Mold removal?

I live in a condo and recently heard a neighbor comment she has black mold in her room, i later was looking for something in my closet and found the walls had black mold on them. And it was on some of my formal dresses. I tried to clean it with bleach, and it removed a lot of it, but not all of it. Whats the best way to deal with this issue… i have heard everything from cutting the drywall out or using a product called KILZ will that work? Is it dangerous to my health? how so? can i dry clean the dresses or are they just garbage?

Kilz works on mold stains, but doesn’t do anything to the mold. In fact, the oil based kilz is actually food for the mold. The mold has to have a water source that must be stopped before the mold can be removed for good. After that clean the mold off with a good cleanser and use a bleach mixed with a mildewcide. Bleach alone will not kill mold, it just makes it white for a while. The sheetrock will probably need replacing, but only as a last resort as the back side of the sheetrock is probably covered. If the moisture source is removed there’s a chance the mold will die. I’m not sure how to clean your dresses. Sorry. Good luck

One Response to Mold removal?

  1. larry l September 7, 2010 at 1:44 pm #

    Kilz works on mold stains, but doesn’t do anything to the mold. In fact, the oil based kilz is actually food for the mold. The mold has to have a water source that must be stopped before the mold can be removed for good. After that clean the mold off with a good cleanser and use a bleach mixed with a mildewcide. Bleach alone will not kill mold, it just makes it white for a while. The sheetrock will probably need replacing, but only as a last resort as the back side of the sheetrock is probably covered. If the moisture source is removed there’s a chance the mold will die. I’m not sure how to clean your dresses. Sorry. Good luck
    References :
    40 years experience

Leave a Reply