Guest guest Posted November 7, 2004 Report Share Posted November 7, 2004 Many molds can be killed by bleach, and some by hydrogen peroxide. There are however significant differences. Hydrogen peroxide reacts with any organic material, oxidizing it and leaving water. Thus, while killing mold, you are leaving behind a moist situation, exactly what led to the problem in the first place. If the peroxide did not penetrate enough to kill all mold, the problem could be exacerbated by this treatment. The active ingredient in bleach is sodium hypochlorite. Like peroxide, it too decomposes as it does its job. That's why the bleach odor eventually disappears. The decomposition residue is sodium chloride, the same as the table salt Angel used. Just like the dead grass people in nothern climates see along the sides of roads after icy roads are treated with salt, mold does not like the high ionic strength created by the salt. Even mammals can die from too high ionic strength in their body, such as from exclusively drinking sea water. Thus, use of bleach, even very dilute, leaves some minor residual protection, while using hydrogen peroxide leaves none, and may contribute to the problem. Gil Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 11:29:01 +0000 (UTC) From: Angel MCS <jap2bemc@...> Subject: Re: Re: mold remediation update I am curious.... SInce a lot of people advocate using chlorine....I had some mold in our pool area (indoor, separate a/c units etc.) and prior to my husband finding out and dousing it with bleach, I poured some table salt on the growth. What happened was kind of strange. The salt hardened and the mold was *stopped/stunted* I chipped away the hardened salt and the mold was hardened also and I was able to *scrape* it away. To date (6 months) no reappearance. I am wondering since there is chloride in the table salt...could this be a possible remediation tool? When I finally told my husband his immediate response was chlorine/chloride both would work the same way. Any thoughts on this? Thanks, Angel _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2004 Report Share Posted November 7, 2004 Many molds can be killed by bleach, and some by hydrogen peroxide. There are however significant differences. Hydrogen peroxide reacts with any organic material, oxidizing it and leaving water. Thus, while killing mold, you are leaving behind a moist situation, exactly what led to the problem in the first place. If the peroxide did not penetrate enough to kill all mold, the problem could be exacerbated by this treatment. The active ingredient in bleach is sodium hypochlorite. Like peroxide, it too decomposes as it does its job. That's why the bleach odor eventually disappears. The decomposition residue is sodium chloride, the same as the table salt Angel used. Just like the dead grass people in nothern climates see along the sides of roads after icy roads are treated with salt, mold does not like the high ionic strength created by the salt. Even mammals can die from too high ionic strength in their body, such as from exclusively drinking sea water. Thus, use of bleach, even very dilute, leaves some minor residual protection, while using hydrogen peroxide leaves none, and may contribute to the problem. Gil Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 11:29:01 +0000 (UTC) From: Angel MCS <jap2bemc@...> Subject: Re: Re: mold remediation update I am curious.... SInce a lot of people advocate using chlorine....I had some mold in our pool area (indoor, separate a/c units etc.) and prior to my husband finding out and dousing it with bleach, I poured some table salt on the growth. What happened was kind of strange. The salt hardened and the mold was *stopped/stunted* I chipped away the hardened salt and the mold was hardened also and I was able to *scrape* it away. To date (6 months) no reappearance. I am wondering since there is chloride in the table salt...could this be a possible remediation tool? When I finally told my husband his immediate response was chlorine/chloride both would work the same way. Any thoughts on this? Thanks, Angel _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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