Mold Avoiders Poll Results: Dealing with Contaminated Clothing
This poll was conducted in the Mold Avoiders Facebook group in May 2017. A total of 73 people participated.
The question and most frequent responses follow:
What strategies have you found to be useful for successfully dealing with clothing contaminated with mold toxins or other microbial toxins? Please mark all that apply. If you would like to see items added, please write your suggestions in the comments.
44% – Borax (32 respondents)
40% – Unscented commercial detergent, such as Tide or All (27 respondents)
29% – I think it’s best just to throw clothing away once it’s contaminated (21 respondents)
25% – Putting things in the sun for a long time, such as days or weeks (18 respondents)
25% – White vinegar (18 respondents)
23% – Ammonia (17 respondents)
22% – Downy Free & Gentle (16 respondents)
19% – Water and mild laundry soap or detergent (14 respondents)
12% – Baking soda (9 respondents)
12% – Oxy products (9 respondents)
12% – Putting things in the sun for a short time, such as days or hours (9 respondents)
10% – Boiling water (7 respondents)
10% – Castile soap, such as Dr. Bronner’s (7 respondents)
8% – Ozone (6 respondents)
7% – Thieves’ Oil essential oil mixtures (5 respondents)
5% – Hydrogen peroxide (4 respondents)
5% – I am not able to tell well enough whether things are contaminated to judge which methods have been successful (4 respondents)
4% – EM1 (3 respondents)
4 % – EC3 laundry additive (3 respondents)
3% – Two Respondents Each
Plain water
Putting things aside for days or weeks
Putting things aside for months
Shockwave
Soap nuts
Tea tree oil
1% – One Respondent Each
Apple cider vinegar
Bleach
Clove oil
Concrobium Mold Control
Homebiotic
Palma rosa essential oil
Putting things aside for years
Rubbing alcohol
Washing soda
Wintergreen oil
A collection of additional poll results can be found on the Living Clean in a Dirty World blog.
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