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What is it? Seems to grow out of some wooden areas in the room. I've tried peroxide and bleach. Would a steamer help? Sorry in advance for the bad picture quality.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

@JeeBaiChow that's white mold. Steamer will make it worse. It likes moisture and its spores are in the wood.

Ideally a professional mould killer would be best. Otherwise:

  1. Put water and baking soda on it, leave for a while, then wash off

  2. Scrub with vinegar

  3. If possible, lightly sandpaper the wood and then re-varnish

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Thanks. This also sounds like a doable thing. It's annoying cuz it's a living space, so it's likely the spores are getting everywhere. Don't know where it came from either.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

@JeeBaiChow it probably came in on someone's clothing.