Re: mold on furniture

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You may want to have the furniture hauled off and burned.. seriously.

If its moldy and it has already given you mold illness.. you don't

want to pass that curse on to others..

On 4/23/06, audie5us <suzy12@...> wrote:

> Hi All, I just joined a few minutes ago, and I have a question, How do

> you get mold off a sofa, my mother passed away some years ago, and

> some of her furniture is still in her house, and one day I sat down on

> the sofa and it had mold on it,gross!! I will be getting the house

> ready to sale and I will sell the furniture, there is also another

> room that has mold in the corner, I will need to clean it too. I was

> leaving all the utilites on but with the high price of gas heat and

> the electric, I had ever thing turned off. I already have fibromyalgia

> and can't work very much, but if I can clean a little at a time, I

> will finally get it all done. Any advice will be helpful. Thanks Suzy

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---Hi Susy, Welcome. the only thing I could sujest trying is to put

it all outside in the sun a few days, vacum, clean, vacum some more,

stand down wind and beat it with a broom to get dust out. hope your

wearing a mask, and showering quickly afterwards. does the home

itself have a mold problem or what? if the home has toxic molds non-

washables may be uncleanable. has the home been tested for molds? is

your fybromyalgia from mold exposure? can you give us more info. if

your ill and this home has a mold problem, being in it is not going

to help you. but I dont think no one can tell you to burn it all

without haveing more facts. do you know the sorce of the mold in the

corner of the other room? if the home has a water intrusion problem

somewhere and mold is a problem, you may want to have it tested,and

disclosed in the sale. hard to give you advice without knowing

more.

In , " audie5us " <suzy12@...> wrote:

>

> Hi All, I just joined a few minutes ago, and I have a question, How

do

> you get mold off a sofa, my mother passed away some years ago, and

> some of her furniture is still in her house, and one day I sat down

on

> the sofa and it had mold on it,gross!! I will be getting the house

> ready to sale and I will sell the furniture, there is also another

> room that has mold in the corner, I will need to clean it too. I

was

> leaving all the utilites on but with the high price of gas heat and

> the electric, I had ever thing turned off. I already have

fibromyalgia

> and can't work very much, but if I can clean a little at a time, I

> will finally get it all done. Any advice will be helpful. Thanks

Suzy

>

[Guest guest]

Unfortunately, on anything porous, it is almost impossible to remove (unless

somebody knows something that I don't). I would suggest throwing it out, since

you never know who you sell it to and if that person is sensitive to it.

audie5us <suzy12@...> wrote: Hi All, I just joined a few

minutes ago, and I have a question, How do

you get mold off a sofa, my mother passed away some years ago, and

some of her furniture is still in her house, and one day I sat down on

the sofa and it had mold on it,gross!! I will be getting the house

ready to sale and I will sell the furniture, there is also another

room that has mold in the corner, I will need to clean it too. I was

leaving all the utilites on but with the high price of gas heat and

the electric, I had ever thing turned off. I already have fibromyalgia

and can't work very much, but if I can clean a little at a time, I

will finally get it all done. Any advice will be helpful. Thanks Suzy

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The house I'm talking about is empty, it has a few peices of furniture in it,

and there is some mold in one of the bedrooms, since I've had fibromyalgia for

over 10yrs it isn't from mold, this mold problem just started after we found

some water under that part of the house where the gutter was leaking. My husband

is retiring at the end of this year so we will try to fix up the house then but

I did want to do something with the sofa and chair now. I guess I will burn it,

but they were good furniture the chair is a lazy boy and it was my mother chair

and I wanted to keep it, who do you get to check out mold? Thanks for answering.

Suzy

[] Re: mold on furniture

---Hi Susy, Welcome. the only thing I could sujest trying is to put

it all outside in the sun a few days, vacum, clean, vacum some more,

stand down wind and beat it with a broom to get dust out. hope your

wearing a mask, and showering quickly afterwards. does the home

itself have a mold problem or what? if the home has toxic molds non-

washables may be uncleanable. has the home been tested for molds? is

your fybromyalgia from mold exposure? can you give us more info. if

your ill and this home has a mold problem, being in it is not going

to help you. but I dont think no one can tell you to burn it all

without haveing more facts. do you know the sorce of the mold in the

corner of the other room? if the home has a water intrusion problem

somewhere and mold is a problem, you may want to have it tested,and

disclosed in the sale. hard to give you advice without knowing

more.

