How to kill mold on interior walls? It has been scrubbed and painted over now blistering paint w/ mold behind.
Question:I heard Ultra violet light can kill it. But I heard bleach is not a good idea.
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We had mold growing around the window in one of our upstairs bedroom and the best thing to use is bleach. It kills the mold and apparently stops it from coming back. If it is behind the paint, it will probably ruin the paint job when you put the bleach on it. After you get all the mold cleaned, run a dehumidifier in the room.
If you read down a bit it tells you how to use the bleach to get rid of the mold.
http://www.mold-insp.com/htm/getting%20r...
Contact mold specialist!
You would have to locate the source of the problem!
it sounds like your home has too much humidity, i have used bleach on walls before, mix it with hot soapy water first, use a sponge clean the wall and wipe it dry afterwards. you can buy paint made special for mold, like kitchen/bathroom paint, its mold proof and washable, a little pricey though but good,
i've also used lysol spray
Lysol kills mildew, just read the label on the can of disinfectant spray. I would think that would have taken care of the mildew in the first place. Then you would have needed to prep the wall by washing with trisodium phosphate (TSP) to remove the residue left behind before painting.
I don't really know if Lysol is the best, but it makes sense to me after reading the label. I think at this point since you painted over live spores, that your going to have to strip off the paint you applied, to be able to kill the mildew. You're probably going to have to strip it to be able to paint it again anyway.
Ugh, more work!! : (
http://www.lysol.com/solutionsfinder.sht...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/trisodium_p...
If bleaching or other chemical treatment doesn't work, you may have a water leak inside the wall. In that case, you have to find the source (leaky roof? plumbing crack? leak in a plumbing fixture on the floor above?) and replace the sheetrock. If the sheetrock is getting wet from within, the mold won't stop. If the mold is pervasive, the spores will spread even once the sheetrock is dry, and start colonies other places. Some are toxic, most are not.
my husband, used bleach on a sponge worked good.
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