Now we have mould...

lilstookie · May 26, 2012, 10:59:09 AM

Bah!! Not having a good run at the moment. We aimed to arrive in Cairns during the dry season to avoid flooding and mould. It's been raining pretty much the whole time we've been here and we evacuated the camper yesterday in case of flooding (staying in a flood prone area) and today we've woken to mouldy canvas grrrrr.
I was going to use clove oil and salt but not sure if scrubbing the canvas with a scrubbing brush is ok. Can anyone advise please?

Lil

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jclures · May 26, 2012, 11:12:20 AM

I would use White King one part to seven parts water, test in a place not obvious, use it in a hand sprayer, just one of those cheap $2 jobs, , and lightly rub in, then leave to dry.

SteveandViv · May 26, 2012, 11:21:34 AM

Yea, I'm sure Danbri from here (haven't heard from him for a while) who has a or had a canvas business also suggested 1 part bleach to 10 parts water.

fuji · May 26, 2012, 11:51:07 AM

One litre to quarter teaspoon of oil of cloves in spray bottle and lightly mist on mould. That is according to Shannon Lush.

Foo · May 26, 2012, 04:19:38 PM

X2 To this statement!

Foo

fuji · May 26, 2012, 05:19:58 PM

Quote from: Donuts on May 26, 2012, 11:51:07 AM
One litre to quarter teaspoon of oil of cloves in spray bottle and lightly mist on mould. That is according to Shannon Lush.

One litre of water that is.

Paul (SA) · May 26, 2012, 06:04:37 PM

And don't scrub it no matter how tempted!!!

lov2getaway · May 26, 2012, 08:04:32 PM

Just make sure you can put up with the smell of oil of cloves....yuk!
Cheers
L2GA

lilstookie · May 26, 2012, 11:48:23 PM

I love the smell of cloves. Thanks for your help everyone!

Lil

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fishfinder · May 27, 2012, 05:33:41 AM

please post on what you used and how well it worked,

thanks

lilstookie · June 10, 2012, 08:53:14 AM

So the winner so far is oil of cloves.
I wiped down the canvas (inside) and all the light fur came off no trouble. The darker spores under the window covers also cleaned off without leaving a mark. 6 drops of clove oil in a spray bottle of water and gave the canvas a light mist.
Left it for 24 hours and wiped off any areas that looked like it had not dried.
No more mould so far ,fingers crossed.

Sent from my brain using my fingers.

fuji · June 10, 2012, 09:08:19 AM

I Must go and buy Shannon Lush's book, full of great ideas. Glad my advice was the right advice.

Wayne

lilstookie · June 11, 2012, 07:35:25 AM

One thing to add is you need to do ALL the canvas at the same time otherwise mould pops up in other places. Really pleased with the result so far!

Lil

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r0ssrg · June 11, 2012, 08:00:08 AM

Given most campers have wax converters canvas did you check their website or call them at all?

Good to hear your solution worked though. Hope you get out of Cairns soon and find some blue sky.

Enjoy your trip. Can't wait for mine.

Rossco

BigJules · June 11, 2012, 09:07:52 AM

This trip is great. You have issues, you post them up. We fix them. Now everyone knows what to do.

This is almost a community service you're doing.

lilstookie · June 12, 2012, 07:07:52 AM

Quote from: BigJules on June 11, 2012, 09:07:52 AM
This trip is great. You have issues, you post them up. We fix them. Now everyone knows what to do.

This is almost a community service you're doing.

I'd personally have preferred a mould free tent but hey, give you guys all the info so you know what to do.

We should change our name to lab rat !!!!!

?
Stookie

lilstookie · June 12, 2012, 08:56:51 AM

Quote from: r0ssrg on June 11, 2012, 08:00:08 AM
Given most campers have wax converters canvas did you check their website or call them at all?

Good to hear your solution worked though. Hope you get out of Cairns soon and find some blue sky.

Enjoy your trip. Can't wait for mine.

Rossco

Email sent to Austrack last week...still waiting on an answer

Blue skies of Cairns in winter have returned...we'll be here for a while now

Lil

BigJules · June 12, 2012, 12:02:06 PM

Quote from: lilstookie on June 12, 2012, 07:07:52 AM
I'd personally have preferred a mould free tent but hey, give you guys all the info so you know what to do.

We should change our name to lab rat !!!!! ?
Stookie

I agree, but a custom title is easier

fishfinder · June 13, 2012, 06:11:39 AM

thanks for feedback now i will go and get some clove oil and hit my annex this weekend

lilstookie · June 14, 2012, 09:19:41 AM

Quote from: fishfinder on June 13, 2012, 06:11:39 AM
thanks for feedback now i will go and get some clove oil and hit my annex this weekend

make sure to do both sides too, otherwise it will appear on the side you didnt clean

r0ssrg · June 14, 2012, 08:25:17 PM

So is the clove oil only for when the mould is present or also as a prevention method.

Ross Guthrie

Nomad · June 14, 2012, 08:33:08 PM

Just when its present Ross.

Regards
Nomad

Foo · June 16, 2012, 04:58:00 PM

Quote from: Donuts on June 10, 2012, 09:08:19 AM
I Must go and buy Shannon Lush's book, full of great ideas. Glad my advice was the right advice.
Wayne

My wife recons I have a man crush on Shannon Lush!

Foo

lilstookie · June 18, 2012, 01:18:35 PM

Week 2 and the mould is back.
OIL OF CLOVES does not work.
Its great to clean it but not strong enough to kill the spours.

Shannon Lush - FAIL

Going to try wet and forget now......and reproof the canvas

Stookie

GUTourer · June 18, 2012, 07:34:41 PM

I thought a heavy salt and water solution always worked best?? Dunno anything about oil of cloverville but I do know salted warm water brushed on, and let dry works well. Then brush the dry salt off.

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