White Fuzz On Garage Floor

And i have a it s a finished basement.

White fuzz on garage floor.

White mold vs efflorescence. We hired a painter who cleaned and power washed the floor treated it with. And the thing is i heard that you have vinegar and water to clean it up. 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.

One can cause serious health problems while the other does not pose any risk at all. It s caused by water seeping through the wall floor object. This white fuzz you are referring to is called efflorescence. Mold should be removed as soon as you see it and preventive measures should be put into place to avoid it.

People often confuse the two but they are in fact very different substances. They can look very similar though. 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. It sounds like you have a chronic efflorescence problem.

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. Q we have efflorescence on the garage floor. Several cracks have occurred in the floor allowing a white foamy substance to seep through all around the cracks. Do you know the difference between white mold and efflorescence.

The water dissolves salts inside the object while moving through it then evaporates leaving the salt on the surface. 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. Our house has a poured concrete basement floor. Molds can cause health problems including allergies asthma infections and other respiratory reactions.

White efflorescence caused by high water movement pushing salts out of a concrete floor slab. White fuzz or powder appears on the concrete surface.