White Fuzz On Garage Floor

It s in a pattern across the floor to the left and right of minor cracks.

White fuzz on garage floor.

People often confuse the two but they are in fact very different substances. 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. One can cause serious health problems while the other does not pose any risk at all. Do you know the difference between white mold and efflorescence.

Q we have efflorescence on the garage floor. And i have a it s a finished basement. It sounds like you have a chronic efflorescence problem. White mold vs efflorescence.

The water dissolves salts inside the object while moving through it then evaporates leaving the salt on the surface. White efflorescence caused by high water movement pushing salts out of a concrete floor slab. 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. Molds can cause health problems including allergies asthma infections and other respiratory reactions.

This white fuzz you are referring to is called efflorescence. It s caused by water seeping through the wall floor object. Our house has a poured concrete basement floor. Efflorescence is a white crystalline or powdery often fluffy fuzzy deposit on the surface of masonry materials like concrete brick clay tile etc.

Mold should be removed as soon as you see it and preventive measures should be put into place to avoid it. We hired a painter who cleaned and power washed the floor treated it with. Several cracks have occurred in the floor allowing a white foamy substance to seep through all around the 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.

And the thing is i heard that you have vinegar and water to clean it up. One is easy to clean up and one is not.