I live near Los Angeles, Calif. It rained for many days non-stop, here.

Today I discovered many of the normally white wood ceiling and side
panels have black dirty spots in our outdoor screened Lani room. 1/2
of a wooden panel is black with this stuff.

My first guess is this is a mold. When I wipe the dirty spot with water
on cloth. Cloth turned dark like plain old dust.

Wiped another dirty panel with bleach water.
Samething, dirt came off making cloth black.

Further, the normally white wood panel has an off-white color in the
areas where I wiped away the black stuff. Could these panels be be damp
or wet?

Is this mold or something else?

How should I clean these panels? Should I wash each with a bleach water
solution?

Thanks for any suggestions.

Dave_s

Is this mold or something else?

Sounds like mildew, mold, or soot. Get some
benadryl in case of adverse reactions and smell the
stuff (don't *SNORT* it). You should be able to
tell if it's mildew or mold.


How should I clean these panels? Should I wash each with a bleach water
solution?

Thanks for any suggestions.

Dave_s

Bleach is not the first line of defense, use something like the drugstore
brand of Listerine. It has Thymol as the antiseptic.

You also might want to air the place out as much as you can. If the place
dries out it won't come back.

--

Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.


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I live near Los Angeles, Calif. It rained for many days non-stop, here.

Today I discovered many of the normally white wood ceiling and side
panels have black dirty spots in our outdoor screened Lani room. 1/2
of a wooden panel is black with this stuff.

My first guess is this is a mold. When I wipe the dirty spot with water
on cloth. Cloth turned dark like plain old dust.

Wiped another dirty panel with bleach water.
Samething, dirt came off making cloth black.

Further, the normally white wood panel has an off-white color in the
areas where I wiped away the black stuff. Could these panels be be damp
or wet?

Is this mold or something else?

How should I clean these panels? Should I wash each with a bleach water
solution?

Thanks for any suggestions.

Dave_s