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07-10-2013, 08:45 PM
I have a client with a 1970 Opel GT. This isn't your everyday Opel. This thing has a stupid amount of mods and crazy stuff done to it. It's in a temperature and humidity controlled bubble in his garage. I think he has over 15k just in the paint job if...yikes!
I've only tried working on one seat (a mazda miata seat with what didn't look like original leather) that he removed out of this car. He claims that the whole car has been infested with mold.
I fogged the whole seat with a Safespace mold/mildew/smoke fogger, that I have had very good luck with in the past. I let that dwell for a couple hours. I steam cleaned the entire seat and even cleaned the rails and underside with my vapormaster 3000. I then applied meg's d180 conditioner.
I'll be dead honest. I couldn't really smell much if any mildew to start with and after I was done it smelled fresh and clean.
The guy said the smell came right back and the following is an email he is trying to get me to agree to. He's trying to convince his insurance company to pay to completely dissasemble his car and steam clean and fog the foam, behind door panels etc. He would have a local interior guy remove the leather etc, before I do my work. I don't know if I want to get involved in this craziness.
Here's the email. What do you guys think? It's been ozone treated as well. . . didn't work I guess.
Jeremy,
Below is the information we discussed earlier that is needed by my insurance company.
If you will reply to this e-mail by writing that you agree with this assessment and recommendation as well as including your company contact information for my claims adjuster, that would be greatly appreciated.
Regarding the mold issue in my 1970 Opel GT, we attempted to remove the infected area by doing a thorough dry steam cleaning and fungicide application over the entire exterior of one car seat that was removed and treated as a test sample before doing the rest of the interior.
The mold oder immediately returned within several hours which indicates the most seriously contaminated part of that seat was behind the upholstery and most likely inside the foam padding.
To treat this issue effectively, the covers will need to be removed and the back sides as well as the foam cores will need to be treated, dried and reassembled.
That approach will need to be done on all the other interior materials as well where the mold has spread, including door panels, front kick panels, rear side panels, back deck panels, front and rear seats, headliner and dash.
If that treatment isn't effective, all foam materials will need to be replaced since it's well known that once foam is contaminated with mold, eradication is almost impossible and full replacement is the only way to completely remove mold infestation.
I've only tried working on one seat (a mazda miata seat with what didn't look like original leather) that he removed out of this car. He claims that the whole car has been infested with mold.
I fogged the whole seat with a Safespace mold/mildew/smoke fogger, that I have had very good luck with in the past. I let that dwell for a couple hours. I steam cleaned the entire seat and even cleaned the rails and underside with my vapormaster 3000. I then applied meg's d180 conditioner.
I'll be dead honest. I couldn't really smell much if any mildew to start with and after I was done it smelled fresh and clean.
The guy said the smell came right back and the following is an email he is trying to get me to agree to. He's trying to convince his insurance company to pay to completely dissasemble his car and steam clean and fog the foam, behind door panels etc. He would have a local interior guy remove the leather etc, before I do my work. I don't know if I want to get involved in this craziness.
Here's the email. What do you guys think? It's been ozone treated as well. . . didn't work I guess.
Jeremy,
Below is the information we discussed earlier that is needed by my insurance company.
If you will reply to this e-mail by writing that you agree with this assessment and recommendation as well as including your company contact information for my claims adjuster, that would be greatly appreciated.
Regarding the mold issue in my 1970 Opel GT, we attempted to remove the infected area by doing a thorough dry steam cleaning and fungicide application over the entire exterior of one car seat that was removed and treated as a test sample before doing the rest of the interior.
The mold oder immediately returned within several hours which indicates the most seriously contaminated part of that seat was behind the upholstery and most likely inside the foam padding.
To treat this issue effectively, the covers will need to be removed and the back sides as well as the foam cores will need to be treated, dried and reassembled.
That approach will need to be done on all the other interior materials as well where the mold has spread, including door panels, front kick panels, rear side panels, back deck panels, front and rear seats, headliner and dash.
If that treatment isn't effective, all foam materials will need to be replaced since it's well known that once foam is contaminated with mold, eradication is almost impossible and full replacement is the only way to completely remove mold infestation.