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[Anonymous No.3713262]

Biologists of /sci/, today I call upon you for help. A room in the house I am leasing has a serious mold problem. Not like "oh, there's been a lot of mold turning up," no, this room is fucking devoured. It belongs to the mold now. Today I need to do the unthinkable and venture into the room.

I'm moving into another place soon and need to sort through my things in the mold room first. I plan for it to be a quick in-out as most of it is in crates already. I can just drag them onto the driveway and go through it there. I'm currently constructing a hazmat suit out of garbage bags, ski goggles, a yardwork type breathing mask, and duct tape.

Any suggestions, warnings, or things i should GTFO upon seeing would be greatly appreciated.

[Anonymous No.3713268]

>biology
>a science

[Anonymous No.3713269]

if it's not airtight you're fucked, just saying

mold infection is not funny

[Anonymous No.3713276]

Bleach. Find out a way to fucking flood the place with bleach and scrub it clean. Get a gas mask for real.

[Anonymous No.3713279]

>HAZMAT suit

I'm pretty sure a pair of gloves and simple N95 Respirator would do the trick

[cy No.3713285]

you might want to consider investing in a legitimate mask

[Inurdaes !V1sPhobos. No.3713292]

>seal room
>poke one small opening and empty a large gas bottle full of some poisonous gas, perhaps chlorine (better make sure that room is sealed well)
>few days later venture inside and open the window in some completely sealed garbage bag HAZMAT suit

I don't suppose that would be effective in killing off the mold?

[Anonymous No.3713298]

I lost a lung to a mold infection even though I wore a mask, hire a professional for your own safety.

[Anonymous No.3713299]

>>3713292
>Poisoning mould

What the fuck am I reading.

[Inurdaes !V1sPhobos. No.3713318]

>>3713299

[Anonymous No.3713329]

>>3713299
dude has a point
chlorine is used as...uh my sweet english
You CAN kill mold and fungus with it, but filling the room with chlorine gas it unnecessary overkill. there are many cleaning products which can deal with it just fine.

[Anonymous No.3713371]

>>3713298
Was it long time exposure? how much mold was there?

[Anonymous No.3713385]

How to kill mold: easy mode

1) mix 1 part water: 1 part bleach
2) place inside spray bottle
3) wear protective mask over face (spores can't penetrate through it).
4) venture into room and spray the mold with the solution
5) step out and take a nice shower (you deserve it)
6) wait 24 hours.
7) mold is dead/inert.

Have fun

[Anonymous No.3713387]

>>3713262
You should be ashamed of yourself rentinng out such dangerous property.

[Anonymous No.3713389]

spray the room with bleach

[Anonymous No.3713392]

>I'm moving into another place soon
>need to sort through my things in the mold room first

>complains about mold being dangerous.
>keeps things in a mold pigsty.
You must be quite filthy yourself.

[Anonymous No.3713404]

Congrats, your stuff is infected with mold now.

[Anonymous No.3713407]

a fungicide from a gardening section would work.
It's just sulfer you mix with water.
I don't think there's anything you can get to kill spores though.

Been wondering myself,
how toxic is sulfer /sci/?

[Anonymous No.3713423]

dont breathe the spores

they CAN and WILL proliferate in your lungs

[Anonymous No.3713437]

>>3713292
That part's up to the landlord. I'm just getting my stuff out.

[Anonymous No.3713440]

Dude, the whole room must be first treated with anti-bacterial/anti-fungus by professionals and then have it painted with (anti-fungal) limewash.

[Anonymous No.3713452]

>>3713437
Then why did u leave ur stuff in mold? What do u think happens if u leave ur stuff in it?

[Anonymous No.3713464]

>>3713392
I left the place for a month and a half under my roommates' supervision. granted the room wasn't tidy but it wasn't infected. I came back, saw it, nope'd hard, and never went back. it's been another few weeks. The landlord knows and I won't get into it but I need to go through my stuff myself.

[Anonymous No.3713482]

have a good fan blowing out the window, disturb the mold as little as possible

[Anonymous No.3713504]

Forget about your stuff.

It's infected.

[Anonymous No.3713519]

>>3713482
no widows, one door.

[Anonymous No.3713529]

>>3713504
I mean to salvage anything that can be cleansed. Obviously clothes and books and such will be thrown out but items like spray paint cans, a canvas still in plastic wrapping, and a disassembled desk can be saved

[Anonymous No.3713546]

OP, please take a picture of yourself in the suit and post it here when you go for it.

[Anonymous No.3713573]

POST PICS OP i need to see your room at your hazmat suit to... properly judge on what you should bring SO POST PICS, and make a guide about it

[Anonymous No.3713611]

go with the sulfer (most powdered fungicide in gardening)
even small amounts prevents fungus on cuttings of err... tomatoes
mix as much as will dissolve in water and spray the hell out of everything.

from cornell.edu:
Sulfur is known to be of low toxicity, and poses very little if any risk to human and animal health (1, 8). Short-term studies show that sulfur is of very low acute oral toxicity and does not irritate the skin (it has been placed in EPA Toxicity Category IV, the least toxic category, for these effects). Sulfur also is not a skin sensitizer. However, it can cause some eye irritation, dermal toxicity and inhalation hazards (8).

Chronic exposure to elemental sulfur at low levels is generally recognized as safe

[Anonymous No.3713640]

couldn't a sufficiently strong array of hard UV bulbs spaced around the room and left on for a day or two do a pretty significant amount of damage to the mold?

i remember reading that mold and its spores can be fried by UV, and it doesn't even need to be that powerful

[Anonymous No.3713644]

I wouldn't try it, OP.

Buy a proper gas mask with filters. Mold is not to be fucked with.