Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2007 19:47:35 -0700
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
From: Steve Axtell <steve-AT-axtell.com>
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] removing Mold on  plaster molds?


If you live in a humid area, you would have to 
first remove the mold with a bleach or 
anti-bacterial cleaner and then dry out the mold 
and keep it in a dehumidified area, or it will 
regrow over and over. Dry the molds every time you are finished casting them.

Ax


At 07:03 PM 8/5/2007, you wrote:
>Hi all.
>
>Is there a way to remove *mold* permanently from a plaster mold?
>They do take a lot of space, but I'd rather not 
>destroy the molds, just in case I need to remake 
>the latex puppets in the near future, for my customers.
>
>What could have happened...
>It has been exceedingly moist in the last two 
>weeks in Montreal, and on and off previously.
>My small appartment has bad insualtion and keeps 
>cold in the winter, and steam in the summer.
>I setup my small kitchen as a moldmaking workshop at the beggining of summer.
>I do a little bit of cooking in the kitchen too, but not much.
>I did some painting with black paint in there too.
>Well, today I noticed the paint spots on the 
>outside of a plaster mold were not all paint spots!
>They were mold! And then I saw that 4 molds had mold spots all over them!!!
>
>I've been told that mold is not good to have in 
>a home, so I promptly put the plaster molds 
>outside on the "porch" (protected from rain).
>
>Either the cooking related activities caused the 
>mold, or the splashes of white vinegar from when 
>I did some speed latex curing two weeks ago... I 
>know some of the vinegar fell on the plaster 
>molds (I didn't think that could be a problem, 
>since vinegar is used as a cleaner).
>
>
>Is there a way to remove the mold permanently from the plaster?
>
>Thanks for any pointers.
>
>
>
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