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Cleaning Flooded Floors and Woodwork floods woodwork wood mildew floors Michigan State University Extension Home Maintenance and Repair

01500011 12/04/98 Cleaning Flooded Floors and Woodwork Cleaning 1. Shovel out the worst of the mud and silt before it dries. Use a hose if necessary. 2. Before the house has dried out ,scrub floors and woodwork with a stiff brush, plenty of water, a detergent and a disinfectant. Remove mud and silt from corners,cracks, and crevices.3. Water may have accumulated in partitions and exterior walls. Drain these areas by removing baseboard and drilling holes between studs a few inches above the floor. You may need to remove sections of the wallboard or plaster so that wall studding and interior can dry thoroughly--a process that may take months. 4. Give floors a final thorough washing with a non- sudsing cleaning product. Removing Surface Mildew 1. Heat the room to a temperature of 50 to 60 degrees F.to help dry mildewed wood.2. Scrub mildewed floors and woodwork with an alkali solution such as washing soda or tri-sodium phosphate (4to 6 tablespoons to a gallon of water), available in paint and grocery stores. Or use a cloth dipped in hot water and a small amount of kerosene, or in a mixture ofborax dissolved in hot water.3. Rinse with clear water.4. Allow wood to dry thoroughly.5. Apply a mildew resistant paint.6. Replace badly infected wood, preferably with treated or decay-resistant wood.Bleaching Wood Stained by Mildew1. Remove paint or varnish with paint remover. 2. Apply a solution of 3 tablespoons oxalic aciddissolved in a pint of water to the stains. (Oxalic acid crystals can be purchased at drug stores. OXALIC ACID ISPOISONOUS. Label it clearly and keep out of children's reach. 3. Rinse with clear water.4. Dry thoroughly before refinishing. This article was written by Anne Field, Extension Specialist, Emeritus, with reference from the USDA Disaster Handbook. This information is for educational purposes only. References to commercial products or trade names does not imply endorsement by MSU Extension or bias against those not mentioned. This information becomes public property upon publication and may be printed verbatim with credit to MSU Extension. This file was generated from data base 02 on 06/24/03. Data base 02 was last revised on 12/04/98.

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