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Wood furnishings must be well-maintained when used inside bathrooms or kitchens. From left to right: Rachael Ray Home by Legacy Classic Furniture Kitchen Island Top 6020-190-T and the Fine Furniture Design Bedroom Madeline Vanity 1586-138.
There are many decluttering and cleaning tasks that you can postpone but when your home is pestered by household molds, then you had better roll up your sleeves and see what needs to be done. Molds can cause a plethora of health issues and they can even destroy the place where they are growing on.
Molds are fungi spores that commonly float on air. They then cling to surfaces that are damp. There, they grow and then gradually consume the very surface where they have been residing at. The key to a mold-free environment is to do the cleaning even before molds take root.
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Molds are able to produce allergens that cause allergic reactions in a few people. Some of the indicators include hay fever-like symptoms. What’s worse is that not all biocides or chemicals can kill molds. In fact, there are cleaners that are not able to annihilate the mold population and these end up causing more allergic reactions.
Apart from killing the mold, it pays to have them removed. Here are some cleanup tips –
Find Their Hideouts
The most common homes for molds include leaky plumbing, roofs, damaged floors, and even indoor humidity can lead to molds on your furnishings. Water and flood damages also often cause mold growth in just under 24 hours.
Just think of any place in your home where it is dark, damp, and unventilated and you already know the potential mold-forming zones. These are areas where water often travels including plumbing arteries, drains, crawl spaces, and walls that have plumbing from the ground bathroom to the bathrooms on the upper floors.
Mold Hot Spots
Regions that are also humid or damp tend to be the best spots for molds to grow. Arid areas are still not immune, though. Even buildings that you think are tightly sealed can still be improperly ventilated which can still cause moisture and eventual mold buildup.
Clean up cellars, basements, those areas behind or under your fridge, underneath the bathroom and kitchen sinks, behind walls, around your air-conditioning units, under your carpets, and around the window sills.
Mold can also go undetected behind wallpapers. Sometimes, it takes mold inspectors to find where they are hiding. Glue can actually act as a food source to molds.
What Is Mildew?
Mildew is a kind of fungi coating that forms on any damp surface. This generally grows in flat patterns and looks powdery gray or white.
Mold is much darker in color and is usually green or black. Unlike mildew that just grows on the surface, molds tend to take root and penetrate the surface where they’re at.
Time to Clean Up
If the mold buildup is on ceiling tiles, carpeting, wallpaper, drywall or any porous surface, then make sure that the item gets thrown right away. These materials make it impossible for you to totally remove the mold buildup especially when it has already taken root.
Molds also cultivate on the backside of your drywalls, also in wall cavities. Since this is so, it takes time before you see the problem on the surface.
DIY Mold Cleanup
Bleach. Mix a cup of bleach with ample water to concoct a gallon. Pour the solution to spray bottles and spray on those mold-infested areas. You can also use a cloth or sponge for your bleach solution.
Vinegar. Do not dilute. Use full-strength and spray onto the moldy surfaces. Wipe off with a clean cloth.
Baking soda. Make this baking ingredient your new best friend since it is renowned for its cleaning properties. For molds, mix half a teaspoon of baking soda with a gallon of water. Mix then scrub onto the moldy surface.
Rinse with water.
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Friday, August 26th, 2016
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Bathroom cleanliness is quite important to homes and more so to facilities. Unsanitary restrooms could be home to germs that can bring about allergies and a host of other diseases. This is the very reason why the bathroom should be cleaned every single day.
Repeat customers could be the cause of unsanitary bathrooms. Effects of unsanitary bathrooms could extend to employee productivity as it has been proven that unclean bathrooms can cause lower productivity. As a result, various aspects of the business can be affected by something that is as simple as a bathroom cleanup.
Germs can bring about allergies and a whole host of diseases. Begin cleaning from the vents and ceilings. Have them dusted for cobwebs. Make sure the dust from those areas reach the floor.
Next, have the mirrors and other wall pieces dusted, cleaned then polished. Make sure the hand dryers are disinfected, too. Use a disinfectant to clean partition doors. After these, move on to toilet bowl disinfecting. Disinfect the inner and outer parts of the bowl. Don’t forget the base.
Be sure to empty out the trash receptacles of paper towels and sanitary pads. Remove gum and other stuck dirt on the floor. Mop the floor and use a disinfecting solution.
Lastly, wipe hand plates, door handles, and kick plates.
These tips should help you clean the bathroom like a pro or at least know how to check right after a professional commercial cleanup.
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Clean the Stained Bathtub
There are two things that you need to remember when cleaning a stained bathtub in hotels and other such areas – first, you have to know which stain removal technique you would use and; second, find out which products would be right for the tub.
The most common bathtub materials are enameled metal, acrylic and porcelain. If your bathtub looks like plastic, then it is most probably acrylic. If it looks non-plastic, it is porcelain, iron or steel.
To be able to tell the difference between porcelain and enamel, all you have to do is to stick a magnet on the side of the tub. If the magnet sticks, then it is enamel.
If you are removing stain from a porcelain tub, you might want to buy a pumice stick. This can scour the surface and could get rid of stains on porcelain toilet bowls. This scouring stick costs just $2.
Removing the stain from enameled tubs can be a bit more difficult. Pumice stick should not be used in such cases because they can leave permanent scratches. This is also true with anything that is acidic so say no to vinegar and bleach.
Abrasive powders may be used but be sure to test a part of the tub before you go all out on your cleanup. Use such powders sparingly, though. For tougher stains, make a paste with the powder then allow it to sit for half an hour before you rinse away.
If you want to be on the safe side, use the ever reliable hydrogen peroxide. It is cheap and it can make the bathtub look sparkly clean.
‘Out to clean an acrylic tub? Then know that this type is more prone to fading, scratching and cracking. Since this is so, avoid anything that’s abrasive. Use cream cleaners, again, allowing it to sit for half an hour before the actual cleanup.
Mildewy Walls and Flooring
Another serious, dirt problem in the bathroom is mildew. You can work like crazy each day, cleaning and scrubbing, but if it still stinks, then you have to look for the culprit. More often than not, it is mildew.
Find an anti-mildew solution then gently scrub the area. It helps if you let the solution sit for a few minutes before rinsing it off.
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