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It's a bedroom on the second floor of a poorly maintained house that hasn't been painted for years and is close to ocean beach.
Perhaps the whole wall needs to go. But there is no fund now. So I'm looking for a temporary solution.
I just saw a product called black light flash light, which is supposed to reveal mold. Is it a good thing to use to detect mold?
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if there is mold growing in the walls that pirmer will do nothing at all.
realistically you need to cut into the dry wall and look in there and see how bad the mold is.
I would talk to a mold specialist. They will likely do an assessment for free. Once you have the assessment you can go from there. without knowing what you are up against you are flailing in the dark.
one thing you can do is get an ozone machine. Once cheap one like this
that is a cheap version of an expensive product that works really really well. uses UV light, so dont look at it while using it
take the unit with the hose, poke a hole thru the drywall, put the hose through there, and turn the unit on. do that throughout the room. that will really help with mold in the walls.
then put the beast unit in the room, close all windows and door, seal the room off completely and turn that unit on for several hours. DONT breath the air!!. once done, open the window from the outside and put a fan blowing out. dont go in till it has aired out for a couple hours.
that will help WAAAAYY more than some cheap primer. do that multiple times.
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Unfortunately I am going to live there in a few days. My temporary solution... wearing a N95 mask all the time until the mold is under control.
I used N95 mask before and suffered no ill consequence...either because of the mask or the mold wasn't as bad as now. The weekend I sprayed vinegar and thought I didn't need the mask. Big mistake.
lapis29, thank you very much for the information about ozone, which sounds like a great temporary solution.
Two questions...does the ozone kill the mold on the wall? If not, can I use a hair dry, vinegar or baking soda regularly to kill the mold?
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ozone will kill the mold it comes into contact with, but if the mold is deep in to the wall, well it wont kill it because it cant reach it.
vinegar is ok, but not that amazing for mold
you can get a timer and run the ozone unit during the day when you are gone. seal the room, run the unit for 2 hours, then turn it off. by the time you get back it should be mostly dissipated. that way you can continue to treat it regularly.
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<quote> little is known about the chemical by-products left behind by these processes (Dunston and Spivak, 1997).
Ozone can adversely affect indoor plants, and damage materials such as rubber, electrical wire coatings and fabrics and art work containing susceptible dyes and pigments (U.S. EPA, 1996a).< <unquote>
Have you used ozone extensively to decontaminate before? Did you see problem?
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yes, it can damage certain plastics if exposed for too long, but I have never had any issues. just be sure to air out the room very thoroughly before breathing the air.
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