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October 14, 2009
Moldy Smell
The basement of my building flooded over the summer, and post clean up effort we have been smelling mold. I have read about mold to a degree and most sites recommend using borate based products to eliminate it. Any advice on what to buy?
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Where is the mold? Wood? Drywall? carpet? unkown? I've only heard of using borates for wood, but that is to prevent fungus in wood that might be repeatedly exposed to water such as exterior wood. Mildew can just be cleaned off of wood and as long as there's no ongoing water or significant humidity, it shouldnt come back. Moldy drywall probably needs to be torn out and replaced rather than cleaned.
Posted by: BHS at October 14, 2009 1:19 PM
if you're just cleaning surfaces, sodium hypochlorite (bleach) works great.
Posted by: denton at October 14, 2009 4:39 PM
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