry completely before applying a second scrub.

If the mold is too stubborn to get rid of, you may consider removing the caulk completely. After removing the caulk from your bathroom, sprays bleach water onto the area to kill mold. This is to stop the mold from spreading before re-caulking the bathroom. Let the bleach water to dry completely before re-caulking. When you are done, spray bleach water again onto the bathroom caulk to make sure mold is removed entirely.

Spraying bleach water onto bathroom caulk on a weekly basis can keep mold at bay.

Video on how to remove mold from bathroom caulk:

In my previous post, where I discussed about mold removal products, I mentioned about using bleach to kill mold. Today I will talk about the effectiveness of bleach as a mold removal product, its usage and limitations in killing mold. To learn about other mold removal products, you may refer to my previous posts.

Bleach is the product we have known for years to be good at killing bacteria and viruses. Some believe bleach can kill mold as well. Yes, bleach is a mold killer, but that’s limited to molds grow on non-porous materials such as counter-tops, tiles, bathroom, shower glass, tubs, etc. When dealing with mold infection on non-porous surfaces, you can use a mixture of less than a cup of bleach to one gallon of water to effectively disinfect and kill molds.

However, the use of bleach to kill molds on porous materials is not recommended for the fact that bleach contains 99% of water. When bleach is used to clean and disinfect porous materials like wood and drywall, the Iodin structure of bleach prevents Chlorine from soaking into the materials to kill the roots of molds. While the water element of bleach penetrates through the surfaces and feed the roots. Therefore remediating porous materials with bleach is said to accelerate mold growth rather than stopping and killing it.

Bleach is corrosive. It releases harmful fumes that can cause serious health problems. When bleach is used as mold removal product, make sure you follow proper safety measures to protect yourself from inhaling the toxic fumes.

In conclusion, bleach can be used as mold removal product for non-porous surfaces like glass, tiles, tubs, counter-top and etc. Do not ever use bleach to kill mold on porous materials like wood and drywall. It expedites mold infestation due to the water content of bleach. Remember to put on protective gears whenever dealing with any mold removal product such as bleach. Do not mix bleach with ammonia, as this will create toxic fumes. Bleach is not registered with EPA as a mold removal product. Thus the effectiveness of killing mold with bleach is not proven.