removing mould from seats and belts

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Mon 5 Mar 2007 09:07
removing mould from seats and belts - bhoy wonder
Looking for some advice. Looking at a car at the weekend. The car itself was fine no issues. The only problem was the fact that the car has sat on a driveway for the last 6 months due to the previous owner passing away. All the seat belts where covered in a greeny blue mould and the front seat had some patches. I had a good look at there are no wet patches any where in the car. My question is how easy is this to clean off and what are the chances of it coming back.

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Mon 5 Mar 2007 15:14
removing mould from seats and belts - artful dodger {P}
You should first hoover up as much of the mould as possible. Then treat all the areas of mould with a mild bleach solution - 1 bleach:4 water. At this concentration it is strong enough to kill the mould without being an aggressive cleaning solution. Use the cheapest from the supermarket and check it has no artificial scent. To apply the bleach solution using a plant spray. Leave to dry. Hoover again. This should kill the mould and hopefully stop it returning. Any further growth, just respray with mild bleach solution.

I learnt this trick on a yacht that was plagued with mould in the cabin and one treatment solved the problem.




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