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Kristin Kizer Abraham, Kristin Kizer Abraham

Posted by
Kristin Abraham
Mar 16, 2007

This blog comes after hearing about a horrible incident that happened to a friend and client of mine. A pipe broke at their lake house and by their next visit (only 2 weeks later) there was mold everywhere. Of course their problem is much larger than the typical mold issues, they had standing water and their furniture, floors, drywall, etc have to be replaced or repaired by professions. But I immediately remembered a recipe I have for cleaning mold and their main floor and finished attic could probably use a good scrubbing.

The recipe is:

2 parts water

1 part bleach

1 scoop powdered laundry soap

It's a very simple recipe and it really does clean the mold off your walls, floor, bathroom, anywhere and it disinfects.

This recipe is best on small areas of mold or mold that doesn't go deep into your walls. If you're going to be painting over a moldy area, like a basement, you will want to scrub the walls with the mold recipe and then use a paint with Kilz or some other anti-mold agent. These products work great and will help keep mold out of your home.

I realize this isn't the most attractive or the most fun aspect of interior decorating but sometimes decorating requires a little elbow grease. And for the health and safety of you and your family it's important to make sure you are living in a mold free home.

Oct 26, 2009 11:13 PM

Guest :

i think i have a problem.......yikes! i have an enclosed garage that had a door that would not close, and for over a year........it has been partially open, therefore allowing rain to enter just at that point. not that we have had a ton of rain, but it was not protected. a lot of stuff was stored in the garage. i recently took some big plastic storage boxes out of there full of jewelry i wanted to use in making jewelry to sell. they were in plastic bags. all of the jewelry has a musty smell to it. i brought it into my house........and took jewelry out to air out, but there is still a musty smell on a lot of the pieces. will this affect the rest of my house, and am i endangering my health? could this atually be mold?