Timeline for How to get rid of black mould in climbing shoes
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| May 3 at 7:03 | comment | added | Amazon Dies In Darkness | Thank for finding those! And no problem for not seeing my comment until now. That happens to me too. I'm going to see if I can obtain the journal articles you generously provided links to from one of the research libraries to which I subscribe. In the meantime, if you find any publicly available articles (or additional papers), I'm interested as well. Also, if you have written on the topic, I'm very interested in learning more from your writings. | |
| May 3 at 4:48 | comment | added | bob1 | @EndAntisemiticHate Sorry, just saw your comment now - how about this one - not free unfortunately. Or this one - also not free, but both on boron containing compounds. | |
| Apr 5 at 10:27 | comment | added | Amazon Dies In Darkness | Oh, and thank you so much for the link to that publication. I just quickly skimmed it, and I'm looking forward to reading it in depth. If you happen to find a similar report regarding borax, I'm interested. | |
| Apr 5 at 10:18 | comment | added | Amazon Dies In Darkness | Thanks for the update. That's a good point about the bleach possibly penetrating at least some the materials of the shoes (likely the infected parts). Efficacy will depend on the materials, of course, and if the materials are treated/coated with anything. | |
| Apr 5 at 10:07 | comment | added | bob1 | I should have added that bleach solutions will penetrate most materials in shoes fairly well. Just have to be careful that the organic load (i,e skin debris etc build up) in the shoe isn't too high ans this will inactivate the bleach too.\ | |
| Apr 5 at 10:05 | comment | added | bob1 | @EndAnti-SemiticHate Bleach will absolutely kill fungi and fungal spores along with many much more resistant organisms if it can access them and is used at the right concentrations. Usually in the range of 500 - 2500 ppm is enough; see here. I'm a virologist and work closely with many microbiologists; I'm 100% sure on this. The reason it is seen as a legend is that in many cases the fungus is embedded deeply in a substrate where the bleach can't penetrate (drywall for instance), so only kills the stuff on the surface, which soon grows back. | |
| Apr 5 at 9:44 | comment | added | Amazon Dies In Darkness | Using bleach to kill mold is, unfortunately, an entrenched & persistent urban legend. It just removes what you can see on the surface. This is why the mold grows back so quickly after being treated with bleach. | |
| Apr 2 at 18:42 | history | answered | bob1 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |