New caravan with white mould on cupboards doors

songsters
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edited June 2020 in Caravans #1

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We have had two second-hand caravans in the past, so when my husband retired we purchased a new eldiss midhurst super plus from Sussex caravans in December 2019 . We didn't use it until February 2020 and the first night after sleeping in it we woke to all the cupboards covered in a ingrained white dust . We had one more night . We took it back  to Sussex caravans and they said it was bloom and that a lot of caravans get it . We left it with them and they repaired the seal around the door and porch light and left a Dr humidifier runninh  in it . It was not available for collection before lock  down.  So we were unable to pick it up until today ,  as we can now get into our caravan club storage site .  We were very sad to see it still had the white dust ( mould ) on some of the doors .  We saw a different person this time and he said he had never seen anything like it . So they have kept the caravan to look into it further .  We spent our savings on this new caravan and feel very worried we have got a dud one . Does anyone have any idea why this is happening and why they would have to redo the seals on the door and porch light on a new caravan 

Thankyou ..

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  • Tinwheeler
    Tinwheeler Forum Participant Posts: 23,142 ✭✭✭
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    edited June 2020 #2

    It’s mould and it happens in the right/wrong ambient settings. It doesn't necessarily mean there’s a problem. Caravans, by necessity, have many air vents and those vents also allow damp air to enter. Sometimes using a furniture spray polish such as Pledge seems to encourage mould. We've had it before and just cleaned it off and carried on regardless.

    You'll likely find more experiences of this related on the forum.

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