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Old 10-03-2024, 07:36 PM   #1
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Black mold in toilet

As I was flushing the chemical down our toilet at the beginning of our trip this weekend, I noticed a bunch of black mold. It's not in the bowl itself, but in the area under the flap, and I'm assuming down further. How can we possibly eliminate this?
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Old 10-03-2024, 07:43 PM   #2
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Old 10-04-2024, 08:45 AM   #3
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turn off water, glove your hand and wipe something bleachy around in the hole. Moist places will always be conducive to mold growth, especially if it's humid where you are.
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Black mold is everywhere...
while you read the first sentence you probably breathed in some mold spores
very few people are susceptible to getting sick etc from the mold
a healthy person would just about have to eat it by the spoon full

the risk has been used to promote mold cleaning/removal services etc ... too many people made a lot of money praying on people's fears.

Your house and car have many places where the mold resides...
but there are many, more dangerous things around that people totally ignore.


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If you want to clean the toilet flush it with some fresh water to get everything wet
then use soft bristle brush / rag or sponge
AND a clothes peg

The mold being wet ... will not float in the air so you should be safe.
cover face with unused covid mask if you must
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With water turned off depress pedal and spray mold with bleach solution through open hole.

Repeat as needed.
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Black mold is everywhere...
while you read the first sentence you probably breathed in some mold spores
very few people are susceptible to getting sick etc from the mold
a healthy person would just about have to eat it by the spoon full

the risk has been used to promote mold cleaning/removal services etc ... too many people made a lot of money praying on people's fears.

Your house and car have many places where the mold resides...
but there are many, more dangerous things around that people totally ignore.


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If you want to clean the toilet flush it with some fresh water to get everything wet
then use soft bristle brush / rag or sponge
AND a clothes peg

The mold being wet ... will not float in the air so you should be safe.
cover face with unused covid mask if you must
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Exactly! Black mold is everywhere you have dampness and no light. Every house has black mold somewhere. As long as it is not in the part of the toilet you can see, it is not an issue. I would bet that every tank has black mold somewhere in it.
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