Disinfecting Piano: ( Sorry Bill, but "bleach" might not be such a good idea.)

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Wed Sep 17 11:19:37 MDT 2008


> My brother in law who is a housing inspector in the Long Beach CA area 
> tells me one of the best mold treatments for houses, etc, is to tent the 
> thing and heat it to 150°F for 12 hours. That will, reportedly, 
> thoroughly kill mold, and since there's no place under the tent that 
> doesn't reach the lethal temperature, there are no out of sight colonies 
> that a contact fungicide would leave. It gets the stuff in the ducts, in 
> the walls, under the tub, etc.
> 
> 
> For what it's worth.
> Ron N

I just looked it up, and I'm apparently out of date. Current 
recommendations seem to be 160°F for 4-6 hours.
Ron N


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