Help!! I've got the mold!!

[dolo amber]

Bleargh!! I'm preparing to move, and went into the basement to retrieve the winter clothes to start packing them. They were in heavy gauge black garbage bags AND boxes. When I opened them upstairs quite a lot of them are covered in grey fuzzy dank-smelling mold!! I can't afford to replace them all, it's mine and my girls' entire winter wardrobes! :(

Any suggestions, laundry tips, whatever? Oh man I am soooooooo bummed!! :cry:

[Don_G]

1. Wash What You Can In Bleach

There are some good oxyegnatiated bleaches out now that will clean the mold and possibly kill the spores.

[Don_G]

4. Here's A Link

http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~disaster/facts/clengide.html

[Bunny]

2. If it's gray and fuzzy, it may come out in the wash.

I'm not a laundry expert. Just be careful if there is mold that is black/green and slimy. Could have a dangerous bacteria in it (I think it's called staccybottrus (sp?)

[MostlyBlackCat2]

3. some sites with info

http://www.4children.org/news/901haz.htm

http://www.moldinspector.com/clothes_mold.htm
good tips

http://fcs.tamu.edu/housing/iaq/Mold/web/moldgrowthvideoclip_text.pdf

good luck!

[dolo amber]

5. Oooh thanks!!

That second one with the Borax idea sounds good. I can't imagine that would be too expensive, which is good as I'm b-r-o-k-e. (I wonder if the sell that at a regular store?) Anyway, thanks again, I'll definitely try it! :D

[Don_G]

6. Boric Acid

They also made a detergent with Borax at one time but I don't know if its still around.

[dofus]

7. And don't store them in plastic bags at your new place.

Especially not in a basement, which will tend to be damp. The plastic seals in the damp and makes a wonderful environment for mold to grow.

Have them hanging up, or stored in boxes, anything not a plastic bag.

[dolo amber]

8. Thanks for that info dofus

For some reason I thought the plastic would be mold-proof. Not so much, as it turned out.

[madrchsod]

9. i just spent

about 16000 dollars to rebuild my bathrooms because of mold...if you wash them make sure you protect your nose and mouth from the spores on the clothes-wear rubber gloves . the mold is very,very dangerous if it gets in your lungs or nasal passages. my daughter had upper resp. and nasal problems from the mold in the walls by her bedroom. just be careful and make sure all those bags and boxes are disposed in a safe manor. i can`t say enough about being careful about breathing this stuff.