I am curious about trying to remove mold spores from things like bedding that are regularly washed. Won't the environment simply supply more spores?
Garnet On Sun, 2004-08-15 at 15:40, Mike Monett wrote: > Re: CS>CS: Mold, Chlorine Bleach and Vellux Blankets > From: Ode Coyote > Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 05:29:05 > http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/m72458.html > > > In the old days, people used to boil their clothing. Could that be > > one reason for it? > > > Ode > > Hi Ken, > > Thanks for the reply, and to all who answered this thread with good > info. > > I have been soaking my bedding in hypochlorous acid for 4 hrs, then > heating in a microwave for 30 minutes while turning them over every > ten minutes. This makes them hot enough to generate steam, but it's > important to put them in a sealed plastic container - otherwise they > will develop hot spots and catch fire. > > I got the idea of using hypochlorous acid from the EPA: > > http://www.ehso.com/bleach.htm > > and from an agricultural article: > > http://www.agnr.umd.edu/MCE/Publications/PDFs/FS715.pdf > > This seems to work for most spores, but leaves several types > unharmed. I tried different dilutions with little effect except to > burn holes in the cloth:) I'm pretty sure that Vellux blankets would > not survive this treatment. > > Best Wishes, > > Mike Monett -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
