Removing mold?

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Have anyone got any tips for removing mold from carpets and fabrics or is it a pull out and bin job?
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How bad is it? White or black? The white fluffy stuff you can just wipe off with a damp cloth, for the harder stuff you can try stain remover foams and a stiff brush.
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Furry between white and green
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Where abouts is it? In the car? If you can take that particular carpet out, do so, spray foam on it as I mentioned before, and rub it in with a damp cloth, then leave it to dry or dry it with a hairdryer etc.
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You can buy mould killer in the diy stores?
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Valet the interior m8, vax it make it all nice and clean, I done this to a few of my cavs that have sat around in the past.

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Apparently all i needed was autoglymm interior shampoo and a brush.
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Beat me to it. I was gonna say AG upholstery cleaner will sort it. Bingo!
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humbucker wrote:Beat me to it. I was gonna say AG upholstery cleaner will sort it. Bingo!
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Ive been wondering the same thing. Exhibit A:

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Caused by a leaky sunroof and rear window seal. Looks like ill be buying some autoglym too then. Need to get my gsi back on the road now cos I won't be parking the turbo outside my house anymore.
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when it gets like that get it valeted best £30-50 your'll spend
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Gaz wrote:when it gets like that get it valeted best £30-50 your'll spend
Might be worth getting a quote as you may spend at least half that on autoglymm.
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Wow, either you've left the car standing for a while or you need to keep the missus away from the beans
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Wow that's a lot of mold most I've seen in a car, yeah I would say that needs a good valet.

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