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Trying to treat mold in crawl space with 20% bleach in water. I
thought I could spray it on, but it beads up and runs off. Is there a
chemical that will kill the mold that can be applied with a sprayer.
Also is there a wetting agent that can be mixed with bleach that will
not bead up when applied. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[Don Phillipson[_3_]]

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Trying to treat mold in crawl space with 20% bleach in water. I
thought I could spray it on, but it beads up and runs off.

Household bleach is already diluted, commonly 3 to 6 per cent
sodium hypochlorite: so 20% bleach in water applies less than
1 per cent of the mould-killing solution. You may make better
progress if you use bleach straight out of the bottle.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

[Pat[_5_]]

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Trying to treat mold in crawl space with 20% bleach in water. I
thought I could spray it on, but it beads up and runs off. Is there a
chemical that will kill the mold that can be applied with a sprayer.
Also is there a wetting agent that can be mixed with bleach that will
not bead up when applied. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

For killing bleach a 50% solution is recommended. I frequently use 100%.
You might add a wetting agent. Perhaps dishwashing soap.

[ransley[_2_]]

On Nov 21, 1:34*pm, wrote:
Trying to treat mold in crawl space with 20% bleach in water. I
thought I could spray it on, but it beads up and runs off. Is there a
chemical that will kill the mold that can be applied with a sprayer.
Also is there a wetting agent that can be mixed with bleach that will
not bead up when applied. Any help will be appreciated. *

Thanks in advance.

Maybe its doing its job the runoff is excess, did the wood look alot
different after an hour. Maybe some soap like dish soap

[Michael B]

On Nov 21, 2:34*pm, wrote:
Trying to treat mold in crawl space with 20% bleach in water. I
thought I could spray it on, but it beads up and runs off. Is there a
chemical that will kill the mold that can be applied with a sprayer.
Also is there a wetting agent that can be mixed with bleach that will
not bead up when applied. Any help will be appreciated. *

Thanks in advance.

The CDC endorses a mixture of 10 parts water, one part bleach.
Assuming that a person is gonna be using 5% sodium hypochlorite
as the base solution.
Half cup per gallon of solution is close, then apply it with a misting
sprayer, and give it plenty of contact time.

[Michael B]

On Nov 21, 2:34*pm, wrote:
Trying to treat mold in crawl space with 20% bleach in water. I
thought I could spray it on, but it beads up and runs off. Is there a
chemical that will kill the mold that can be applied with a sprayer.
Also is there a wetting agent that can be mixed with bleach that will
not bead up when applied. Any help will be appreciated. *

Thanks in advance.

Mold thrives best when the humidity is 55% or higher. Given good
thought towards correction in that direction.

[Steve Barker[_6_]]

On 11/21/2010 1:34 PM, wrote:


Trying to treat mold in crawl space with 20% bleach in water. I
thought I could spray it on, but it beads up and runs off. Is there a
chemical that will kill the mold that can be applied with a sprayer.
Also is there a wetting agent that can be mixed with bleach that will
not bead up when applied. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

give your mix a shot of dish soap. Or buy some anabek and do it properly.

http://www.anabec.com/

--
Steve Barker
remove the "not" from my address to email

[jamesgangnc[_3_]]

On Nov 21, 2:34*pm, wrote:
Trying to treat mold in crawl space with 20% bleach in water. I
thought I could spray it on, but it beads up and runs off. Is there a
chemical that will kill the mold that can be applied with a sprayer.
Also is there a wetting agent that can be mixed with bleach that will
not bead up when applied. Any help will be appreciated. *

Thanks in advance.

Soap. I use about 3/1 dilution when using bleach for mold as well. I
don't care what the cc says works. Get your self a good vapor mask
too if you're ding this in a crawl space. And get the heck out as
soon as you finish spraying.

[Edward Reid]

On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 13:34:46 -0600, wrote:
Trying to treat mold in crawl space with 20% bleach in water.

Dry out the crawl space and the mold will die. Kill the mold without
drying the crawl space, and the mold will come back as soon as spores
blow in, which will be tomorrow. Someone else mentioned 55% RH; I
heard 70% when I had issues. Buy a remote-reading
thermometer-hygrometer (there are at least a couple available) so you
can track it easily. Consider sealing the crawl space to keep it dry
-- good in many circumstances but not all.

Edward