Re: Family's Home Destroyed Because Of Toxic Mold

[Guest guest]

could an air compressor be used for the hard items? and wipe down with

biocide?

[Guest guest]

could an air compressor be used for the hard items? and wipe down with

biocide?

[Guest guest]

Once again, I'm amazed to see how unwilling people can be to just try

putting Heirlooms and irreplaceable stuff in storage for a few years

to see if it can be remediated and reclaimed at some later date.

It took five years of Nevada desert heat for some of my stuff, but

all of the " hard objects " don't bother me at all. The " soft " stuff

like cardboard phonograph covers, books are OK and these aren't

things that I would have extremely close to my face.

Furniture, pillows I would never trust again no matter how benign

they felt, but there are many objects that just don't have to be

trashed in the wholesale manner that people may learn later to

be " not quite necessary " .

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[Guest guest]

Once again, I'm amazed to see how unwilling people can be to just try

putting Heirlooms and irreplaceable stuff in storage for a few years

to see if it can be remediated and reclaimed at some later date.

It took five years of Nevada desert heat for some of my stuff, but

all of the " hard objects " don't bother me at all. The " soft " stuff

like cardboard phonograph covers, books are OK and these aren't

things that I would have extremely close to my face.

Furniture, pillows I would never trust again no matter how benign

they felt, but there are many objects that just don't have to be

trashed in the wholesale manner that people may learn later to

be " not quite necessary " .

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[Guest guest]

I tried scrubbing hardwood antiques with borax, and then refinishing

solutions.

It was in with all my other stuff, but the last time I handled these

items I nearly died. In storage now, I might wait out a few years...

Lee

> could an air compressor be used for the hard items? and wipe down with

> biocide?

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[Guest guest]

I tried scrubbing hardwood antiques with borax, and then refinishing

solutions.

It was in with all my other stuff, but the last time I handled these

items I nearly died. In storage now, I might wait out a few years...

Lee

> could an air compressor be used for the hard items? and wipe down with

> biocide?

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I've told this story before on this board about my binoculars.

They were waterproof so I blew them off with a compressor and

said " What the Hell " and just washed them in a sink with soap.

I was out mountain climbing and feeling absolutely mold free and

great after I did my " desert camper escape " also described here years

ago. I got my binoculars out of my pack and started to survey the...

the... Oh My GOD!

They knocked me flat.

Washing them did nothing.

So I was pretty sure that I was never going to be able to touch

anything I had in storage - ever again.

But after a few years I tried to get some stuff out and I noticed

that I had a lesser response. More " allergic " and less toxic.

I washed off some stuff and got rid of the " allergic rash " that I got

from this stuff, but the " lesser toxic " feeling still remained.

But I could tell that as the years went by - the response was

progressively diminishing.

It took five years before I felt comfortable enough to bring anything

at all out of storage and into my environment but they seem to be OK

now.

So while I don't advise people to try remediation and bringing thing

with them, at the same time I still think that people shouldn't just

toss heirlooms and memories away.

There is still a chance they might become bearable given enough time.

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[Guest guest]

I've told this story before on this board about my binoculars.

They were waterproof so I blew them off with a compressor and

said " What the Hell " and just washed them in a sink with soap.

I was out mountain climbing and feeling absolutely mold free and

great after I did my " desert camper escape " also described here years

ago. I got my binoculars out of my pack and started to survey the...

the... Oh My GOD!

They knocked me flat.

Washing them did nothing.

So I was pretty sure that I was never going to be able to touch

anything I had in storage - ever again.

But after a few years I tried to get some stuff out and I noticed

that I had a lesser response. More " allergic " and less toxic.

I washed off some stuff and got rid of the " allergic rash " that I got

from this stuff, but the " lesser toxic " feeling still remained.

But I could tell that as the years went by - the response was

progressively diminishing.

It took five years before I felt comfortable enough to bring anything

at all out of storage and into my environment but they seem to be OK

now.

So while I don't advise people to try remediation and bringing thing

with them, at the same time I still think that people shouldn't just

toss heirlooms and memories away.

There is still a chance they might become bearable given enough time.

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