In , " audie5us " <suzy12@...> wrote:

>

> Hi All, I just joined a few minutes ago, and I have a question, How

do

> you get mold off a sofa, my mother passed away some years ago, and

> some of her furniture is still in her house, and one day I sat down

on

> the sofa and it had mold on it,gross!! I will be getting the house

> ready to sale and I will sell the furniture, there is also another

> room that has mold in the corner, I will need to clean it too. I

was

> leaving all the utilites on but with the high price of gas heat and

> the electric, I had ever thing turned off. I already have

fibromyalgia

> and can't work very much, but if I can clean a little at a time, I

> will finally get it all done. Any advice will be helpful. Thanks

Suzy

>

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-Hi suzy, there are mold testing companys out there, but beware, they

can be very expencive to do tape test or air test. I would do my own

tape test first, by takeing clear 2 inch tape and sticking it to the

mold that you can find. if theres different colors, try to get a

little of each color on the tape. than stick or put the tape inside a

ziplock bag. one of these mold testing companys can send it to a lab

for you to be tested for what types of mold are present. it should

only cost around $50.00 its important to know what kind of molds

are there and that could also deturmine if you can wet vac you

furniture and save it or what. hopefully you can get more advice from

the mold companys, as I am not a expert, thats about all the advice I

can give you. maybe someone here can give you more. best of luck to

you.

-- In , " suzy12 " <suzy12@...>

wrote:

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> The house I'm talking about is empty, it has a few peices of

furniture in it, and there is some mold in one of the bedrooms, since

I've had fibromyalgia for over 10yrs it isn't from mold, this mold

problem just started after we found some water under that part of the

house where the gutter was leaking. My husband is retiring at the end

of this year so we will try to fix up the house then but I did want

to do something with the sofa and chair now. I guess I will burn it,

but they were good furniture the chair is a lazy boy and it was my

mother chair and I wanted to keep it, who do you get to check out

mold? Thanks for answering. Suzy

> [] Re: mold on furniture

>

>

> ---Hi Susy, Welcome. the only thing I could sujest trying is to

put

> it all outside in the sun a few days, vacum, clean, vacum some

more,

> stand down wind and beat it with a broom to get dust out. hope

your

> wearing a mask, and showering quickly afterwards. does the home

> itself have a mold problem or what? if the home has toxic molds

non-

> washables may be uncleanable. has the home been tested for molds?

is

> your fybromyalgia from mold exposure? can you give us more info.

if

> your ill and this home has a mold problem, being in it is not

going

> to help you. but I dont think no one can tell you to burn it all

> without haveing more facts. do you know the sorce of the mold in

the

> corner of the other room? if the home has a water intrusion

problem

> somewhere and mold is a problem, you may want to have it

tested,and

> disclosed in the sale. hard to give you advice without knowing

>

more.

>

> In , " audie5us " <suzy12@>

wrote:

> >

> > Hi All, I just joined a few minutes ago, and I have a question,

How

> do

> > you get mold off a sofa, my mother passed away some years ago,

and

> > some of her furniture is still in her house, and one day I sat

down

> on

> > the sofa and it had mold on it,gross!! I will be getting the

house

> > ready to sale and I will sell the furniture, there is also

another

> > room that has mold in the corner, I will need to clean it too.

I

> was

> > leaving all the utilites on but with the high price of gas heat

and

> > the electric, I had ever thing turned off. I already have

> fibromyalgia

> > and can't work very much, but if I can clean a little at a

time, I

> > will finally get it all done. Any advice will be helpful.

Thanks

> Suzy

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> FAIR USE NOTICE:

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> The house I'm talking about is empty, it has a few peices of

furniture in it, and there is some mold in one of the bedrooms,

since I've had fibromyalgia for over 10yrs it isn't from mold, this

mold problem just started after we found some water under that part

of the house where the gutter was leaking. My husband is retiring at

the end of this year so we will try to fix up the house then but I

did want to do something with the sofa and chair now. I guess I will

burn it, but they were good furniture the chair is a lazy boy and it

was my mother chair and I wanted to keep it, who do you get to check

out mold? Thanks for answering. Suzy

> [] Re: mold on furniture

>

>

> ---Hi Susy, Welcome. the only thing I could sujest trying is to

put

> it all outside in the sun a few days, vacum, clean, vacum some

more,

> stand down wind and beat it with a broom to get dust out. hope

your

> wearing a mask, and showering quickly afterwards. does the home

> itself have a mold problem or what? if the home has toxic molds

non-

> washables may be uncleanable. has the home been tested for

molds? is

> your fybromyalgia from mold exposure? can you give us more info.

if

> your ill and this home has a mold problem, being in it is not

going

> to help you. but I dont think no one can tell you to burn it all

> without haveing more facts. do you know the sorce of the mold in

the

> corner of the other room? if the home has a water intrusion

problem

> somewhere and mold is a problem, you may want to have it

tested,and

> disclosed in the sale. hard to give you advice without knowing

>

more.

>

> In , " audie5us " <suzy12@>

wrote:

> >

> > Hi All, I just joined a few minutes ago, and I have a

question, How

> do

> > you get mold off a sofa, my mother passed away some years ago,

and

> > some of her furniture is still in her house, and one day I sat

down

> on

> > the sofa and it had mold on it,gross!! I will be getting the

house

> > ready to sale and I will sell the furniture, there is also

another

> > room that has mold in the corner, I will need to clean it too.

I

> was

> > leaving all the utilites on but with the high price of gas

heat and

> > the electric, I had ever thing turned off. I already have

> fibromyalgia

> > and can't work very much, but if I can clean a little at a

time, I

> > will finally get it all done. Any advice will be helpful.

Thanks

> Suzy

> >

>

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>

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