Mould
just been checking on caravan and noticed a fine grey powdery mould on wooden panels. Appears to just wipe off and no evidence of damp anywhere or even a damp smell . Anyone have a similar experience or idea what might be causing this.
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I recall having a similar experience in a PVC we had many years ago whilst in storage. Happened on one occasion only, put it down to poor air circulation and too many moisture absorbent materials being left in the van. These days I leave cupboards empty, their doors open, remove said materials and increase airflow. Seems to work!
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Just had the same! Brought caravan home gave it another good clean, airing and warming and removed awning, aquaflow etc to garage to improve air flow. Have now returned caravan to storage and left a window on the lee side in the vent position to give further
air flow and left all interior doors open. Will check again in a couple of weeks so fingers crossed.0 -
Those little spores are everywhere, I’m told, and need moisture to survive. I’d wipe all surfaces with something that will eradicate any spores that have settled on surfaces. If the van does not smell ‘musty’ then I reckon you’re OK. Do as suggested above
and keep everything well ventilated (with all internal doors open) to keep it as dry as possible. You are trying to avoid local cold spots.0 -
We winterised our van in October knowing it would be in storage until the New Year. We're always careful as previously we've had mildew on one of the seats. We leave cupboard doors open and everything is out of the lockers and cupboards although everything
is left under the bed.On Monday we went to put the van back ready for our trip to Knaresborough tomorrow and found an oven glove left to keep the fridge door ajar covered in spores. We'd left 3 lots of crystals in the van and each lot was sat in water.
I wonder if the past few months have been exceptionally damp. We've been caravanning 5 years and we've never had this level of moisture before.
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It certainly has, it's been unseasonably warm and wet. Warm air holds more moisture and it's realistically impossible to reduce the humidity in the van to below that of the air outside. To do this you would need to have a completely sealed van with a recycling air conditioning unit. These chemical crystal humidifiers are really not up to it and, in my opinion, a waste of time and money! Just remove all moisture absorbant materials, open cupboard doors and increase the ventilation. That's the best you can achieve!
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2008 Coachman Laser 650. First time Mold for us too! Had the caravan serviced as usual, no damp reported, three weeks later covered in green
and grey mold on all the wood work. Interestingly, the ceiling and plastic Heiki surrounds were also covered in condensation. We cleaned and wiped it all down with white vinegar mix and some detol wipes and spray. The blinds which every year (8) till now were
kept closed. Very small patches of mold returned and on the ceiling. I opened the Heiki Roof vents to their overnight lowest setting, opened the blinds. Removed the mattresses etc. So far its OK now, I will check agin this week. I was devistated to see this
and put it down to the un seasonal damp, humid and warm weather. My friend who parks in the same location always leaves his blinds up and his caravan was as clean as a whistle.A lot of people on the storage site have been affected this year for the first time.
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Been to bring van home out of storage today and found it covered with green and white mould. This is the first time we have found this in our six years of caravnning. Nothing different with how we stored and ventilated and as said above been unusual weather.
Starange thing is no water in the slat containers, just crusts on the top. Check these monthly as well. Thanks for the advice re the Milton as we were unsure of how to treat it.0 -
Caravanned since 1981 and thankfully have never suffered mould....I don't even remove my seats furnishings but I do stand everything up on their edges inclding bolsters and cushion but leave air space between each article ....Leave every drawer, cupboard,
and floor level bed locker lids all open...leave toilet compartment door ajar...Two moisture crystal containers but not the long shaped ones you get in hardware stores.0
