If you're struggling with mould in your home, it can feel like a never-ending battle. It seems like once you've cleaned it off, within no time at all it comes back with a vengeance, and many people are using the wrong methods for the job, meaning it won't actually banish the mould effectively.
Bea, who posts on TikTok as @cleanwithbea, showed a "free clean" she did for a mum and her two kids, and the mother wanted rid of the mould so she and her children could live in their home worry-free – as mould can pose a serious danger.
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Bea said: "Every single room in the flat was riddled with mould. Literally every room had a different type of mould and was at a different level of growth." Bea said she was going to use her "three steps to mould removal, which will pretty much get rid of every single type of mould that you have around your home".
She explained the best way to remove mould is to use three products, but warned "none of these products can be used together at the same time."
Bea shared that "each product needs time to completely dry out before you go in with the next one."
The first product she used was white vinegar because it "works so well on mould" – but it needs time to sit for an hour "before it works". She said the best thing to do is spray everything with vinegar and then leave the room to "let it do its thing".
"You are literally just spraying and leaving," Bea said, rather than wiping everything down at the same time, which will not be as effective.
She recommended wiping with "cheap sponges" and "working in short circular motions" to ensure the mould has gone.
Bea explained in a different clip that conditions of your home can impact whether mould will just grow back or not, saying that mould needs humidity over 55 to thrive, so the "main trick is to keep the humidity low".
Once it's all wiped off, you need to wait until the next day to come back in with product two – which is 3% hydrogen peroxide. You need to use the same method as you did with the white vinegar.
"Hydrogen peroxide penetrates really deeply so effectively this is killing anything missed with the white vinegar", she explained. She highlighted again that you should "never mix products together at the same time".
Bea said that once you come back after leaving it overnight, things will look "better", but still not "brand spanking new" – so that's where step three comes in.
Step three is a "bleach-based mould spray", because it "lightens and brightens" the area. She said there's a lot of "misinformation" about bleach, but she explained bleach does kill mould, but it doesn't kill it at the "root" – only the mould it comes into contact with. This is why it's step three of her process.
She then said that you can sand any areas that have been painted but are peeling and cracking, and then apply some damp seal, primer coat, and anti-mould paint.
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