Musty foulies

[Florida sail]

The Admiral,s foulies must have been put away wet and when taken out recently they smelled really musty and had some slight areas of darkening. High pressure hosing inside and out as well as airing out did little. Any ideas to get rid of the smell?

Thanks,

 

[thinwater]

But were they scrubbed?

Try ~ 1 tsp borax and 2 tsp TSP in 1 quart hot water. Use a brush, then air. Soaking first for ~ 15 minutes will also help.

 

[caguy]

Soak them in bleach then rinse well. A 7:1 mixture should do it.

 

[zeehag]

if you do not wish to ruin your foulies, use borax or preferably, vinegar..the acid of the vinegar actually pre=vents spores from growing into more mold..

no, he small does go away when the vinegar is somewhat rinsed and dried--dont rinse aggressively, as you want the acidic action on the mold spores.

borax and bleach both are base/alkali solutions and wont affect spores as does vinegar...they WILL grow without the vinegar. bleach does not kill em, just ruins foulies, which admonish against use of bleach.

 

[Benny17441]

Let the sun and fresh air do the job. Soak them in a bucket of soap and water, rinse them and hang them out in the sun to dry. Don't know if I would prefer a musty smelling wife or one that smelled like vinager.

 

[zeehag]

benny--the vinegar doesnt make clothing smell like vinegar--it just kills mold and freshens clothing. before fabric softener, vinegar was used to remove soap from clothing....doesnt stink when dry....just does the job. easily without ruining the waterprufing. go figger.

moldy foulies can give bad asthma or other respiratory problems as the mold is hazardous to health.


use of clorox will make the material no longer waterpruf. no more foul in the foul weather gear--only will be good for sunny days. ask me how i know this......

 

[DAVA390]

I`m getting ready to scrub overhead carpet in a Precision 23.It has some black spots in the carpet I presume to be mold. I had planned to use a mix of carpet cleaner juice, Simple Green and some bleach. Should I use vinegar with or instead of the bleach,? If so, what kind of vinegar? Dave

 

[thinwater]

I`m getting ready to scrub overhead carpet in a Precision 23.It has some black spots in the carpet I presume to be mold. I had planned to use a mix of carpet cleaner juice, Simple Green and some bleach. Should I use vinegar with or instead of the bleach,? If so, what kind of vinegar? Dave

The mixture you've described has a number of problems, first of which is that the bleach will tend to react with the cleaners. Second, Simple Green is a good degreaser but not so effective on mildew. It is also very difficult to rinse out of carpet.

Try this simple mixture, sucking up the excess from the carpet with a shop vac (a carpet extractor works even better). No rinse require (the residual repels mildew).

http://sail-delmarva.blogspot.com/2013/04/borax-stopping-mildew-and-rot-on-cheap.html

 

[DAVA390]

I just went to the link, thank you. In the summary list: Baking soda, Borax and TSP. What is the TSP. ?

 

[Chris Patterson]

Trisodium Phosphate. Lowes, Home Depot, whatever..

 

[DAVA390]

Thanks.

 

[zeehag]

for carpet---vinegar alone or carpet cleaner and ammonia. this from a carpet installer/cleaner. preferred cleaner is orvis.

 

[campuscab]

Check with a local carpet cleaner or janitorial supply store for milgo. It is what we use. You might get a carpet cleaner to do it cheap. I give the guys around me a deal it is fun and I end up cleaning 4 or 5 before I leave the marina. I am pretty sure 65k worth of equipment can handle any problems on a sailboat. I am working on cleaning sails now. I got all the big wigs consulting with sail makers and chemists now. I do not,want to loose,any crispness in the sail after cleaning.
But back to the original question milgo is designed to stop mold and smells pleasant. We use it on flood and mold jobs after steaming everything first. Any supply store should have it or something close.
I used it on mine as we spend weekends on it and being that small any mold is not good to be breathing in.