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A
friend of mine recently offered to take me to work in their car after
mine was taken away to be repaired, it was an offer I was glad to
accept, that is until I actually got into the car itself. There was a
horrible musty smell, it was a strong smell, but I knew I had smelt
smoothing similar in my car too. To my horror my friend told me that
there must be mold
or mildew growing somewhere in his car and but he did not consider it
worth treating as he was about to get himself a new car soon.
I knew
that as soon as I got my car back I was going to have to do something
before the situation got
a lot worse and the smell became too unbearable.
There
is health problems associated with mold
and mildew so it is something that needs to be eradicated as soon as
possible.
The
first task in eradicating mold
is to locate it, this may seem like an obvious step but mold
and mildew likes to grow in places where they will not be disturbed,
such as underneath seats or the carpeting on the floor, or indeed in
all kinds of out of the way places.
Once
you have discovered where the problem is you need to go to your local
auto supply store and buy the correct cleaning solution. For mold
on carpets and upholstery then any kind of carpet shampoo should do
the trick, but do not over wet the area, just spray, leave for a few
seconds and scrub away. Then once completed double check that there
is no more mold
hiding in other places, ideally this cleaning should be done on a
nice warm sunny day this is because you need to make sure that the
affected area is completely dry. If not then you are just going to
have the same problems again very soon, so park the car somewhere in
the sunshine and leave all the doors, the sunroof and the trunk open
to allow the air to circulate.
Follow
this advice and you should be able to enjoy driving your car in a
mold
free condition for the foreseeable future.
