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A100man
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PostPosted: 14:46 - 21 Feb 2024    Post subject: Mould and Mildew cleaner - what's any good? Reply with quote

Prices from £1 Astonish to £9 Ronseal (Cillit Bang and HG in between) for similar looking products.

All have mixed reviews.. Bath room ceiling windowsill etc.. you know teh score. What works?

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PostPosted: 15:34 - 21 Feb 2024    Post subject: Reply with quote

The HG stuff is the dog's bollocks. Wouldn't use anything else
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PostPosted: 15:51 - 21 Feb 2024    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cillit Bang with bleach.
And improving ventilation will help.

Mould needs humidity.
Poor ventilation increases humidity.

Upgrade your bathroom extract fan to a more powerfull one.
Run it when showering and let it run for a few minutes after.
If there's condensation on mirrors, then there's condensation on walls and cetera.

Put some vents through the door. No air in, no air out.
It will pull drier air from the house into the lavy and the fan will push the moist air outside.
Careful if there's an open window near the fan as it can recycle the moist air. Wasting your 50p energy.

We live in the UK, it used to be a tropical rain Forrest. We were left with the rain. Rolling Eyes

Ventilation is the cure.
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PostPosted: 17:10 - 21 Feb 2024    Post subject: Reply with quote

MCN wrote:
Cillit Bang with bleach.
And improving ventilation will help.
Ventilation is the cure.


Indeed so. Meanwhile..
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PostPosted: 17:41 - 21 Feb 2024    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dry out, fresh paint.
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PostPosted: 02:25 - 22 Feb 2024    Post subject: Reply with quote

A100man wrote:
MCN wrote:
Cillit Bang with bleach.
And improving ventilation will help.
Ventilation is the cure.


Indeed so. Meanwhile..


Cillit Bang (with bleach).
Elbow Grease.
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PostPosted: 11:21 - 22 Feb 2024    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm a sad man..

I've studied the Coshh sheets.. 80% of formulations are bleach based principally <5% Sodium hypochlorite with a soupçon of NaOH..

.. the exception being Ronseal whih contains some kind of alcohol.

I will proceed with a bleach preparation and finish with some Zinsser BIN cover-up 'paint'. Then keep the window open longer.
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PostPosted: 14:33 - 22 Feb 2024    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is it only me that thinks 'Cillit Bang' sounds a bit rude?
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PostPosted: 15:26 - 22 Feb 2024    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tried the HG stuff, it's pretty good but like you said it's all just bleach anyway.
Worth looking at your extractor fan too if you have one and make sure it's still pulling a good amount of air. I upgraded mine a few years ago and it made a huge difference from the cheap one I had
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PostPosted: 16:07 - 22 Feb 2024    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ayrton wrote:
Tried the HG stuff, it's pretty good but like you said it's all just bleach anyway.

I've not been through the COSHH sheets, and for sure it will be mainly bleach; but I can assure the OP that whatever else is in the HG stuff, that is a lot more effective than plain bleach. I've used loads of alternatives over the years, and that's the gold standard.
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PostPosted: 20:59 - 22 Feb 2024    Post subject: Reply with quote

I did a bit of ground work and am currently using the Wickes Fungicidal Wash and am so far impressed with it. Safe around fabrics as no bleach.

From what I learned is to avoid anything with sodium in it as that absorbs moisture.
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