What is the best way to clean up mold? My shed developed a leak and
everything inside is now covered with a greenish, powdery mold. I've
patched up the leak and started wiping down things with rags moistened with
Clorox. When that's done, I wonder what else I should do. I have a
portable dehumidifier, a space heater and some powerful fans. I recall
seeing (here I think) that I should acquire a UV device to kill any remain
spores.

Any and all ideas appreciated.

--
Bobby G.

On Jan 17, 5:20*am, "Robert Green" wrote:
What is the best way to clean up mold? *My shed developed a leak and
everything inside is now covered with a greenish, powdery mold. *I've
patched up the leak and started wiping down things with rags moistened with
Clorox. *When that's done, I wonder what else I should do. *I have a
portable dehumidifier, a space heater and some powerful fans. *I recall
seeing (here I think) that I should acquire a UV device to kill any remain
spores.

Any and all ideas appreciated.

--
Bobby G.

Rather than just wipe the surface with Clorox, I would apply it using
a sprayer of some type to actually get the Clorox to penetrate into
the wood grain a little bit.

"Robert Green" writes:

What is the best way to clean up mold? My shed developed a leak and
everything inside is now covered with a greenish, powdery mold. I've
patched up the leak and started wiping down things with rags moistened with
Clorox. When that's done, I wonder what else I should do. I have a
portable dehumidifier, a space heater and some powerful fans. I recall
seeing (here I think) that I should acquire a UV device to kill any remain
spores.

Any and all ideas appreciated.

For an outside shed, you've done enough.
The great outdoors can't and shouldn't be cleansed of mold.

--
Dan Espen

On Jan 17, 11:43*am, "hr(bob) "
wrote:
On Jan 17, 5:20*am, "Robert Green" wrote:

What is the best way to clean up mold? *My shed developed a leak and
everything inside is now covered with a greenish, powdery mold. *I've
patched up the leak and started wiping down things with rags moistened with
Clorox. *When that's done, I wonder what else I should do. *I have a
portable dehumidifier, a space heater and some powerful fans. *I recall
seeing (here I think) that I should acquire a UV device to kill any remain
spores.

Any and all ideas appreciated.

--
Bobby G.

Rather than just wipe the surface with Clorox, I would apply it using
a sprayer of some type to actually get the Clorox to penetrate into
the wood grain a little bit.

+1...

Never use a portable anything in a mold contaminated area which
you ever intend to use or store inside your house ever again...

All you would be doing by that is spreading the various mold
spores inside which you never want to do...

If you really want to get rid of the mold, spray it down with a
strong beach solution like others have said during a long dry
weather period -- allow it to dry out completely then use a
Kilz type primer paint to encapsulate whatever mold you
were not able to kill...

~~ Evan

On Jan 17, 4:20*am, "Robert Green" wrote:
What is the best way to clean up mold? *My shed developed a leak and
everything inside is now covered with a greenish, powdery mold. *I've
patched up the leak and started wiping down things with rags moistened with
Clorox. *When that's done, I wonder what else I should do. *I have a
portable dehumidifier, a space heater and some powerful fans. *I recall
seeing (here I think) that I should acquire a UV device to kill any remain
spores.

Any and all ideas appreciated.

--
Bobby G.

Isn't the hazmat black mold green in color? GET IT TESTED!

On Jan 17, 6:20*am, "Robert Green" wrote:
What is the best way to clean up mold? *My shed developed a leak and
everything inside is now covered with a greenish, powdery mold. *I've
patched up the leak and started wiping down things with rags moistened with
Clorox. *When that's done, I wonder what else I should do. *I have a
portable dehumidifier, a space heater and some powerful fans. *I recall
seeing (here I think) that I should acquire a UV device to kill any remain
spores.

Any and all ideas appreciated.

--
Bobby G.

You already have a UV device that will do that,. Place the effected
objects out in the sun.

Jimmie

"Dan Espen" wrote in message
...
"Robert Green" writes:

What is the best way to clean up mold? My shed developed a leak and
everything inside is now covered with a greenish, powdery mold. I've
patched up the leak and started wiping down things with rags moistened
with
Clorox. When that's done, I wonder what else I should do. I have a
portable dehumidifier, a space heater and some powerful fans. I recall
seeing (here I think) that I should acquire a UV device to kill any
remain
spores.

Any and all ideas appreciated.

For an outside shed, you've done enough.

