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Mold cleaning on your boat
We found this article on the web some time ago.
The source is
unknown but it does work!
Thanks to the "writer" of this article about a problem
for many boaters
out there
The Mad Dog Crew
Mold cleaning on your boat
Let me tell you info from another thread and massive mold
experience. I had it so bad when I got this boat, I thought it
was just some dirt. It was evil, NASTY Wisconsin Black Mold.
Harsh stuff. It actually showed up as pneumonia in a chest x-ray
I had and I didn't even know I was that affected.
Here's the absolute best, 100% best way to clean it so you only
have to do it once a year at best:
1) Get a real mask (like with the removable metal screw on
cartridges that will also protect you from chlorine) and gloves
to protect you from spores while you clean. These things are
highly toxic and you actually get more and more sensitive to
them the more you are around them. I didn't believe it at first,
but then found out the hard way.
2) Buy some kind of laundry detergent (powdered), some bottles
of Clorox, and 20 Mule Team Borax. All of the above can be found
in a grocery store.
3) Get a bucked of fresh water, mix in laundry detergent, a
healthy dose of bleach and a real healthy dose of borax.
4) Get out some ScotchBrite pads, a sponge and a stiff bristle
brush.
5) Don your space suit.
6) Put bleach in a sprayer bottle, full strength. (2 tsp per
pint water?)
7) Start by spraying bleach on all the mold. Spray a nice, heavy
coat on. Watch the mold turn to yellow, then start to fade out.
Now you can take your mixture of borax, detergent and bleach and
scrub until the surface looks brand new. You will get any water
stains off this way too.
8) After scrubbing, drain or remove any standing water and let
the area dry. Use a fan if there isn't enough ventilation to
have it dry naturally. DO NOT RINSE!!!
That's it. The bleach will kill the mold and help clean the
area, while the detergent freshens it up. The borax stays put
after you're done scrubbing and keeps the pH such that mold
can't re-grow. The only time you'll get more growth is if the
borax gets washed out by running water coming in, or slowly
degrades after a couple years.
If you have running water coming in, you need to fix the leak to
keep from having more mold.
It is imperative to not take any shortcuts too. You must remove
all dead mold, or it will give new mold something to feast on
while it's growing. We did this toward the end of the summer
this year and remain mold free right now, living aboard, cooking
aboard, etc...
This methods works like crazy, and your boat will feel fresh and
clean inside, instead of stale and "thick."
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