As a starting point, a mold attack must always be disinfected and the mold must be removed, but we must also recognize that there are certain situations and certain places where it is simply not possible to carry out an effective remediation.
Examples of inaccessible places with mold:
Mold growth on a plywood sub-ceiling in a building where there are sloping walls or the space is fully utilized. You can look down and see that there is mold, but you just can't get around to remediating it.
Raised floors where the space of perhaps 10 cm is used for cable runs etc.
Very low crawl spaces where you just can't get in.
Blocked containers and other similar inaccessible places.
Of course, it is possible to solve such problems by tearing down the entire structure and rebuilding, but in many situations this is completely pointless.
Alternatively, you can make a fixation of the mold and the spores, so that a spread is prevented.
"The Sealing Method"
If the mold has arisen in such a place, due to water damage, condensation or other damping, then of course, as always, the source of moisture must be removed and drying must be ensured.
If it is subsequently not possible to do a thorough cleaning of the attack, then you can choose to seal and thus encapsulate the fungus, so that it can no longer release spores or other unpleasantness.
To solve that task, a product with a relatively high content of just the right binder and the right combination of fungicides is required.
Mold infestation in the outdoor environment
If there is a mold attack in what is defined as the outdoor area, which can also be a false ceiling in an uninhabited attic, the underside of the floor in a crawl space, in the garage and similar places, then we recommend the use of Protox Aquaground to solve the task. Protox Aquaground has a relatively high content of fungicides together with the right binder that penetrates, moistens and encapsulates the mold so that it can no longer live and release spores.
Mold infestation in the indoor environment
If it is an attack in the inside environment. It can be under the bricked-up floor, under containers etc. then the content of fungicides in ProtoxAkvagrund is unnecessarily high, and therefore we have developed ProtoxEncapsulator, which with the same binding agent content, but with a greatly reduced content of fungicides, provides exactly the same sealing of the mould, but ProtoxForsealer can be used anywhere in the indoor environment without worry.
Sealing is a good and economically attractive alternative in places where it is practically impossible to carry out actual mold removal.
Schematically, the procedure looks like this:
Available:
Outside: Clean and possibly prevent with ProtoxProtect
Inside: Clean and possibly prevent with ProtoxProtect
Unavailable:
Outside: Seal with Protox Aquaground
Inside: Seal with ProtoxEncapsulator
It is always very important that the choice of treatment method is agreed with the owner of the property and the possible advisor. If the sealing method with Protox Aquaground or ProtoxEncapsulator is used, it is particularly important that the outcome requirements are completely coordinated.
A cursory inspection of the treated areas will show that there is apparently still mold, as the seal itself is colorless and the mold has not been removed.
A test with ProClean or similar method will however show that the mushroom is sealed and thus "harmless".
ProtoxAkvagrund and ProtoxForsealer can be supplied with a "reveal color" that shows that a treatment has been carried out.