How can I avoid mould?

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

The Honda had been sitting for 4-5 days when I went to clean the interior yesterday, and there was a bit of mould on the floormat on the passenger side as well as the carpet below it. It's alright after brushed it out and drove a bit with windows open and footwell vents blowing, but how do I prevent this from happening again? I don't do that many miles and, of course, I tend to use the Scorpio most of the time...

[fiatdaft]

sell it !

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

haha I have a buyer for it but it'll probably go in September...I want to bugg...erm, fix a couple of things first, and he's away for most of the summer.

[Pete-M]

sell it !

 

To the man with the digital bridge

[messerschmitt owner]

Embrace the mould. Use it to make your own penicillin or bacteriological weapon. Or just scrap it.

[Guest Len H]

I used Google a while back to find out that stuff called borax prevents and removes mould, and it did in my Golf which had a grim, festering interior after sitting for 8 months. You can buy it on eBay for a £4.

 

Hopefully you don't end up setting the carpet on fire or something.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

http://www.yourhealthfoodstore.co.uk/ar ... b-p-powder

 

This?

[cort16]

I'd just give it a good clean with warm water and fairy liquid or something rather then deploying a chemical weapon in the car. It's not like there was a full grown mushroom field growing out the arm rest or anything.

[trigger]

Lets see how many pages this one runs for...

[Timewaster]

I always use these things in the Sierra.

Or the Pound shop equivalent.

 

They trap a supprising amount of water over a couple of weeks and I havent had to scrub the seatbelts since.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

excellent...can these be found in Wickes/B&Q?

[Timewaster]

I have bought them in wilkinsons before, but I tend to use the local £1 tat shop and buy a load when they have them.

[Quintus]

These are good, but you'd probably need more than one for a car.

http://www.meaco.com/proddetail.asp?prod=DV300

[barefoot]

I make my own for the camper over winter

 

Shallowish tin cans - pineapple/tuna/water chestnuts etc

lid removed, washed, dried etc.

half filled with salt

tin foil lid, secured with rubber band/gaffer tape

a couple of screwdriver size holes in the top

 

The job's a caret

 

shake with vigour every couple of weeks & replace after about 3 months

[tonedepear]

excellent...can these be found in Wickes/B&Q?

 

Asda at Handsworth = £1.

[cort16]

Throw down some cabbage and cauliflower seeds into the footwell and get a mobile market garden.

[Albert Ross]

Change your socks twice a day, or if a genital infection, keep your bell-end clean.

[stuboy]

date a younger clean woman

[CreepingJesus]

Don't go to North Wales.

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry, that's Mold

[trigger]

Scrub your bum well.

[RobT]

Scrub your bum well.

 

With Borax, for the ultimate ring sting.

[eddyramrod]

Don't go to North Wales.

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry, that's Mold

 

That's a bit drastic, just use the A55 coast road. No problem. Especially in a B-series Farina...

[RoadworkUK]

Why don't you just whack a too-small socket over it, tap it on really hard with a lump hammer and twist it off?

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Why don't you just whack a too-small socket over it, tap it on really hard with a lump hammer and twist it off?

 

Never thought of that...sounds like It should do the trick