wall mould stuff

[Daave]

in my spare room there is a leak in the ceiling, its made the wall go mouldy, how can i clean the mould so that it is sterile and clean, but doesnt damage the paintwork more than it already is..

also what would get rid of the smell of the mould?

[rojash]

We suffer a lot here with high humidity which causes a black mould to grow in the bathroom in winter. Having tried everything else, including bleach, we found that a solution of tea tree oil and water, sprayed daily for about a week, would finally kill it. Unfortunately, it didn't get rid of the black stain, though.

[Daave]

excellent, thankyou...

what kind of quantities did you use, would tea tree on its own remove it faster?, i need to clean it before i get the landlord to fix the ceiling and roof, ive left it a bit long to ring them really! and i want to make it look less bad before they come and see it, the roof is still leaking!

[Andyvon]

I had black mould all over a bathroom wall once due to the bathroom being very damp. In the end, I found that neat thick bleach did the trick. The mould disappeared just seconds after the bleach touched it. I think I left most of the bleach to dry on the wall and the mould never came back.

[rojash]

"what kind of quantities did you use, would tea tree on its own remove it faster?"
We got one of those general purpose spray bottles (I don't know how big - maybe 300 ml?) put in about 10 drops of tea tree oil, topped up with water, and shook it vigorously.
Neat might well get rid of it quicker, but here in Greece at least, tea tree oil is hard to get, and very expensive.

[smouse]

I use dettol mould remover - works a treat and not expensive