Any suggestions on the best way to clean mold off a hard shell case? Fortunately it did its job and there's no problem in the interior or on the guitar. I'm guessing Clorox or something similar.
Brad
Brad
Tom, I am no chemist, but I have always heard that vinegar and bleach can produce toxic fumes (I know ammonia and bleach is deadly).Hey Christopher, my solution to neutralizing bleach (which is a very effective chemical) has been a diluted vinegar solution...
Hey Christopher, my solution to neutralizing bleach (which is a very effective chemical) has been a diluted vinegar solution. Then rinse? Does that work or am I making it worse? I'm stumped. When I use chlorine bleach in the washer, I always put at least a half a cup of white vinegar in the first rinse. Then the second rinse seems to do okay and everything comes out clean and white and smelling nice. But I didn't pay attention in chemistry and so..... what? On the outside of the case I'd think you can attack fairly aggressively, but be careful what gets inside. The outside you can rinse like crazy?
Clove oil in sufficient concentration is mildly hallucinogenic and in low concentrations is a known euphoriant.
Ask me how I know:
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vinegar & some bicarbonate of soda
Vinegar is acetic acid (C[SUB]2[/SUB]H[SUB]4[/SUB]O[SUB]2[/SUB]) and water. Acetic acid is made of 2 carbon atoms, 4 hydrogen atoms, and 2 oxygen atoms. Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO[SUB]3[/SUB]). Sodium bicarbonate is made of 1 sodium ion, 1 hydrogen atom, 1 carbon atom, and 3 oxygen atoms.
Not a regular smoker but I kinda like the kretek ciggies every now & again. Hard to come by here now though.
Clove oil is also a bit of a natural anesthetic. I know back in the old homeland when they made a cooked wine concoction they added cloves. I dig the smell.
Isn't that an instant foam monster ? Sort of what they put in the demonstration volcanos.
As someone said, a base and and acid can neutralize each other, if the proportions are correct.
You end up with CO2 and H2O and a salt. CO2 + H2O + (CH[SUB]3[/SUB]COONa) " sodium acetate ".
Concrobium has been in use for more than 10 years.
Per their website:
"Concrobium Mold Solutions are manufactured by Siamons International. Siamons International was founded in 2003 to develop and commercialize an exciting new cleaning technology called “Concrobium”. The unique solution, which eliminates and prevents harmful mold, was put through its paces for two years, as we sought and secured EPA registration."