Mold is a type of fungus. Moisture and warm air are the two favorable conditions that allow the mold spores to grow and form green patches around their breeding place. Molds are green in color and have a musty odor. They are minute and rarely visible by the naked eye. They are highly infectious and pose serious health hazards to human. To kill molds is not an easy job. It requires certain basic tools and materials to wipe them out from any place inside or outside your home. The following instructions and tips will guide you on how to go about accomplishing the task of removal of molds without any threat of harms to your family. Read on.
Complexity Level: Basic
Time Required: 30 minutes
Resources Required:
- Vinegar
- Goggles
- Gloves
- Bleach
- detergent
Instructions:
- Identify the places where mold is: It is the first step in killing of molds. Locate the places where these infectious bacteria have grown. Now, get ready to wipe them out from every place inside, outside the house. Mostly, molds are found in those places where moisture is present and start breeding with the formation of green color patches.
- Wear protection: The first thing you have to do is to wear safety gears against molds such as gloves, goggles and a face mask or respirator. Mold is a disease-carrying infectious bacteria. Some of the common infections caused by them are runny nose, watery eyes, sore throat and headache. They grow on moisture and form a green colored patch.
- Use vinegar or bleach mixed with detergent: Vinegar or bleach mixed with ammonia free detergent is used for non-porous materials like tiles, bathtubs, counters and glass tops. When the bleach or vinegar comes in contact with molds, it produces fumes that kill the molds instantly, not even molds but also roots of this type of fungus are destroyed.
- Use scrub: Now, use the scrub to rub the molds patches in order to get rid of them completely. Wash the place with scrub until the mold-affected area is not properly cleaned. It is an effective technique to stamp out them completely. Use phenyl with scrub for better results and complete removal of molds.
- Repeat the process for next few days: Do the process on a regular basis for next few days till you are not properly satisfied with your effort in cleaning them away from the house or at any place around home. Repetition helps in complete killing of molds and leaves no scope for them to reappear and make a home at any place in and around your home.
Frequently Asked Questions:
How to kill mold in carpet?
Having mold under your carpet can cause diseases such as wheezing, running nose, sore throat and watery eyes. To wipe out molds under carpet is an easy task but requires few tools and materials to kill them such as goggles, bleach, detergent and rubber gloves. Firstly, you have to wear gloves and goggles and mix the bleach and detergent in a water bucket and then spray the whole water to the carpet and leave the carpet for half an hour. After half an hour use vacuum on the carpet. You will find good results. All the molds and dirt are out of carpet and your carpet becomes mold-free as it was earlier.
Quick Tips:
1. Wear protective gears such as gloves, goggles and a respirator.
2. Keep windows open for aeration.
3. Use ammonia-free detergent, if you have to mix bleach with detergent.
Things To Watch Out For:
Avoid use of that detergent, which contains ammonia which is mixed with bleach because ammonia reacts with bleach and can create a problem.
