Our bathroom is growing nasty black mold and I'm not sure what to do. There is hardly any ventilation only a small window at shoulder height which we open as much as we can. Has anyone else had this problem?
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Some bleach and water should do the trick. Just make sure that the room is well ventilated. We had a small patch of mold that showed up in the corner of our shower. I sprayed the ceiling with a mixture of bleach and water and it took care of the problem.
Marge from NY
I had black mold growing on the shower walls and bathtub corners.
Started using a squeegie after showers, and then spray the walls and curtain (cloth) with hydrogen peroxide. No more mold.
NO!! BLeach DOES NOT KILL THE MOLD SPORE!!
You are posting BLEACH as a remedy in various places for mold and it can't do the job!
As Marge from NY said you can use bleach to kill the mould. To prevent it coming back you are to have to remove the moisture - either with more ventilation or maybe using a dehumidifier. Otherwise it will come back if there is too much moisture.
Good luck
Ken Milling
cotton balls with bleach on them work for small spots. leave on for a little while, then clean area again. also I use a squeegee or a large old towel to dry walls.
If the mold is on the walls, you might have a water leak inside the wall. Black mold is dangerous for your health and breathing, so be careful dealing with it. Also a dehumidifier may help slow the growth since there is no ventilation.
black mold is very bad for your lungs, please take some THE WORKS, from big lots and apply with a big cloth leave the bath and do not be in the area for a few hours.... shower off the walls and that should take care of it . the works only cost 1.00 at big lots..... use fast and go shopping while it works......
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Something that as work great for me is to put a double fan in the window.
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It doesn't quite fit in my tiny window so it's sideways but it still gets the moisture out since you can set it on reverse and it pushes air OUT the window.
Even works better than a dehumidifier.
Nee
After you get the mold problem taken care of, here's what I do. I have a fan in the hall blowing fresh air into the bathroom (and displacing the humid air), and a small fan in the bathroom turned toward the tub/shower to dry it quickly. Mold can't grow when things are dry. Someone wrote in another time stating that she sprays the shower down with a diluted bleach solution (but I bet a vinegar one would work too).
We had the same problem in our bathroom. Our house was built in the 20's and the window did not open. We got rid of the mould and added a bathroom fan in the ceiling.
I took Dental Assisting School years ago then we were told never to spray any surface saturate your rag and carefully laid on the surface and don't pick it up just wipe it back and forth or if you can pour it on the spot and white keep everything below your waist and throw directly away
I speak from experience - bleach is the best thing to kill mold. Get a ceiling fan installed and also buy some of those moist absorbing crystals ( you get them in the bathroom cleaning isle. We had this problem and even though the window was constantly open - it did not allow enough air in to dry up air.
BLEACH. DOES NOT. REPEAT. DOES. NOT KILL MOLD..... HYDROGEN PEROXIDE !!!! SPRAY WATCH IT WORK WITHIN. SECONDS, REPEAT, REPEAT, REPEAT....
Sweety, black mold is deadly my sister-in-law just passed away due to black mold in her lungs. She was only 39. Please be careful.
Editor's Note Here's a link from the EPA about Mold:
www.epa.gov/
Home Depot was advertising a product for getting rid of mold. I don't know if it works from personal experience, but the name of it is
Concrobium Mold Control.
I was watching HGTV they used clorox and water in a spray bottle.
You can also try a solution of 20 Mule Team Borax and water. Borax is a mold and mildew inhibitor and will help keep it from returning.
Use a bathroom ventilator, you install in the ceiling but before that, use sugarsoap to clean it up. Repaint ceiling with ceiling paint and add mold stuff in, ask at the paint shop.
What is sugarsoap?
I used a mixture of bleach and water and scrubbed down the wall and window area. The mold disappeared. I hope that it does not come back.
there was black mold in this house, when i moved in.i got rid of it with bleach.and so far it has not come back.i wish you all the luck in the world,please remember, when using bleach or ammonia, make sure your in a very ventilated area, raise the windows, and turn on the fan. God Bless
USE HYDROGEN PEROXIDE. THE CHEAP STUFF IN THE DARK BROWN BOTTLES. THRU MUCH RESEARCH TRYING TO KILL BLACK MOLD ON THE OUTSIDE OF A BASEMENT FREEZER, I FOUND A SITE THAT EXPLAINED IT. bleach is toxic and doesn't kill the spores.
700%. CORRECT. HYDRGEN PEROXIDE. ALONE . USE IT OVER N OVER N OVER UNTIL PROBLEM SOLVED.... IT TAKES. MULTIPLE ( MULTIPLE ) TREATMENTS. BUT. WILL ABSOLUTELY. KILL THE SPORES. BE. CALM. WHEN YOU DISCOVER. YOU WILL. NEED TO REPEAT TREATMENTS. bleach. will not kill. only. suspend. ammonia. either. hydrogen peroxide. Alone. !!!!
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