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Dririder jacket mold / mould - cleaning tips please

  • Crazysambo
    Crazysambo
    2 years ago
    Hi all, 

    Sydney has had its fair share of wet weather and I've found that my dririder winter jacket (and summer one) is growing its own little commune of mold !

    My wife tells me that diluted vinegar will do the trick  but the staining (yellow) is quite prominent.

    Do I give my trusty jackets their last rites? Or is there hope?
  • keith
    keith
    2 years ago
    Budget?, Newby and keep the old as back up maybe, not a fashion victim myself, shop for a secondhand one maybe?  
    Many old Nanna's cleaning tips really do work.
  • Jayman6
    Jayman6
    2 years ago
    Cant just chuck it in the wash with a good hit of sanitizer or napisan? Then hang in the hot sun for a few days, UV rays should kill anything left over.
  • Crazysambo
    Crazysambo
    2 years ago
    I thought about the Napisan etc, but I recall a forum a few weeks ago that spoke about the spores need to be killed off first before putting into the washing machine (avoid cross contamination) - I would've thought the hot water would've killed off anything lol
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    2 years ago
    Mould spores are tough. A mix of oil of cloves and white vinegar wiped over the mould will kill the spores. Wiping it over again with eucalyptus oil will help clean the stain and improve the odour. All my leather grew a fine crop over the last Queensland extended monsoon.
  • STEAMER
    STEAMER
    2 years ago
    Oil of Cloves, kills the mould spores. Spray on, wait a little time then with clean cloth and warm water wipe off affected area. 
  • tussuck
    tussuck
    2 years ago
    Car detailers use Ozone machines to kill off mold in interiors.
  • Baloffski
    Baloffski
    2 years ago
    Jeezus, if the above don't killem off. I'd hit witha mini14 or similar. 

  • obisteve
    obisteve
    2 years ago
    They use ozone machines in badly mould infected buildings too. Plastic wrap all openings, fill it all up. Croaks all the hiding cockroaches and rats too. TAFE building in Nambour needed this.
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