Comments on: Green Cleaning

By: Water Jane

Water Jane — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:10:23 +0000

Dry Ice Blasting is absolutely fascinating to me. The fact that it breaks smoke away from surface areas with micro-explosions is amazing.

By: James Stewart

James Stewart — Mon, 14 May 2012 06:04:54 +0000

Yeah, you’re right with your point. This blog can be a great help for many consumers… Great information and idea. Thanks for sharing!

By: Aftab Ansari

Aftab Ansari — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 21:19:40 +0000

Is dry ice plasting better than agitating by brush plus vacuuming? How? Thanks.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 21:15:40 +0000

You can cut out and throw away the drywall, but can you also tell us about the air duct infested with mold. In this case the goal is to kill the mold and mold spores, What agent work best to kill them?

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:47:47 +0000

I don’t think Ed is talking about using ozone on mold, so please don't try it. All mold companies should follow the IICRC S520 standards and there is strong evidence that ozone doesn't kill mold. Regardless, the standards for taking care of mold is to remove it (not kill it) so drywall etc needs to be cut out. I get the gist of what he's saying, but just remember what your goal is here.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 01:15:16 +0000

Great info posted here. Alot of the info provided above can be applied to getting rid of mold. Great way to “clean green” :)

Here’s a pretty short and sweet guide on it:

Hopefully everyone needing to find the info does, as black mold has pretty negative side affects on health (especially long term)

Cheers,

Kyle

By: Tucker

Tucker — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 03:27:23 +0000

There is a blast cleaning that is 100% eco-friendly called dry ice blasting. Dry ice blasting is the process of shooting small dry ice bits at a surface to clean it. The dry ice immediately sublimates in to CO2 gas. The dry ice used to clean is produced from repurposed industrial byproducts. Dry ice blasting is a great technology because it cleans very well and does not product any secondary waste to cleanup.

By: Mead Rose

Mead Rose — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 21:47:57 +0000

Although I am familiar with the Vinegar and Newspaper window cleaning method (which recycles newspapers in the service of window cleaning) a friend of mine has an even better method in terms of fewer streaks and smears and doesn’t even use paper. (Although there is a bit of technique involved).

What is required is a window razor, a large and small squeegee, a towel and a bucket of biodegradable soap solution. Here’s a video demonstrating how it’s done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FjgdUricEs

By: Lina-EPA

Lina-EPA — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 02:15:11 +0000

Terrie,
Thanks for the tip and explanation.
L

By: Terrie

Terrie — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:55:24 +0000

You do need to ALWAYS dilute the 35% hydrogen peroxide. At this strength it can actually cause damage to some materials. For instructions on proper dilution visit the website mentioned in my previous post. It is on the page about tooth whitening.

You do not need to dilute 3% hydrogen peroxide if you don’t want to. I usually use it full strength in the bathroom.

If you want to dilute 35% to 3% just mix 1 ounce of 35% and 11 ounces of water to make 12 ounces of 3% H2O2.