micky wrote the following on 2/27/2013 2:21 AM (ET):
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.

What kind of handles do these tools have? Steel, plastic, rubber, wood?
You say these things have a 'dust like' layer. Could it be brushed off,
or has to be washed off in a dishwasher?
I know many of my tool handles get a gray or dark covering after a
while, but I attribute it to an accumulation of dead skin cells from my
hands.
This could also be attributed to the handling of the TV knobs.
I don't know about the 'mold' on the cords.
All my tools are in an attached garage.
I doubt whether this is mold if there is no other mold in the basement.


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Bill
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