On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 2:21:50 AM UTC-5, micky wrote:
My shop is in my basement, which has always seemed to be a very dry

floor. However, about 4% of my cords, my spare radio and tv knobs,

and the handles of my tools get a think layer of some sort of mold on

them. It's like a grey dust. (Or some other light color, I forget.)



I wasg them in the dishwasher and they come out clean, but once in the

basement again, after a few months, U notice that the same ones have

mold. And the rest never get mold.



I suppose I could just ignore this, since it doesn't spread, but I

wonder if any of you have ideas. No other part of my house is neat

or clean, but the shop is the most important place, and I'd like it to

be clean.



Thanks.

Your best bet in a basement is to run a dehumidifier at all times. The moisture that gets in the air in a basement usually has no way out of the house so it attaches to whatever it can and causes different types of mold to grow. I have seen this a lot in basements over the years and in most instances a dehumidifier will solve the problem.