Re: Confused as all heck / washing items

January 12, 2010

There is more than one way, so no need to think one way is right and the other

is wrong. I believe the ammonia is relating more to denaturing mycotoxins than

mold spores, although I feel sure ammonia would also kill mold spores. I use

sodium bicarbonate in wash water with small amt of detergent and then ammonia in

the 'bleach cycle', i.e. first rinse and then it goes through a final rinse. I

am not MCS though. I think right product may be different for each MCS person.

I have Borax on hand and use it when I'm out of sodium bicarbonate/baking soda.

Vinegar is supposed to be good mold killer but I have never heard that it does

anything to get rid of mycotoxins but if these are truly 'contaminated' things

you are talking about, most people agree to throw out, is right way. If you are

just doing the wash and have become sick from mold or toxins and want clothes to

be especially cleaned of mold spores and toxins in particular, these should do

the trick. I don't know anything about microban but many times there are

commercial products that just cost more and don't do a better job than less

costly alternatives like ammonia, sodium bicarbonate, borax, etc, but can't say

that is the case regarding microban. I've seen paper filters advertised as

treated with microban.

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> I've talked to 5 maybe 6 people concerning how to go about moving and

minimizing the risk of cross contamination.

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> The Industrial Hygienist I hired and the Mold Remediator the HOA hired both

said the best way to rid mold spores from clothes is Borax. Another Mold

Remediater I spoke to sold me a 1 gallon bottle of Microban which I was just

told not to use and someone else told me to use Ammonia.

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> There were 2 indivduals who suggested I buy 2 different products but both were

to expensive and I couldnt afford to buy them.

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> Can someone please tell me what to use and not use. Im beginning to think the

only way get better is to file bankruptcy and start all over from scratch but

doing that wont solve the mold hypersensitivity Im currently experiencing.

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