Re: anyone tried this and does it work?

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Has anyone used this product? I'm wondering if it is very effective

in removing VOCs and odors. I'm still working on the problem of our

stinky mattresses that absorbed bad odors from the moving van.

Thanks, Jocelyn

http://www.nontoxic.com/activatedcarbonblanket/activatedcarbonblanket.htm

[Guest guest]

Hi Jocelyn and Everyone.... I'm new to this....

I read the info in the link that you posted with your post. Those

products sound like a really good idea. I can't really afford that

right now because I've been spending every cent I have on workmen to

finish my mold clean-up. I'm getting ready to move back into my home

after being out of it for 10 months now. Last winter we had a freeze

(on the CA Central Coast) that broke lots of peoples' pipes. It was a

hot water pipe that broke and caused a spray leak under my house for

about a month before I realized it. Since it was hot water it didn't

take long to cause mold to grow so my granddaughter (6) and I were very

ill for all that time before we discovered it. And we're still sick

from it. ANYWAY... the insurance company and the remediation company

that they hired, really screwed everything up. Everybody knows that you

have to clean up the water first to keep the mold from spreading, right?

Well, I kept telling them that but they kept ignoring me and just

cleaned up a little bit of mold that they found inside of the house

right above where the pipe had broken. AND they never even went under

the house to clean up the water or test for mold! Then they told me

that they had already spent as much as they could for mold damage... so

I've been going round and round with them about that.... I've had to

find ways of getting it cleaned up without hiring contractors.... but

researching it and hiring laborers to do a little at a time, as I can

afford it. So far, most of the inside is mold-free and ready to move my

furniture back in. We have had no other options than to move back in...

even while the work was being done... without having the gas turned on

too, since I can't afford that.

ANYWAY... (sorry to keep getting off track)... I had just bought a new

mattress set before this happened and I can't afford to buy another one.

So what I plan to do is to use this wonderful product that I've found,

called Theives Oil, by Young Living. I'm going to try this.... spray

down the mattress and box spring and wrap them each in one of those

zip-up mattress covers that keeps out dust mites, etc., hoping that it

will keep the mold IN... and while it's in there, it will be killed by

the fumes of the Theives Oil. Since it's in oil form and not liquid, it

shouldn't encourage more mold grouth, I hope. I've been using the

Theives Oil in different forms to get rid of the mold in my home plus

using the KILZ paint on all the walls. I can't afford to replace the

" new " carpenting and flooring that I had just spent $7,000 on a few

months before this happened and to use bleach on it would have ruined

it... so I used the Theives Oil Household Cleaner in the carpet

shampooer and it seems to have worked like a charm.... and the house

smells wonderful! (The Theives Oil is a combination of different

natural oils, some of which are cloves, cinamon, plus many more, so it

smells really good!) I became a distributor for Young Living so that I

could get the products at wholesale prices since I knew I would be using

a lot of it. But if anyone else has any info on getting mold out of

mattresses, I would greatly appreciate it.

Nice to meet all of you. I've been reading up a storm, learning very

much from your posts.

Blessings,

Legal_Gramma

--- In , " Jocelyn Brown " <jocbr8@...>

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> Hi,

> Has anyone used this product? I'm wondering if it is very effective

> in removing VOCs and odors. I'm still working on the problem of our

> stinky mattresses that absorbed bad odors from the moving van.

>

> Thanks, Jocelyn

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Don't move anything back into the house untill you have lived in it

long enough to figure out if it is making you sick-this will be

difficult if you are still sick-mold toxin will go right through

covers on mattresses. camping cots at wall-mart or other stores are

very cheap an will suffice . the home may still be contaminated.

spraying and covering mattresses will only work if you are well and

not sensitive to mold toxin. we would all be happy campers if there

was a magic bullet we could spray at the problem.

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[Guest guest]

Hi, I'd be concerned about the remaining toxins from the dead mold

after you spray the mattress, even if you put a mattress cover on it.

We got rid our moldy mattresses when my mother's house was ruined by

water and mold. We walked away from almost everything in the house

that was not wood that could be refinished. After getting info on this

list and the Indoor Air Quality list, we thought it best to save

our health and get rid of most everything. Consumer Advocates at

Policyholders of America helped up to get the insurance company to do

the right thing and pay for the water/mold loss.

I hope you are able to recover from your loss! Sounds like you need

to file a complaint with the Insurance Commissioners office since the

remediation workers did bad work. We had the same problem with our

house. Seems like your insurance company should pay for your carpeting

and beds, etc.

Jocelyn