The Mold-free Bathroom

Our primary adversary in the bathroom is mold. Mold spreads by sending spores into the air which settle everywhere but only flourish where there is sufficient water and food. Mold also prefers a place dark and stagnant.

In the big world, mold provides a valuable service by consuming everything that is not alive which means if there was no mold our planet would be covered with dead but not decomposed plants, animals and people. Mold decomposes everything when it consumes, taking everything back to its basic parts; solids, gases and liquids. Mold makes us sick when the spores come into our homes, land on anything damp enough to support life and begin to consume what it landed on. Our homes are made of and are full of man made substances such as sheet rock, asphalt, paint, adhesives, pressure treated wood, crappy pressboard furniture, electronics, plastics, styrofoam padding, insulation, unnatural fibers etc. When these products are taken apart by the mold, they are reduced to their solid, liquid and gaseous ingredients; many of which are toxic chemicals. That is what we are exposed though we say it is the mold that makes us sick.

We cannot prevent mold spores from coming into our homes, mold eats everything so the best way to deprive mold from flourishing in our homes is to keep everything as dry as possible since mold needs water to thrive.

Use your towel or buy a shower squeegee and use it after every shower or bath to leave the tub and surroundings dry. Use a bath mat to drip on when you get out and hang it over a rod so it will dry. Hang your towel on a rod instead of a hook or drape it over the clothes basket to dry before it goes into the basket.

Run your bathroom exhaust fan for at least 20 minutes to vent out the moist air. The moisture from the air condenses onto the walls, windows and fixtures in the bathroom as the air cools. This moisture takes with it impurities and mold spores from the air and coats everything. Use this moisture to your advantage by wiping the walls, floor fixtures etc when you get out of the shower. Wipe a little each time and that weekly deep clean of the bathroom will be unnecessary.