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willtiti88

Oct 1, 2010, 9:35 PM

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I have my leather couches in storage. There was a leak in there and now they have mold on them. Can they be saved. They've had mold since April of 2009. We are moving into an apt soon and I do not know if this is a health hazard if we cleaned them. Can they be cleaned and with what? Will the mold grow back?

mexliving

Nov 5, 2010, 6:38 PM

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Re: [willtiti88] mold since April of 2009

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LOL..... sorry... you should not have those things inside your home.. throw them away asap.

morgaine7

Nov 5, 2010, 8:30 PM

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Re: [willtiti88] mold since April of 2009

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OMG ... I want to laugh, too, but I do sympathize. It happened to my leather shoes and bags years ago in the West Indies. I think I cleaned them with vinegar or rum or something, but I just googled and found warnings not to do that, for example:
http://www.ehow.com/...ld-from-leather.html
Can't help asking how you know they've been that way since April 2009, and why nothing was done then?

Kate

johninajijic

Nov 6, 2010, 9:17 AM

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Many molds are carcinogenic (cancer causing). Get rid of them. Cheaper to buy 2 new ones than get cancer. That style and quality of sofa can be bought at Placencia furniture on Lopez Mateos Sur in GDL. I've seen them at the Furniture Expo. I have two very similar that I bought in the States and brought down.

Reefhound

Nov 6, 2010, 11:12 AM

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Even if you could clean the leather, the padding/foam underneath may be saturated. If so, you could never decontaminate that.

You might be able to reupholster them, replacing all the padding and spraying the frame. But that would likely cost almost as much as buying new.

salto_jorge

Nov 6, 2010, 2:54 PM

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What are those stains on the walls ?

Reefhound

Nov 6, 2010, 5:00 PM

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Hmmm, that looks a lot like a water line from being flooded.