Re: Mold Smell in Car

[Guest guest]

I spray the intake valves with Lysol then let thge car run with windows open

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Dan

Dan & Carmella

[] Mold Smell in Car

Can anyone tell me how to get the mold out of my car air vents?

Everytime I drive I get a migrane. I know that someone at one point

mentioned grapseed oil - where do you put it? Does that kill the mold,

or just the smell? Thanks

[Guest guest]

You really can't just spray something in there and call it a day. You

have to remove it. What year/model is the car? Some newer cars have

cabin air filters. If yours does and it has never been changed and the

environment is right, it MAY be your fungal source.

There are several ways to " remediate " your car, and I would be glad to

help you do this on your own, but in my continuing research of mycology

and restoration industry standards, I would say there are no generally

accepted standards for ANY remediation that conclude application of a

chemical is enough.

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

wrote:

>

> Can anyone tell me how to get the mold out of my car air vents?

> Everytime I drive I get a migrane. I know that someone at one point

> mentioned grapseed oil - where do you put it? Does that kill the

mold,

> or just the smell? Thanks

>

[Guest guest]

How do people remediate cars? What are the specifics?

[Guest guest]

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

wrote:

>

> Can anyone tell me how to get the mold out of my car air vents?

> Everytime I drive I get a migrane. I know that someone at one

point

> mentioned grapseed oil - where do you put it? Does that kill the

mold,

> or just the smell? Thanks

>

My 91 year old father had a problem with mold in his car FOR TWO

YEARS. The source of the mold was an unreachable, unfixable opening

in the partition between the engine and the passenger compartment,

that allowed rain to flow into the car and pool on the floor of the

car.

The carpeting had served as the perfect medium for the growth of

mold. His mold exposure, which had been limited to one hour a day,

five days a week, was enough to require repeated hospitalizations for

breathing problems and other mold-related symptoms. Within 60 days of

getting rid of the car he regained 99% of his health. He got a

pacemaker five months after getting rid of the mold car, which may,

or may not, be mold related.

Just because a Google search of " car mold " only

shows " vents " , " filters " , and " air conditioners " , doesn't mean that

YOUR car mold source can not be something else in your car, such as

your floor carpeting. If you can't be sure of the specific location

of the mold in your car, you will never be able to " remediate " it.

Try doing this " visualization " exercise. (1)Close your eyes. (2)Get a

picture, in your mind, of a laboratory petri dish growing a mold

culture. (3)With your eyes still closed, place four radial tires

underneath the petri dish. (4)Open your eyes and do what has to be

done, to make yourself healthy.

Joe

[Guest guest]

We treat our vehicle's ac as a precaution - our previous vehicle had a

severe mold problem from condensation sitting inside the evaporator

core and providing a pristine growing environment for mold. Everytime

you turned on the fan, either ac or heat, you gave yourself a

mycotoxin shower. The heat really ramped up the aspergilous - this

went on for 8 yrs - we never smelled anything until the last couple of

years - I never smelled it at all - my husband & son smelled it off & on.

With our current vehicle we use a clean paint sprayer/atomizer tip,

use a 50/50 mixture of water/ammonia. We turn on the fan in the car

and spray from the air intake on the outside to clean the vents and

then from the inside (with the fan off) We do this every couple of

months as we've suffered severe health damage from the mold in our

other vehicle. The smell doesn't stay around long - a hour or so. We

do the same thing to the interior of our home because we've cross

contaminated our house from our other vehicle. Smell is gone after a

couple of hours - hasn't hurt any paint or wood floors. Even if it did

-this is our health we're trying to save.

Some vehicles can have problems with the seals around doors/windows.

Had a friend who took off the interior door panel and found it covered

with mold from a leaky window seal.

> >

> > Can anyone tell me how to get the mold out of my car air vents?

> > Everytime I drive I get a migrane. I know that someone at one

> point

> > mentioned grapseed oil - where do you put it? Does that kill the

> mold,

> > or just the smell? Thanks

> >