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Prepared for Sophia R. | Delivered March 23, 2020
Mold Cleaning
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Goals
To establish scientific methods of cleaning mold on furniture, clothing and other home items.
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Early Findings
Upholstered Furniture
Upholstered furniture may be complicated to clean as ozone can be
difficult to penetrate
.
Getting rid of the
mold spores
and fragments that are embedded in upholstered furniture even in their tiniest forms is not easy. Therefore, getting rid of these items altogether may be the only way to ensure that toxic levels are
not reactivated or triggered.
Many experts suggest
discarding all upholstered
items and buying new ones as the infested upholstery may continue to be problematic even after cleaning.
Metal or Glass Furniture
Metal or glass furniture includes
tables, stools, carts,
photo frames, chairs, and shelves. In this case,
ammonia solution
may be used to clean these items thoroughly.
Metal or glass items may later be
rinsed and dried thoroughly
before they are moved to an uncontaminated environment.
Carpets
Seeing that mold loves fabric such as carpet, it is recommended that the carpet is removed entirely from
mold-infested areas
. Clean the carpet using a vacuum cleaner that has a
high-efficiency particulate
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(HEPA).
Compared to regular vacuum cleaners that deposit back mold spores into the atmosphere after sucking, HEPA vacuum cleaners use a
strong motor
and fine filter that will ensure thorough cleaning and thorough sucking of mold spores.
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