mold on raw wood Featured

I have posted this before, Water and 2% milk at a 20 to 1 ratio is an effective in killing mold and mildew. Works well on plants (azaleas) should not cause any more than raised grain on the "Real Boards".

Mark

Oxalic acid? I'll probably wash the color out of "exotics" but should work well on "real boards". Makes pine look like new.

Since I assume you'll be doing this outside, most of the prep and clean up work will not be needed. Dress warm.

DerbyDad03 snipped-for-privacy@eznet.net on Tue, 27 Apr 2021 13:44:16 -0700 (PDT) typed in rec.woodworking the following:

Yowza. I think that is more involved than I want to get involved.

I'm downsizing: easy "fixes" or the dump are the options.

You asked for "suggestions", not "suggestions that are easy to implement". ;-)

Besides, since you don't own the required apparatus anyway, you could limit your involvement to signing the check/swiping the card.

When I tore out my pool, it exposed 50 feet of wolmanized 2x12's that hadn't seen the sun in 25 years. The mildew was extensive. I got a bucket and brushed on pure bleach, and squirted it off with a hose. With almost no effort the boards looked better than brand new, and no damage at all to the wood. Bleach of course, particularly undiluted could do unwanted things I guess, but didn't in my case (Wolmanized lumber).

Try it on a small section first and see. It is about as easy and cheap as it gets.

Always wear good eye protection when using bleach. My wife damn near went blind once when she splashed some in her eye.

That I did.

Hmmmm, and as I have my own card not linked to the joint account, SWMBO won't know. Maybe ... wives is tricksy like hobbetses. B-)

Excellent. I've become a lot less cavalier about such things over the years.