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Personnov02
09/4/2009 at 10:07pm
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Hi. We have just returned from our first trip out this year. The day we left we were inside the van to put some bits in, I noticed on one of the doors this blackish powder. Calling Hubby to have a look we then realised it was on all the doors frames, which are made of ash. After a wipe with a  cloth and cleaner with anti-mould stuff in it, thankfully all but one bit came off. The bit that is left looks like someone has rubbed in black boot polish into the frame. And no amount of rubbing got it off. Once we arrived on site I again gave it a rub over, still there much to my annoyance. Its at the bottom of the cupboard door directly under the sink and we discovered that on our last trip I forgot to remove the box of soap powder in the cupboard and it was all swollen and wet. It actually split as I lifted it out, H is wondering if this has caused the problem, its obvisiously attracted all the moisture in the van over the winter, does anyone have any suggestions to what I can try next to remove the black mark.many thanks

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Persongazza12345
10/4/2009 at 12:38am
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I don't no what will get this off but when my van is stored i leave the cupboard doors open to vent them all.
It looks like the soap powder as absorbed lots of moisture over the winter & now the weather as started to warm up. The warm dark damp air as started mould growth. Wizard in the Repairs forum would be the best to ask.


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Personleegilbert
10/4/2009 at 8:05am
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our doo handles fridge handle and lots of other surface developed mould once during winter storage.... couldnt figure out what was causing it until i noticed a mouldy little hand print on one of the windows!!! i was the obvious that our little 3 yr old had been touching things with traces of food still on her hands, and the traces of food have gone mouldy over the winter.... we just make sure we wipe everything down more thouroughly now before we leave.


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10/4/2009 at 8:20am
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Our steam cleaner cleans mound around windows and other difficult to get out places. Might be worth seeing if you can borrow one?

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PersonSean P
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We had the same problem with the conservatory and it took me a while to figure it out.

We got a really fine black powdery mould on the walls and I thought the conservatory must have damp rot through the walls. BUT it didnt smell damp.

It wiped off dead easy with a mild bleach solution (although just water would work but i didnt want it to come back).

As it came off easy and was just surface I knew it could be external damp coming in. Then i realised that the problem was we use the conservatory to dry off clothes from the washing machine. We used to have a pet rat in there so had a thermostatically controlled fan heater. So combined with the cold/hot/moisture environment we found the mould source.

Since the rat died of old age, we rarely use the fan heater and now avoid very wet clothes without opening a window. Ventilation is the key to avoiding it and since then it hasn't happened again.

In your van, the cause was likely the wet soap powder. However what concerns me is how the soap has absorbed so much moisture - a van shouldn't have that much moisture to do that. Are you sure you havent spilled water onto the box or there was a leak behind the cupboard or something. Until you find the source of the moisture, this will happen again. Are your floor vents clear?

On a brighter note if it was water leaking in from a broken seal then this would go inside out and would not be so easy to remove so its unlikely a leak in your door frame - however they could be a leak elsewhere which got absorbed by the soap.

To illustrate this point, I remember someone posting that this happened to them, then they found a wet pair of swimming trunks had been left from a few weeks ago in a cupboard!

As for the stubborn bit, then it's likely got deep into the wood at a vulnerable place. I am not a joiner or any wood expert but I think this could spread unless you can dry it out. Wizzard is good at stuff like this.

I am not a fan of steam cleaning as this causes a lot of moisture and unless you can leave windows open overnight and ensure it is dried out this can cause the same problem. Yes steam cleaning can kill mould due to the heat killing the bacteria/spores but not in wood.

Perhaps you can scrape out the damp bit, let it dry out and use a wood filler. If its dark wood then it would be easy to match?

Post last edited on 10/04/2009 16:12:48

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Personazzacat
10/4/2009 at 4:18pm
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Was it biological powder by any chance? The enzymes probably caused the residue, In work we deal with all sots of detergents and biological can be nasty stuff, if we have any damage and it gets airborn we have to don breathing App, the enzymes cause flu like syptoms.

Just a thought...


PersonG#Winger
10/4/2009 at 4:58pm
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be very carefull if using a steam cleaner, i presume you mean the internal cupboard door with the black on ?

you say the doors are made of ash, usually most modern vans have a wood lookalike laminate, stuck on top of the base wood. this laminate is very thin, a steam cleaner could lift it off completly

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