BS: Milling Killdew

Subject: RE: BS: Milling Killdew
From: bobad
Date: 10 Jan 07 - 07:07 PM

This stuff h2orange2 is supposed to work and to be environmentally friendly to boot.

Subject: RE: BS: Milling Killdew
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 10 Jan 07 - 06:44 PM

Most garden fungicides (the organically acceptable ones, at least) seem to use various copper compounds. They wouldn't bleach the rug, but some copper compunds can be toxic (something John doubtlessly knows from using copper carbonate and black copper oxide in glazes) and they may stain.

Sulphur is also a good natural fungicide (high sulphur content is why strong onions keep far better than sweet onions) but I've only heard of using elemental sulphur, not sulphur-bearing compounds, and elemental sulphur STINKS.

Probably better off with sunlight.

Subject: RE: BS: Milling Killdew
From: Bill D
Date: 10 Jan 07 - 06:00 PM

maybe sunlight + some mildew potion? Even an indoor bulb that mimics sunlight might help.

Subject: RE: BS: Milling Killdew
From: Tweed
Date: 10 Jan 07 - 05:01 PM

BeeDubya is all knowing. Do as he says.

Subject: RE: BS: Milling Killdew
From: gnu
Date: 10 Jan 07 - 01:35 PM

Ah... John. Re your 11:20 AM post. Kill the mold ASAP. Some molds can kill you.

Subject: RE: BS: Milling Killdew
From: GUEST, Topsie
Date: 10 Jan 07 - 12:28 PM

Thank you. It works this time.
I've printed a copy to keep for future reference.

Subject: RE: BS: Milling Killdew
From: John Hardly
Date: 10 Jan 07 - 11:58 AM

Thanks.

I am thinking about baking soda as well as antifungal foot powder. The foot powder seems an elegant solution, killing to birds with one stone, as it were. I kill the mildew, and if I walk barefoot on the rug, I kill athlete's foot.

Subject: RE: BS: Milling Killdew
From: Alba
Date: 10 Jan 07 - 11:39 AM

Ill try the link again for you Topsie ma dear:)...Same advice hope link works! Seems to working Topsie, hope it does for you too!

John just a wee afterthought...after I had aired, suntanned and dehumidified my rug I gave a heavy sprinkle of Arm and Hammer Baking Soda over the rug and let it sit for a day then I vaccumed the rug thoroughly. Four months and holding:)

Now all I have to find out is how to get the Basement outside and do the same to it...LOL. If there is a way I will find it.
Again, Good Luck

Jude

Subject: RE: BS: Milling Killdew
From: John Hardly
Date: 10 Jan 07 - 11:20 AM

Thanks for the thinks & links, folks.

I'm going to reverse the rug so that it sits in the light of a window. I'm raising it off the ground a bit. I'm setting a fan on it. Once I've done that for a while, I'll scrub the discoloration and see if it stays off.

If not, the garden mulch thing isn't a horrible idea. Makes for a pretty stylish garden, what with my garden being half perennials and half discarded pottery seconds.

Subject: RE: BS: Milling Killdew
From: GUEST, ...
Date: 10 Jan 07 - 11:11 AM

Soak yourself in alcohol and maybe you won't care any more.

Subject: RE: BS: Milling Killdew
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 10 Jan 07 - 10:54 AM

Maybe just throw out the rug and start over. . .

Subject: RE: BS: Milling Killdew
From: Paul Burke
Date: 10 Jan 07 - 06:16 AM

Is the rug small enough to get into the microwave? Or, mildew being a fungus, perhaps soaking it with alcohol will kill it.

Subject: RE: BS: Milling Killdew
From: GUEST, Topsie
Date: 10 Jan 07 - 06:03 AM

Alba/Jude
I couldn't get your link to work.

Subject: RE: BS: Milling Killdew
From: gnu
Date: 10 Jan 07 - 05:23 AM

http://www.cmhc.ca/en/co/maho/yohoyohe/momo/moaiprre/moaiprre_002.cfm

Laundry detergent (w/o bleach). Scrub and dry.

Subject: RE: BS: Milling Killdew
From: JennieG
Date: 10 Jan 07 - 12:47 AM

I read somewhere recently that bleach doesn't kill mildew, it only covers it for a while. Apparently oil of cloves from the chemist is supposed to actually kill the mould. This site says it can be used on walls but doesn't say anything about rugs.

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: BS: Milling Killdew
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 09 Jan 07 - 11:56 PM

I scanned through the hints at MarthaStewart.com, but didn't find anything helpful. It seems that my mom found more uses for baking soda than you could possibly imagine, and I wonder if this is one of those occasions? I grew up in the land of mildew (Puget Sound area) and prevention was our best weapon. I vote you try the sunshine treatment and keep it dry and see if that helps.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Milling Killdew
From: Gurney
Date: 09 Jan 07 - 08:21 PM

There are mildew killers that are not Hydrogen Peroxide or Sodium Hydroxide based, and are claimed not to bleach any materials. They are usually for garden use, and are supposed to kill but not remove the mildew. My guess (and it is a guess) would be that that and a scrub would be the way to go.

Bodad's suggestion of a drycleaner's is good. They use chemicals to spot-clean mildew.

Subject: RE: BS: Milling Killdew
From: Alba
Date: 09 Jan 07 - 08:19 PM

I detest mildew.....why?

I spent a long time clearing the basement in my new "old" Home.
One of the really nice Rugs in the basement had mildew.
A buddy of mine sent me a helpful link. I shall pass it to you in the hope it helps John.
By the way the mildew Rug is now mildew free and lives in my dining room...so this worked:) Mildew terminator recipe..lol

Good Luck John
Best Wishes
Jude

Subject: RE: BS: Milling Killdew
From: katlaughing
Date: 09 Jan 07 - 08:09 PM

A mixture of hydrogen peroxide and water, half and half, might work, but it, too, might bleach it out too much.

Subject: RE: BS: Milling Killdew
From: bobad
Date: 09 Jan 07 - 07:35 PM

Bring it to a dry cleaners and try to rectify the underlying moisture problem.

Subject: RE: BS: Milling Killdew
From: Thomas the Rhymer
Date: 09 Jan 07 - 07:31 PM

Dry it out completely. Keep it dry for a while, and dry it out some more. And repeat. Then use the Lysol.
ttr

Subject: RE: BS: Milling Killdew
From: Becca72
Date: 09 Jan 07 - 07:14 PM

LOL. I've never tried it but I wonder if the mildew remover for the shower would work? Or does that contain bleach? spray a little and scrub it out? Just a thought.

Subject: RE: BS: Milling Killdew
From: John Hardly
Date: 09 Jan 07 - 06:29 PM

but...

...that wouldn't...


oh.

Subject: RE: BS: Milling Killdew
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 09 Jan 07 - 06:23 PM

Go to the hardware store and buy a five pound pail of silica gel, a roll of black plastic sheeting, and a roll of duct tape. Sprinkle the silica gel liberally on the rug, roll it up tightly in the plastic sheeting and secure it with duct tape. Store in a dry place until spring. When spring arrives, plant a vegetable garden being sure to leave two-foot paths between rows. Unroll the rug, cut into two-foot wide lengths and place them in the garden paths as weed preventive mulch.

Subject: BS: Milling Killdew
From: John Hardly
Date: 09 Jan 07 - 05:20 PM

Any tips on killing mildew on a wool rug? I could, of course, use bleach, but then I'd have a big white spot on my brown rug. Lysol says it might "prevent" it, but it doesn't seem to remove it.

eh?