Tips to Remove Mold in your home

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Tips to Remove Mold in your home
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Contents

• Introduction
• Safety Measures
• Moisten the mold stain
• Scouring
• Sanding
• Disinfection Phase

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Introduction

• Mold is a fungus that grows in a hard surface
  like walls due to water leaks or high humidity.
• It can cause various serious health issues and if
  you see any signs of molds in your home then it
  is very important to remove as soon as it grows.

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Safety Measures

• The very important thing you need to consider
  before you start removing mold in your home is to
  practice safety measures.
• To protect yourself from mold you can use
  protective gears for hands, goggles for eyes and
  wear a practice mask for your face.

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Moisten the mold stain

• Before you start the mold removal process
  remember to moisten the damage area of mold.
• Moisten the mold stain avoids the infection of
  mold through air.

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Scouring

• You can easily remove molds by scouring with soap
  or detergent.
• You can use half cup of bleach with one gallon of
  water to clean the mold stain and remember not to
  use of bleach with ammonia to clean mold stain
  this can produce toxic fumes which will cause
  breathing problem.

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Sanding

• In along with scrubbing and brushing with soap or
  detergent for removing mold you also need sanding
  to avoid future growth of mold on materials like
  wall studs and other structural woods.
• Whenever you do sanding for mold removal,
  remember to do in a separate place which is away
  from your house.

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Disinfection Phase

• This is the last step in mold removal process.
• After the mold is cleaned you can use the mild
  bleach solution on the disinfected mold areas.
• You can leave bleach solution on surface for
  about 10 to 15 minutes to dry and wash it
  completely.