Mold Abatement: Safely removing mold from your home

Before doing anything, you will want to make sure that you have the proper protective gear for mold abatement. A good pair of safely goggles (make sure there are no holes in the goggles), rubber gloves and a safety mask (use a mask that completely covers your face). If you are working in a largely affected area, you will want to make sure you get an OSHA approved mask. You will also want to wear a biohazard suit (you can get one at any safety store) and boots. Make sure you are completely covered as you do not want the mold to latch onto your skin.

The first step in mold abatement is to identify and contain the area that has been affected by the mold. Once you have the area marked off, you will want to shut down the entire area by sealing it off from ceiling to floor with plastic sheets. Once you have done this, you can start the process of killing the mold.

You will want to first check to see if the reason you have mold is due to an ongoing problem that will need to be fixed. If this is the case, it is silly to try and clean up something that is only going to happen again. Get to the root of the mold problem and get it fixed.

Now that you have it contained and have hopefully identified the source you can go to work on killing the mold in the area. You will complete one or two spraying with a fungicide or home remedy for mold killing. There are plenty of recipes available on the web for effective mold killing sprays.

Once you have killed all visible mold, you will need to clean up as much of the surface mold as you can by completely scrubbing down the area. You can use a Borax-based detergent during this process. This is a substance that kills mold naturally. A simple solution in warm water will work fine. Once you have completed this, spray the area again with your fungicide or home remedy for mold killing.

The final step in m old abatement consists of cleaning up the rest of the area to ensure that all mold spores that may have attached themselves to other areas during the cleaning are removed. Clean everything thoroughly from top to bottom and immediately dispose of all coverings.

From this point forward, you will have to monitor and maintain all areas that were contaminated with mold. You may never be able to completely getting rid of it but maintaining the area on a daily basis with alleviate the possibilities that it will come back in the manner that it did before.