Mold is present practically anywhere. We do not even notice how we inhale her spores with the air. Mold falls on food and begins to grow under favorable conditions for it.
There are many types of mold and each species has a different structure. But any mold has two threads, one of which stretches upward, and the other penetrates inside. Threads of mold can stretch over the entire product area. Therefore, even after cutting off part of the product, where the mold was, do not eat it.
Green and black mold are called so for coloring their threads.
The mold is green.
Green mold, it is also trichoderma, is found most often on food. It is similar to the green mold that lives in the ground and from which the penicillin drug is made.
Green mold grows very fast both on the surface and inside the product. The most optimal conditions for the existence of this type of mold are the high humidity and heat.
Products on which you notice even a small area of mold should be discarded immediately, since the threads that formed the mold themselves can be toxic and poison. By removing the green film from the jam, you will not secure this product. Toxins will be contained already in the whole jam. Having eaten such a product, you doom yourself to poisoning.
The mold is black.
This kind of mold can be found on the walls in damp entrances, in the bathroom between the tiles and in its joints, in the cellars, where pickles and vegetables are stored. If the mold is slightly disturbed, then it will send out large quantities of its controversy through the air. These spores are very toxic. Breathing this mold, you can feel suffocation, nasal congestion, lacrimation. Permanent intoxication spores of this kind of mold can lead to such serious diseases as bronchitis, asthma, allergies, cancer.
Green and black mold: how to fight?
It's very difficult to struggle with mold. Even if you do a very expensive repair, mold can reappear. All this is due to the fact that the mold suits the humidity and temperature in your house. If a mold spill hits a damp surface, it will immediately start to grow.
The optimum temperature for the existence of mold is 20 degrees, and humidity 95%. Mold is very afraid of drafts and ventilation. The first, and most importantly, where to start fighting this scourge, is to ensure good ventilation and ensure that the humidity of the room is not too high.
Significantly increases the likelihood of mold in the house of dirt. A very large amount of mold spores are found in ordinary house dust - they can begin to germinate at any time.
In a humid room you can not keep books, wooden products, natural fabrics. To prevent mold from appearing on these products, it is important to constantly ventilate the room and equip it with good ventilation.
Remarkable conditions for settling mold in your home are constantly dripping water from the tap, condensation, wet walls in the bathroom.
Mold is afraid of high temperatures - at low temperatures it does not die. To get rid of the dispute, you need to boil the thing for 2 hours at a temperature of 100 degrees.
A wonderful remedy for mold is the drying of things and the sun's rays.
To protect your house from mold, during construction it is necessary to observe preventive measures. Usually they consist of processing the material with anti-molds. If this is not done, then almost any material (wood, carpet, laminate, concrete, brick) will be quickly spoiled.
The walls of the cellar from mold are best treated with a solution of clerical glue or copper sulfate. The walls of damp premises can be treated with lime. To fight the already existing mold in the basement, it is necessary to burn sulfur in it at the rate of 200 grams of sulfur per 100 square meters. m of the room.
The walls of the bathroom, the basement, the furniture, the floors in which the mold has settled, must be treated with the following composition: 44 grams of alumina quartz, 18 grams of table salt, 22 grams of copper sulfate dissolved in 1 liter of water.
It is recommended to sprinkle salt on the floor areas on which the mold has settled.
Books, in which mold also appeared, are best treated with a formalin dissolved in water. This is done like this: a cotton swab must be moistened in a solution and soaked with infected sheets.
The next wonderful recipe will help you, as long as possible, to keep bread without mold, which is especially important in a long trip. In a small vial should be placed a small cotton ball, soak it with iodine (5-10 drops). Close the neck of the vial with another loose cotton ball and put it in a bag of bread and tie it. The taste of bread will not spoil it at all, and it will be stored for a long time. The same bottle can be put in the refrigerator. Iodine vapors will not allow spores of mold to germinate.
When appearing on the walls of the refrigerator or breadbasket of black spots, it is recommended that the "infected" surface be treated with baking soda. It is advisable to keep the breadbasket after this treatment in the sun, and then clean the fridge and leave to dry, without closing the door.
For the treatment of wooden surfaces from mold, Bischofite salt is a good choice. The tree, in order to avoid getting mold, is impregnated with natural linseed oil.
In rooms with high humidity it is impossible to put furniture close to the wall.
In winter, the house must have good air circulation. It is necessary to immediately wipe the condensate when fogging windows, wipe the floor and the walls in the bathroom dry.
Now you know what mold is, and how you can fight it. The knowledge gained will help you to protect your home, as well as your health from this scourge.