Not if makes my wife cough to enter it.

It makes my wife cough to enter it.

The great outdoors can't and shouldn't be cleansed of mold.

It turns out that the very unused of late car with a sunroof is now a car
with a sunroof that's full of mold. We has some long days of rain and the
sunroof drain apparently plugged up. The rubber's 20 years old so an
impressive amount of water entered the car. It's close to becoming a tax
donation, but it was the first car I ever bought for cash and I've got a
sentimental attachment to it. It will have to be cleaned no matter what I
do with it. What amazes me is how fast it all bloomed. Anyway I am in full
scale mold removal mode and kind of wondering why it's so florid.

I'm putting a small space heater to either cook the mold or explode the car
right after I type this. I've got a little ionizer I could use, but I don't
think it will be enough. It seems 2012 is the year of the "War on Mold."

Thanks for your input, though. I'm coughing, too. (-: The War on Mold
begins . . .

--
Bobby G.

"Evan" wrote in message
...
On Jan 17, 11:43 am, "hr(bob) "
wrote:
On Jan 17, 5:20 am, "Robert Green" wrote:

What is the best way to clean up mold? My shed developed a leak and
everything inside is now covered with a greenish, powdery mold. I've
patched up the leak and started wiping down things with rags moistened
with
Clorox. When that's done, I wonder what else I should do. I have a
portable dehumidifier, a space heater and some powerful fans. I recall
seeing (here I think) that I should acquire a UV device to kill any
remain
spores.

Any and all ideas appreciated.

--
Bobby G.

Rather than just wipe the surface with Clorox, I would apply it using
a sprayer of some type to actually get the Clorox to penetrate into
the wood grain a little bit.

+1...

Never use a portable anything in a mold contaminated area which
you ever intend to use or store inside your house ever again...

Now that the car's involved (see other msg), I need solutions geared to
automobile demolding. I've actually found a discouraging busload of
information and many firms that do this professionally. Sunroofs appear to
do a lot of damage. I am glad the van doesn't have one. This car saw very
rough service - never garaged and parked under a mulberry tree. Also has
VERY - no make that ridiculously - hard to clear drain tubing that snaked,
inaccessibly through the body of the car where it exited to whizz on the
car's tire and often plugged with goop right there.

All you would be doing by that is spreading the various mold spores inside
which you never want to do

I have a space heater I could donate to the project. If high heat and
dryness kills them, then I can either toss or decontaminate the heater.

If you really want to get rid of the mold, spray it down with a strong
beach solution like others have said during a long dry weather period --
allow it to dry out completely then use a Kilz type primer paint to
encapsulate whatever mold you were not able to kill...

Sounds like a plan for the shed - although SWMBO, the "travel light" ex-Army
brat has placed her vote for the demolishment of the shed. That could be
the eventual fate of the now-moldy shed which was built against the fence by
a neighbor's son-in-law, replacing an older shed that was built that way -
too close to the line for code although I was too young and dumb to know it
at the time. It turns out that nothing in there is really worth saving and
there's critters under there, too! Demolishment using masks and hoodies
that go right in the hot water heavy duty washer cycle is sounding better
and better.

The car probably should go, too. Twenty years is good enough use.
Obviously I don't drive it enough to warrant happening or I would have
noticed the leak before it molded out. But on occasion having two cars is a
*very good thing.* Another good things about breaking down the shed is that
our tax assessment will drop.

Decisions, decisions. Drying out the car is number one - clearing the drain
number two and maybe even taping down some clear plastic overlapping the
sunroof is in order.

Thank for your suggestions, Evan. Outside I go with a space heater,
wireless thermometer sender and a very heavy duty extension cord to begin
the drying out process.

--
Bobby G.

"Robert Green" writes:

"Dan Espen" wrote in message
...
"Robert Green" writes:

What is the best way to clean up mold? My shed developed a leak and
everything inside is now covered with a greenish, powdery mold. I've
patched up the leak and started wiping down things with rags moistened
with
Clorox. When that's done, I wonder what else I should do. I have a
portable dehumidifier, a space heater and some powerful fans. I recall
seeing (here I think) that I should acquire a UV device to kill any
remain
spores.

Any and all ideas appreciated.

For an outside shed, you've done enough.

Not if makes my wife cough to enter it.

It makes my wife cough to enter it.

The great outdoors can't and shouldn't be cleansed of mold.

