Hello All,
Once the weather takes a turn for the warmer, I will be back up on my boat getting it ready for the all-too-short summer season in the north. One of the projects that I am looking at getting done prior to springtime launch is cleaning the black mold out of the inside.
I purchased my 1977 Tartan 30 2 years ago and have done a lot of surface cosmetic cleaning to make it look good on the outside, however if you stick your head into some of the interior access hatches and look at the space between the hull and the liner, there is a layer (albeit light) of black mold growing. I have looked into a few products that will help retard the growth of the black mold (tea tree oil is what I have settled on), but that does nothing to eliminate the already in place mold.
There are a lot of unreachable places that I can see where there is mold. I want to get rid of it, to have a clean slate before jumping on the preventative maintenance program.
Is there an effective way to clean these surfaces?
I had considered bringing aboard my power washer, but the wand won't make some of the bends and I was concerned what it would do to some of the electrical wires in those spaces. Also, I had read a few posts about tiles mold remover and wanted to see if there was any positive/negative experiences out there with that.
Last resort would be to just kill it and accept that the residual mold is there but not growing...not my favorite option.
Thanks for the advice.
Once the weather takes a turn for the warmer, I will be back up on my boat getting it ready for the all-too-short summer season in the north. One of the projects that I am looking at getting done prior to springtime launch is cleaning the black mold out of the inside.
I purchased my 1977 Tartan 30 2 years ago and have done a lot of surface cosmetic cleaning to make it look good on the outside, however if you stick your head into some of the interior access hatches and look at the space between the hull and the liner, there is a layer (albeit light) of black mold growing. I have looked into a few products that will help retard the growth of the black mold (tea tree oil is what I have settled on), but that does nothing to eliminate the already in place mold.
There are a lot of unreachable places that I can see where there is mold. I want to get rid of it, to have a clean slate before jumping on the preventative maintenance program.
Is there an effective way to clean these surfaces?
I had considered bringing aboard my power washer, but the wand won't make some of the bends and I was concerned what it would do to some of the electrical wires in those spaces. Also, I had read a few posts about tiles mold remover and wanted to see if there was any positive/negative experiences out there with that.
Last resort would be to just kill it and accept that the residual mold is there but not growing...not my favorite option.
Thanks for the advice.