Seeking advice with mold encapsulation
Posted: Tue May 23, 2023 6:35 am
So my mother has lived in the same apartment for 40 years. She has an elderly cat that we believe urinated on her carpet in the living room behind the couch. A horrible smell permeated the air and we couldn't figure out what it was. Until I noticed white powdery mold growing on her antique wooden furniture, and red brown dust under a wooden tv stand. I believe the cat urine soaked through the carpet into the floor and subfloor and caused a lot of mold to grow there. She can't afford to properly remediate, unfortunately. I told her she should invest in properly removing the subfloor but she won't do it. She also has loads of things in the apartment, she's a bit of a hoarder, not too bad, but it still would be very difficult to move her out.
Is encapsulating the mold somehow a terrible idea? I've heard of products like foster 40 50 and foster 40 80, that are supposed to kill some mold, and then seal them in with an antimicrobial clear paint. What do you all think? Is this worth a shot or not? Thanks.
[Additional info: The antique furniture was cleaned and sprayed with concrobrium and put in a locker.
The room had been emptied, and I could still smell the mold. I fogged the place with thymol oil, and concrobrium, which helped a lot. But the smell still returned to some degree.]
Is encapsulating the mold somehow a terrible idea? I've heard of products like foster 40 50 and foster 40 80, that are supposed to kill some mold, and then seal them in with an antimicrobial clear paint. What do you all think? Is this worth a shot or not? Thanks.
[Additional info: The antique furniture was cleaned and sprayed with concrobrium and put in a locker.
The room had been emptied, and I could still smell the mold. I fogged the place with thymol oil, and concrobrium, which helped a lot. But the smell still returned to some degree.]