Guest guest Posted July 7, 2006 Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 Recently my father painted the entrance door and the wooden planks around it (which are both outside our and inside the flat). Several days after that, I thought I sensed some contamination on the outer side of the door. I supposed that some mold contamination got there cause, while he was painting, he entered my room once and asked me something carrying the brush in his hand waving it in the air. And in my room there's an old couch which is somewhat contaminated. I applied some desinfectants to the door after he had finished and the contamination seemed to have subsided, but not entirely. However, it was bearable and nothing alarming. I SHOULD HAVE LEFT IT AS IT WAS. But... some little devil didn't want me to let it stay that way, and I thought that I would achieve the best result if I applied some diluent (petroleum based), so that the new paint gets soft again, and so that the disinfectant I meant to apply (eucalyptus and oregano oil) would be able to penetrate deeper. When I put the brush into the diluent, I neared it to my stomach and nose and sniffed it. It didn't feel like it had any significant amount of mycotoxins or mold. (I usually can feel that stuff on the spot). I applied the diluent and the essential oils to the door (outside) and to one wooden plank that's inside and stands between the entrance door and the door of my room. This seeemed to have worked well until that night... when to my horror I found out that the whole outer part of the door, and especially that wooden plank inside the appartment became SO contaminated that I could hardly believe. It off gassed massiveamounts of mold/mycotoxins. It instantly made me nauseous and I got diarrhea. I tried with various disinfectants, but nothing helped. Eventually, I bought a product that is used to remove old paint. It really did work, and I managed not only to remove the newest paint, but several other, older layers of paint, at many places to the point of the wood itself. This procedure might have helped with the outer side of the door (though I'm not sure if it will be good enough yet). However, the wooden plank that is on the inside, is still offgassing mycotoxins or mold. It could be because it is not made of solid wood, but of plywood (I discovered this when I scrapped the last layer of the paint). I have to emphasize that this door is NOT exposed to any significant moisture. In fact the moisture is now only 42% and I'm still bewildered as to how all this happened at all. There's no question that the diluent is the primary source of contamination, I sensed that a few days after the application when I tested it again on my skin. It's just that it didn't feel to be so contaminated to cause such unexpectedly strong contamination. Is there anything I can do to save all this? It would be EXTREMELY complicated to remove the whole door, the frame and the OTHER door of my room that are tightly inter-connected with the entrance door. I already tried borax, various fungicidal essential oils... they all help for a few minutes and then the contamination returns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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