Borax Experiment
What???? What???? What???
Here is the back story: I bought 19 boxes of doll clothes gambling that their would be some awesome vintage clothes and there ARE!!! BUT, yes there is a but, :( I observed the boxes were moldy. The seller said yes but the clothes were all in plastic bags. With the exception of a few clothes here and there the doll clothes were in plastic bags with one other HUGE exception. NONE of the vintage Barbie clothes in two different boxes were in plastic bags. One box was no problem as the mold had not penetrated the box BUT, oh yes another BUT, the other box had more mold than any of the other 19 boxes. It had penetrated the bottom, entered the inside of the box and contaminated the clothes!!! Oh what a heartbreak. I blew as much mold as I could off with air from an air compressor and stuck them in a plastic bag. I googled clothes and mildew where I read from several sites that borax kills mold and gets rid of stains in clothes. Also that it was good for dumping down your sinks. NO WAY!!! Crystals in my pipes??? I get ahead of the story. I thought it would be a good experiment to try the borax on some Calico Critters that had never been removed from their boxes BUT mold had also penetrated their boxes. Maybe borax would work on cloth but CRYSTALS??? Is it a chemical reaction to plastic? Some plumbing pipes are plastic!!! Information said borax worked well in dishwashers but there is plastic in dishwashers. Maybe I should have added detergent to the borax solution. It all makes my head hurt. In conclusion the borax did NOT work!!! I had to soak the critters in really HOT water to get the crystals to dissolve and the mold was still there.
Borax Experiment
What???? What???? What???
Here is the back story: I bought 19 boxes of doll clothes gambling that their would be some awesome vintage clothes and there ARE!!! BUT, yes there is a but, :( I observed the boxes were moldy. The seller said yes but the clothes were all in plastic bags. With the exception of a few clothes here and there the doll clothes were in plastic bags with one other HUGE exception. NONE of the vintage Barbie clothes in two different boxes were in plastic bags. One box was no problem as the mold had not penetrated the box BUT, oh yes another BUT, the other box had more mold than any of the other 19 boxes. It had penetrated the bottom, entered the inside of the box and contaminated the clothes!!! Oh what a heartbreak. I blew as much mold as I could off with air from an air compressor and stuck them in a plastic bag. I googled clothes and mildew where I read from several sites that borax kills mold and gets rid of stains in clothes. Also that it was good for dumping down your sinks. NO WAY!!! Crystals in my pipes??? I get ahead of the story. I thought it would be a good experiment to try the borax on some Calico Critters that had never been removed from their boxes BUT mold had also penetrated their boxes. Maybe borax would work on cloth but CRYSTALS??? Is it a chemical reaction to plastic? Some plumbing pipes are plastic!!! Information said borax worked well in dishwashers but there is plastic in dishwashers. Maybe I should have added detergent to the borax solution. It all makes my head hurt. In conclusion the borax did NOT work!!! I had to soak the critters in really HOT water to get the crystals to dissolve and the mold was still there.