White Fuzz On Garage Floor

Say on one of your previous shows i heard that you got i got this white mold or fuzz that grows on the cement floor in the basement.

White fuzz on garage floor.

It sounds like you have a chronic efflorescence problem. White efflorescence caused by high water movement pushing salts out of a concrete floor slab. And i have a it s a finished basement. They can look very similar though.

It s in a pattern across the floor to the left and right of minor cracks. Efflorescence is a process where salts leach out of the concrete carried by water and end up on the surface as a white dusty residue. White mold vs efflorescence. The water dissolves salts inside the object while moving through it then evaporates leaving the salt on the surface.

It s caused by water seeping through the wall floor object. Molds can cause health problems including allergies asthma infections and other respiratory reactions. We hired a painter who cleaned and power washed the floor treated it with. Why would a white fuzz i am assuming its a mold grow on my concrete floor in my shop in any area after water has been on it and dried.

And the thing is i heard that you have vinegar and water to clean it up. Mold should be removed as soon as you see it and preventive measures should be put into place to avoid it. One is easy to clean up and one is not. On concrete basement floors a problem with moisture rising up from the wet ground can cause a fuzzy white mold to grow on the surface.

Efflorescence is a white crystalline or powdery often fluffy fuzzy deposit on the surface of masonry materials like concrete brick clay tile etc. People often confuse the two but they are in fact very different substances. Do you know the difference between white mold and efflorescence. This white fuzz you are referring to is called efflorescence.

Our house has a poured concrete basement floor. White fuzz or powder appears on the concrete surface.