It turns out that the very unused of late car with a sunroof is now a car
with a sunroof that's full of mold.

Hmm, how did we get from shed to car?
Is there a car in the shed?

Mold grows on just about everything outdoors.
When you wiped down the interior with bleach I think
you should have gotten the interior of the shed down to
normal levels.

Mold likes darkness and moisture.

If you take the contents out into the sun and ventilate
you should be okay.

HOWEVER, with a wife involved...

--
Dan Espen

"JIMMIE" wrote in message
...
On Jan 17, 6:20 am, "Robert Green" wrote:
What is the best way to clean up mold? My shed developed a leak and
everything inside is now covered with a greenish, powdery mold. I've
patched up the leak and started wiping down things with rags moistened
with
Clorox. When that's done, I wonder what else I should do. I have a
portable dehumidifier, a space heater and some powerful fans. I recall
seeing (here I think) that I should acquire a UV device to kill any remain
spores.

Any and all ideas appreciated.

--
Bobby G.

You already have a UV device that will do that,. Place the effected
objects out in the sun.

Jimmie

Part of the problem is that the sun has been unavailable - which helped lead
to the mold problem to begin with. It's getting cooked overnight with a
space heater.

--
Bobby G.

"Dan Espen" wrote in message
...
"Robert Green" writes:

"Dan Espen" wrote in message
...
"Robert Green" writes:

What is the best way to clean up mold? My shed developed a leak and
everything inside is now covered with a greenish, powdery mold. I've
patched up the leak and started wiping down things with rags
moistened
with
Clorox. When that's done, I wonder what else I should do. I have a
portable dehumidifier, a space heater and some powerful fans. I
recall
seeing (here I think) that I should acquire a UV device to kill any
remain
spores.

Any and all ideas appreciated.

For an outside shed, you've done enough.

Not if makes my wife cough to enter it.

It makes my wife cough to enter it.

The great outdoors can't and shouldn't be cleansed of mold.

It turns out that the very unused of late car with a sunroof is now a
car
with a sunroof that's full of mold.

Hmm, how did we get from shed to car?
Is there a car in the shed?

No. Just reverse serendipity. It's been warm, dark and wet this winter and
the sunroof drain plugged up and I didn't catch it in time because we don't
use that car much. There's stinking mold everywhere.

Mold grows on just about everything outdoors.
When you wiped down the interior with bleach I think
you should have gotten the interior of the shed down to
normal levels.

Mold likes darkness and moisture.

If you take the contents out into the sun and ventilate
you should be okay.

Just checked the weather - partly to mostly cloudy for the next 5 days
ending with snow. )-:

HOWEVER, with a wife involved...

Yep. It's probably never going to be clean enough. Maybe a blessing in
disguise and time for a new used car.

--
Bobby G.

On Jan 17, 6:24*pm, "Robert Green" wrote:
"Evan" wrote in message

...
On Jan 17, 11:43 am, "hr(bob) "
wrote:



On Jan 17, 5:20 am, "Robert Green" wrote:

What is the best way to clean up mold? My shed developed a leak and
everything inside is now covered with a greenish, powdery mold. I've
patched up the leak and started wiping down things with rags moistened
with
Clorox. When that's done, I wonder what else I should do. I have a
portable dehumidifier, a space heater and some powerful fans. I recall
seeing (here I think) that I should acquire a UV device to kill any
remain
spores.

Any and all ideas appreciated.

--
Bobby G.

Rather than just wipe the surface with Clorox, I would apply it using
a sprayer of some type to actually get the Clorox to penetrate into
the wood grain a little bit.

+1...

Never use a portable anything in a mold contaminated area which
you ever intend to use or store inside your house ever again...

Now that the car's involved (see other msg), I need solutions geared to
automobile demolding. *I've actually found a discouraging busload of
information and many firms that do this professionally. *Sunroofs appear to
do a lot of damage. *I am glad the van doesn't have one. * This car saw very
rough service - never garaged and parked under a mulberry tree. *Also has
VERY - no make that ridiculously - hard to clear drain tubing that snaked,
inaccessibly through the body of the car where it exited to whizz on the
car's tire and often plugged with goop right there.

All you would be doing by that is spreading the various mold spores inside
which you never want to do

I have a space heater I could donate to the project. *If high heat and
dryness kills them, then I can either toss or decontaminate the heater.

