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Old 10-03-2016, 03:26 PM   #1
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Black mold on the awning

Noticed some black mold growing on my awning.
Any suggestions on how to kill it without destroying the awning material?
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Bleach and water.

I make up a warm water bleach mix of about an oz bleach to 1 gal water.

I have a pump up garden sprayer I use to soak down the white underside of the awning. After its totally wet I'll roll it up and let it soak for 20 minutes or more.

Then I'll unroll it and with a car wash brush, brush down the underside, a good rinse and it's bright white again.
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A mix of bleach (1 cup), laundry soap (1 cup), water (1 gallon), and plenty of elbow grease (two sore arms).
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A mix of bleach (1 cup), laundry soap (1 cup), water (1 gallon), and plenty of elbow grease (two sore arms).
That is a lot of bleach and laundry soap in just one gallon of water.
The elbow grease must come in at trying to rinse off that much soap and bleach.
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Bleach and water.

I make up a warm water bleach mix of about an oz bleach to 1 gal water.

I rhave a pump up garden sprayer I use to soak down the white underside of the awning. After its totally wet I'll roll it up and let it soak for 20 minutes or more.

Then I'll unroll it and with a car wash brush, brush down the underside, a good rinse and it's bright white again.
Adding some Dawn dish detergent really helps. Usually eliminates the brush.
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So black mold is usually pretty toxic and bad for your health... also its usually not found on an awning. You likely have mildew, and most mildew cleaners will work.
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Do not use bleach. One it is toxic and secondly "could" damage the awning material and or hardware.

Was in the mold remediation business for 20 years.

Go to super market and get yourself a box of Borax laundry soap. Borax contains Borate which kills mold. Make up a sudsy solution, apply it whatever way is easiest for you, scrub the awning with a soft/medium bristle brush. Rinse thoroughly.

Non toxic and won't damage the awning or hardware.
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I make up a warm water bleach mix of about an oz bleach to 1 gal water.
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Do not use bleach. One it is toxic and secondly "could" damage the awning material and or hardware.
I love it... lol.
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So black mold is usually pretty toxic and bad for your health... also its usually not found on an awning. You likely have mildew, and most mildew cleaners will work.
Great ideas everyone, Thanks!
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Old 10-04-2016, 06:41 AM   #10
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I use Clorox with bleach. Have for years on my old pop-up and have never had a problem and it does a great job. jmo
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When we bought our current trailer our dealer recommended something called Voom. Doesn't eat wax and is safe for all surfaces in and on the RV, yadda, yadda, yadda. Being that I never heard of it I was skeptical. Since I got a decent discount on anything I bought that day I thought why not? It works fine for general cleaning.

I never used it on the awning until this past summer. I always thought the scrub method was best, but I ran out of OxyClean and didn't have time to get more. Wow! This stuff worked great, NO SCRUBBING! A little bit in a gallon of hot water and a wand with terry cloth head and all the stains and mildew came right off.

I will never use anything else to clean the awning with. After our last trip I'll be cleaning the roof with it too.

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Voom sounds interesting. Of course, Borax is less expensive...
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I love it... lol.
Haha... Kinda funny how everyone has different ideas about the same thing.

Just to clear up any question about using a bleach solution to clean your dometic awning, Here's a page out of the dometic awning manual.

From what they say, you should not use borax, or any mildew or mold cleaner at all.

Call me crazy but l'll stick with the bleach water solution.

http://liferebooted.net/life-reboote...g%20Manual.pdf
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Darn you for confusing me even more!!!
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But really, both are right. Although it says to use bleach, it also says that bleach will degrade the vinyl if left on too long. Borax , although not used as much now, was often a base ingredient in many laundry and other soaps, and is now mostly sold as a laundry booster. So when the instructions say to add soap, that could easily include borax. It does have antifungal properties, so using it on mildew would make a lot of sense. Since it is a lot safer to use than chlorine bleach, I am definitely going to try it next time!
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I use spray 9 which does a great job. I once rolled up my awning when it was wet and forgot to open it back up to dry when I got home. On our next trip a couple weeks later there were black streaks on the awning that would not come off with soapy water and a scrub brush. I then took Spray 9 and bingo it cleaned up like new. It is now my go to product for everything from the roof to black streaks on the sides of the TT and awning. A great product.
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Underside of awning---Mr.Clean Magic erasers. Works wonders.
Topside of awning---Dawn/water/bleach mix. Apply with a tank sprayer. Adjust angle of awning so it runs off one side while you gently scrub it.
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