Everybody would agree with me on the fact that mold cleaning is a hefty task and risky too. But you need to do it as it does not make any sense to live with molds under the same roof. They not only make your home, furniture, carpet and other properties look ugly, but they make you sick at the same time.



Once they develop inside your home and start affecting you and your family members, you have to kill them rude. No mercy. You may think that fungi are useful for nature as they perform the task of bio-degradation; but if you leave them they will continue making you sick. So take necessary steps to make your home free from molds and mildews.

When you finally start it, chances are high that you would feel helpless! You never know where molds have grown and where haven't. They can grow on any surface practically, provided it is moist. Molds collect their food from dead organic matters which are found everywhere in nature.

Concrete walls, food, fruits, leather goods, wood products, crawl spaces, basement, bathroom and kitchen walls, window sidings, pipes, awnings, curtains, upholstery, carpet – molds can settle everywhere. They are ubiquitous! Now, to make your home 100% mold free, you have to clean all the items individually. Tough.

Let's try to make the entire process simpler.

Mold Inspection

The first and foremost task is to conduct thorough mold inspection. This process tells you where molds have nested so that you can hit the nail right on the head.

You can contact mold inspectors of your city so that they can help you find the locations of mold growth in your home. If you want to do it yourself, just buy mold testing and inspection kits to locate visible and hidden mold colonies. You would be surprised to learn that they can reach anywhere practically.

When the inspection is over, you are supposed to have a fair idea about the places of infection. Now, you know where to apply your mold cleaning products to make your home mold free.

Here you enter the next phase of mold removal. You need to directly interact with the molds and mildews. Chances of getting infected are high. To make it simple just make a list of movable infected items and then decide which can be disposed.

Identify the things that you do not need

Things that are already outdated and you can easily buy a better version should be replaced first of all. For example, if your moldy carpet has been torn and worn; just get it out of your home and buy a new one.

Molds in carpet are very much sticky. As carpet is porous, they penetrate deeper and you find it difficult to kill carpet molds. Thus replacing the carpet is a good option.

However, if you really want to save your carpet, use spray based mold cleaning products. Spray the solution all over the infected surface and let the solution do its job automatically.

Cleaning Agent

Instead of using synthetic and chemical based cleaners, try organic cleaning products. Organic mold removers kill molds permanently and stop them from coming back to re-infect the substance.

At the same time, green cleaning products are safe and free from side effects.