I bought Bleach with and without Chlorine. Does it make a difference which one I choose to kill the mold on the baseboard in one of my bathrooms in my home?
Bleach with or without Chlorine?
by asilentone 2 Replies latest jw friends
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I get a newletter from a guy who is a builder. His site is called *Askthebuilder.com*. Here is the link and then a link to one addressing mold: (These will open in new windows)
http://www.askthebuilder.com/344_Mold.shtml
From his site, and I have used it:
Cleaning mold is fairly simple. A solution of 4 parts water and 1 part chlorine bleach can be used to remove mold from tile, concrete, grout and other surfaces that are not harmed by the harsh chlorine. Fabrics, carpet, painted walls, wood, clothing, etc. can be cleaned using non-toxic oxygen bleach. Oxygen bleach is a powder that is mixed with water. It is readily sold on the Internet and on cable television. Some national club membership stores carry it as well. It is best to buy it in its pure form. Many companies that sell oxygen bleach add fillers to the product. Find one that is 100 percent pure oxygen bleach.
Oxygen Bleach is Oxyclean. Same stuff Billy Mays was pushing. You buy the dry stuff and mix it with water and it cleans like crazy. I cleaned my deck with it, ala, this guys instructions, and it got all the black stuff off and then I restained it.
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Nathan Natas
There are two different compounds used as the active ingredient in the dry oxygen bleach powders.
The most common compound is Sodium Percarbonate. Less frequently used is Sodium Perborate.
When it come to dealing with mold problems, perborates offer two benefits: they bleach as well as percarbonates, and the small amount of borate that they leave behind inhibits further fungal mold growth. If you can find a product with perborte on the label, use it, otherwise, consider fortifying your oxygen bleach with some borax laundry booster.