If you really want to get rid of the mold, spray it down with a strong
beach solution like others have said during a long dry weather period --
allow it to dry out completely then use a Kilz type primer paint to
encapsulate whatever mold you were not able to kill...

Sounds like a plan for the shed - although SWMBO, the "travel light" ex-Army
brat has placed her vote for the demolishment of the shed. *That could be
the eventual fate of the now-moldy shed which was built against the fence by
a neighbor's son-in-law, replacing an older shed that was built that way -
too close to the line for code although I was too young and dumb to know it
at the time. *It turns out that nothing in there is really worth saving and
there's critters under there, too! *Demolishment using masks and hoodies
that go right in the hot water heavy duty washer cycle is sounding better
and better.

The car probably should go, too. *Twenty years is good enough use.
Obviously I don't drive it enough to warrant happening or I would have
noticed the leak before it molded out. *But on occasion having two cars is a
*very good thing.* *Another good things about breaking down the shed is that
our tax assessment will drop.

Decisions, decisions. *Drying out the car is number one - clearing the drain
number two and maybe even taping down some clear plastic overlapping the
sunroof is in order.

Thank for your suggestions, Evan. *Outside I go with a space heater,
wireless thermometer sender and a very heavy duty extension cord to begin
the drying out process.

--
Bobby G.

Ewww... Moldy cars are a whole different topic...

Think on the level of full interior restoration... Anything less
would
only be covering up the smell... You don't know how deeply into
the seat fabric and stuffing the mold has penetrated...

For future reference, it is always a good thing to cover seldom
utilized vehicles with a water-resistant covering of some type
which is secured to itself via ropes or bungee cords under the
vehicle... Sunroofs can leak like you have found out but also
sitting in the weather window flashing and gaskets can leak
and some older cars can have the windshield leak when it
just sits...

~~ Evan

"Evan" wrote in message
news:c1aed582-662a-4d91-a8e9-
On Jan 17, 6:24 pm, "Robert Green" wrote:

stuff snipped

Ewww... Moldy cars are a whole different topic...

Think on the level of full interior restoration... Anything less
would
only be covering up the smell... You don't know how deeply into
the seat fabric and stuffing the mold has penetrated...

Yes, I think the death knell has sounded for this car. Since I wasn't going
to sell it but donate it, no big loss.

For future reference, it is always a good thing to cover seldom
utilized vehicles with a water-resistant covering of some type
which is secured to itself via ropes or bungee cords under the
vehicle... Sunroofs can leak like you have found out but also
sitting in the weather window flashing and gaskets can leak
and some older cars can have the windshield leak when it
just sits...

Agreed. Once again proving "Experience is gained proportional to the amount
of equipment ruined."

--
Bobby G.

"Robert Macy" wrote in message
...
On Jan 17, 4:20 am, "Robert Green" wrote:
What is the best way to clean up mold? My shed developed a leak and
everything inside is now covered with a greenish, powdery mold. I've
patched up the leak and started wiping down things with rags moistened
with
Clorox. When that's done, I wonder what else I should do. I have a
portable dehumidifier, a space heater and some powerful fans. I recall
seeing (here I think) that I should acquire a UV device to kill any remain
spores.

Any and all ideas appreciated.

--
Bobby G.

Isn't the hazmat black mold green in color? GET IT TESTED!

Could be. My wife used the car to attend U.S. Army Biological Arms Control
Treaty Office (BACTO) - located at Fr. Detrick a while back. I wonder if I
still get a tax deduction if the Feds confiscate the car?

--
Bobby G.

"hr(bob) " wrote in message
...
On Jan 17, 5:20 am, "Robert Green" wrote:
What is the best way to clean up mold? My shed developed a leak and
everything inside is now covered with a greenish, powdery mold. I've
patched up the leak and started wiping down things with rags moistened
with
Clorox. When that's done, I wonder what else I should do. I have a
portable dehumidifier, a space heater and some powerful fans. I recall
seeing (here I think) that I should acquire a UV device to kill any remain
spores.

Any and all ideas appreciated.

--
Bobby G.

Rather than just wipe the surface with Clorox, I would apply it using
a sprayer of some type to actually get the Clorox to penetrate into
the wood grain a little bit.

The shed AND the car have both been declared casualties in the "War on
Mold." From the remarks here and the reaction of my wife I realized that I
would never be able to clean up either to meet her exacting standards.
They're both about 20 years olds (the car and shed, not my wife!) so I've
gotten good value out of them.

--
Bobby G.