Re: Using MMS To Kill Mold ?

[Guest guest]

Hello Premiergifts,

They closed off the spaces, or houses, and sprayed in chlorine dioxide gas. You

can approximate that by using hydrochloric acid to activate, then diluting to

the concentration needed. You then load that mixture into a fogger and fog the

area and let it soak for a few hours before opening it up.

After you have killed the mold, you can then go back and clean everything up to

remove as much of the mold as possible, then you can fog again with an a

solution using citric acid to activate. This will leave a residual that will

continue to work keeping the mold from re-occurring.

The first solution would need around 60 PPM free chlorine dioxide. Depending on

the size of the room, 1 - 2 liters of solution should be all that is required.

After fogging, you need to keep the room closed for a couple of hours to let the

chlorine dioxide work. To make 1 liter of 60 PPM concentration, put 2 ml of 5%

sodium chlorite in a glass and add 2 ml of 6% HCl. Add enough water to make a

total of 1 liter.

The second solution would need about 600 PPM available chlorine dioxide with

about 60 of that as free chlorine dioxide. 1 liter should be plenty for most

rooms. With this solution you fog, air out and go on with your normal routine.

The residual will dry on exposed surfaces and will come to life as the humidity

increases and mold and mildew try to come back. This application will be

effective for many weeks, depending upon weather conditions. Under demanding

conditions, it will last 6 - 8 weeks. Under less demanding conditions it can

last 24 weeks, or longer. To make 1 liter of this solution you would put 20 ml

of 5% sodium chlorite in a glass and add 20 ml of 10% citric acid. Swirl to mix

and let the solution activate for 10 minutes. Next, add enough water to make 1

liter total.

General cautions include safe chemical handling, and avoid breathing the fumes.

You should probably remove plants and pets from the rooms you are treating while

you are treating them. After you air things out, the plants and animals should

be fine.

If there is a lot of hidden mold, you will notice a chlorine dioxide odor every

time the humidity raises. If this happens, the best thing to do is to figure

out where the mold is and remove it. If that is not possible, additional

fogging will be necessary. The amount needed will be directly related to the

amount of mold hidden away. The goal is to end up with no odor at all. We have

had some cases where we ended up using a 30 day time release packet and it took

several months before everything returned to normal.

Tom

>

> I read somewhere that they used Chlorine Dioxide after hurricane Katrina

> to kill mold there. Anyone know the proper mixture to use to kill black mold

in building materials like they did in Katrina. Thanks

>