Removing Mildew from Cabin Interior Carpet (Monkey Fur)

[Mainegrady]

Does anyone have any good advice or tips for removing the back mildew on the interior carpet or what some call monkey fur?

Thanks in advance

 

[busterblue]

Easy fix

garden sprayer filled with 50/50 bleach solution on a hot dry day. spray it on, let it sit, hit the spots tht are still stained again, let it sit, hit the ....... let it dry , the smell will dissipate eventually and the residue seems to inhibit the regrowth.

wear clothes you want spotted, goggles and gloves a real respirator if you have it. If not make sure the boat is ventilating or you'll burn your sinusses

 

[Mainegrady]

so you dont have to srub it in? just spray it on?

 

[busterblue]

yes, its that easy

no scrubbing, saturate the fur - try not to get it on the rubber window gaskets and wood trim

 

[Mainegrady]

Sounds like a plan, thank you for the tip!

 

[Barlow46]

Got this info from johnbridge.com, a tile forum and was a recommendation to clean mold from showers.

Mold removal formula
This is an excerpt from a thread about mold. The author is a member and an official with the Dallas Housing Authority.

So what works? According to the instructor of the mold class I attended, try a spray bottle with the following in it:

1/2 gal. white vinegar
1/2 gal. hydrogen peroxide-common peroxide available from your drugstore
1 cup boric acid
keep closed tightly
mix well - use in a spray bottle on a dry surface.


Shake well and spray area well. The vinegar/peroxide kills active live mold and the boric acid keeps them that way. (Note: uncapped peroxide loses it's oxygen molecules to the air when not capped tight and becomes H2O [water], so keep this solution in a bottle that can be capped off tight).

Instructor stated that boric acid works on mold bodies like it does on roach bodies - cuts them and they bleed to death because they cannot "coagulate" (snakes and snails and puppydog tails).

I guess we all know that there are some very beneficial molds, too.

One last note on the above solution. This solution will not "bleach" out the mold stain. After mold is under control, then you can bring out the bleach and whiten the mold stains.

For all you shower lovers!!!!

Slowbaker
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