Posted by Tractor Tom in Iowa on August 13, 2011 at 17:22:04 from (173.30.5.231):
I have a 30 by 40 foot shop space that I rent, 1200 square feet, in other words. I have no windows, but a people door and a huge overhead door about 12 feet high and 16 feet wide. I have been absent from the shop for about 4 weeks. It has therefore been closed up. We had a few straight weeks of 90s and high humidity in Eastern Iowa. Today, I discovered MOLD. Mold on some books. Mold on a wooden file cabinet. Mold on plastic, rubbery picture album covers. Within all of my tool chest drawers, the wooden handled and rubber surfaces of my hand and power tools are molded. I can smell the mold in the space. There is even mold on some of the painted surfaces of two of my tractors. My wife thinks we can wipe things down with bleach and rinse and be OK. But, I am concerned. What about the interior surfaces of my power drills, the insides of the tractors that aren"t reachable? Do I want to use bleach on the painted surfaces of the tractors, even if I rinse down real well. I am open to suggestions. This is my second summer in this shop. Last year, I had no trouble like this. This came as quite a surprise, but, when thinking about it, it seems logical that this could have happened. Last summer, I was in the shop a lot more and had the door open a lot more. Yes, I think the fact that it was closed up was quite bad. Question is...what to do to try to arrest all of the mold and deal with it. I"m open to all suggestions. Thanks, Tom
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