Do It Yourself Mold Remediation

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Q. Dec. 28, 2011. We are still working on mold remediation of our home.  Since my husband, son and I are doing all the work ourselves due to low funds, I really can't see any end in sight.  As soon as we received the Bio3Blaster, we followed your instructions and ozoned the crawlspace for two hours, each unit's heating/cooling ducts, the attic  and each room in the house one hour each. We were unable to fog the HVAC equipment and ducts, the crawlspace and the attic because we could not purchase the fogger at that time.  We did purchase the hand pump garden sprayer but I was not pleased with its forcefulness and reach.  Can you recommend a less expensive fogger or maybe a company that sells used or reconditioned equipment of this nature that you know has a good reputation? Also, we do need an air scrubber to pull the dead mold spores into the HEPA filters as we clean the walls, floors, etc.  Can you recommend a brand that you prefer and a possible business with low prices or reconditioned scrubbers?  Better yet, do you know of anyone that would be merciful enough to allow us to use their machine at our home? Also, my son thought that a power paint sprayer would be easier for me to use for the Boric Acid Formula than the garden pump sprayer.  Have you considered using one in any of your remediations and, if so, do you recommend a certain brand? We appreciate your interest in our situation and look forward to hearing from you.

A. For a lower cost, good quality mold cold fogging machine, please do internet search for USA internet dealers for "Longray fogging machine". Longray (Chinese made) has some foggers for less than $150. Longray's manufacturer website is www.longrayfog.com.  You don't need to buy or rent an expensive air scrubber. When doing mold remediation in a room or area, open up the windows in the work areas and place large box fans in the window to exhaust indoor air to the outdoors to get rid of elevated levels of airborne mold spores thrown into the air by your mold remediation work. Use electric sprayers are easier and quicker to spray boric acid powder, but try to find a sprayer in which you can adjust the outward flow size to allow the thicker boric acid powder mix to spray out easily. You might have to use an electric drill to make spray hole or holes bigger. To prepare boric for spraying or fogging, dissolve it into very hot water and stir until the boric is totally dissolved into the water. If I can be of further service, I am here to help you----Phillip