Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Odor removal

From: Doug Braun <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2023 10:13:01 -0400

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BTW, don't ever use bathroom cleaning products containing hydrochloric
acid.  (Some toilet bowl cleaners contain it).
It quickly destroys chrome plating.  Ask me how I know...

Doug

On Thu, Apr 6, 2023 at 2:38=E2=80=AFAM Karl Vacek <[email-masked]> w=
rote:

> Some time ago the wax ring went out in our upstairs toilet.  No evidence
> of the failure till I had to get into the plumbing wall below there.
> Lovely mess of black mold and nasty gunk.  I cleaned everything up with
> successive applications of bleach-based cleaners, but there was still som=
e
> nasty stuff and the copper pipes were green, so I followed up with
> hydrochloric (muriatic) acid.  It's clean, but there's still a lingering
> stench that wasn't there in the first place.  The acid itself did stink
> badly for a couple weeks but I think that's mostly gone now.
>
> I've used Febreeze and an aerosol deodorant, but this needs serious help.
>
> Suggestions?
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>BTW, don&#39;t ever use bathroom cleaning products co=
ntaining hydrochloric acid.=C2=A0 (Some toilet bowl cleaners contain it).</=
div><div>It quickly destroys chrome plating.=C2=A0 Ask me how I know...</di=
v><div><br></div><div>Doug<br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 6, 2023 at 2:38=E2=80=AFAM =
Karl Vacek &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]=
om</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margi=
n:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex=
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Some time ago the wax ring went out in our upstairs toilet.=C2=A0 No eviden=
ce of the failure till I had to get into the plumbing wall below there.=C2=
=A0 Lovely mess of black mold and nasty gunk.=C2=A0 I cleaned everything up=
 with successive applications of bleach-based cleaners, but there was still=
 some nasty stuff and the copper pipes were green, so I followed up with hy=
drochloric (muriatic) acid.=C2=A0 It&#39;s clean, but there&#39;s still a l=
ingering stench that wasn&#39;t there in the first place.=C2=A0 The acid it=
self did stink badly for a couple weeks but I think that&#39;s mostly gone =
now.<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">I&#39;ve used Febreeze an=
d an aerosol deodorant, but this needs serious help.</div><div dir=3D"auto"=
><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Suggestions?=C2=A0</div>
</div></div>

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From: Richard George <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2023 08:53:27 -0700

is it mold odor, or...?  In the past I've had to deal with cat pee 
damaged walls/floors - what I couldn't cut out I normally used Nature's 
miracle on for a while (like cover it with plastic so it stays wet) 
and/or kilzed it to seal the odor in.  I also got to deal with a minor 
mold issue in my dad's house when we were prepping it for sale.  they 
would kill the mold with the method du jour, maybe wash that off (not 
sure on that), seal it with kilz and call it good. As usual, please 
research this further if this sounds like a possibility - I am not a 
mold remediator guy or play one on tv, so....

Good Luck,

rkg

(Richard George)

On 4/5/2023 4:24 PM, Karl Vacek wrote:
> Some time ago the wax ring went out in our upstairs toilet.  No 
> evidence of the failure till I had to get into the plumbing wall below 
> there.  Lovely mess of black mold and nasty gunk.  I cleaned 
> everything up with successive applications of bleach-based cleaners, 
> but there was still some nasty stuff and the copper pipes were green, 
> so I followed up with hydrochloric (muriatic) acid.  It's clean, but 
> there's still a lingering stench that wasn't there in the first 
> place.  The acid itself did stink badly for a couple weeks but I think 
> that's mostly gone now.
>
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