Kilz is Ineffective To Kill Mold
 

"I have mold in my bathroom (ceiling and upper wall) and have tried bleach water and repainted with Kilz.  The mold is returning."           
        ----T.L. on Jan. 13, 2005. 

       Bleach and Kilz are  ineffective to kill mold growth. As to bleach, please visit: Bleach Mold Myth. As to Kilz, that good product is useful only to hide water stains and other surface blemishes as a primer coating prior to painting. Kilz does NOT kill anything, including mold growth. Kilz is a good paint primer, but certainly not an EPA-registered fungicide and certainly not appropriate in your mold remediation efforts. If there is mold growth in your walls and ceilings, you need to follow the 25 steps for safe and effective mold remediation.

        Q.  I live in a townhome and I had a leak within my walls from the upstairs bathroom. Now I was told that the leak has been a steady slow leak for the past year. When they went into the walls to repair the pipes I notice mold growing on my kitchen cabinets. Now they told me that they treated the mold with two different substances Kilz and Molecular Modifier. Can you tell me anything about these two chemicals and their use in mold treatment? [May 27, 2005]
        A. Neither product is EPA-registered to kill mold, and neither product is appropriate or suitable for mold remediation efforts. Kilz is used to camouflage or hide water stains as a paint primer before painting. Molecular Modifier is a pet odor camouflage. Learn the 25 steps for safe and effective mold remediation. Be sure you mold test your entire home for mold cross contamination---learn how at Mold Inspection and the Mold Store.  A continuing leak inside a wall is very conducive for the growing of the deadly Stachybotrys black mold, as well as other molds.

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