How To Use Boric Acid for Mold Remediation

Step One:  Prepare Boric Acid Formula Mix

Mold Removal, Killing & Prevention Boric Acid Formula

3 parts water
1 part hydrogen peroxide (available at many pharmacies/drug stores)
1 cup boric acid for each one-half gallon of mixture (water and hydrogen peroxide)

You can substitute 1 part water with 1 part white vinegar. Some professionals (including mold expert Phillip Fry) believe that vinegar increases the long term killing effect of the absorbed boric acid.

Step Two: Wear Proper Protective Gear

When you are removing mold growth, you need to protect yourself against breathing in, or ingesting, airborne mold spores. Read the mold remediation safety steps and mold remediation procedures at http://www.moldinspector.com/mold_removal.htm.

Step Three: Use Boric To Remove Surface Mold Growth

Keep the formula mix always mixed well by frequent shaking of the unused mix. Apply the formula by spraying a wet coating of boric acid formula onto moldy surfaces. Use a $40 hand pump garden sprayer or a hand-held electric sprayers (with a big through-put tube so as not to be clogged by the boric crystals).  Each mixed gallon of boric acid formula will cover approximately 200 square feet of spray area.

As an alternative to spraying, you can apply it onto moldy surfaces with a paint brush and/or paint roller.

After applying the boric formula, let it work on the mold for at least 15 minutes. Then use a power or manual brush scrubber to physically remove the mold growth.

If the mold is too deeply in grown into the building materials to be removed by the above procedures, you need to remove and discard the moldy materials. When you remove the moldy materials, you may find that there is actually mold growth requiring removal INSIDE  the wall, ceiling, or floor.

Step Four:  Spray or Apply a Protective Coating of Boric Formula To Help Prevent Future Mold Growth

Once you have removed all mold growth, it is a good idea to spray or otherwise apply a wet coating of boric formula. Let the formula dry, leaving a coating of boric crystals onto the surface as a strong anti-mold protection.

Where To Buy Boric Acid

You can buy boric acid for delivery anywhere in the USA at Mold Mart, http://www.moldmart.net.  If you want boric acid to be sent anywhere in Canada else in the world, please email envirodangers@yahoo.com  for a special quote to include postal priority mail delivery to your postal delivery address outside of the USA and Canada. Include in your email your complete foreign postal mailing address.

 

Boric Also Kills Fleas and Ants

Another use for boric acid powder is treating fleas that in the home. Many of those that have pets that come into the home are often finding that they drag fleas into the home as well. In order to get rid of these, the person should sprinkle boric acid around on their carpets and make sure that that it gets down into the carpets, in order to kill the fleas that are there. It can also be sprinkled onto furniture. For tile and other areas that pets are, dissolving some boric acid powder into the water and mopping with this is a great way to get rid of the fleas.

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