Help, I screwed up

[Charke]

Sunlight kills mold pretty good. It depends on the mold of course, but I've found leaving moldly material in a dry, warm, sunlit location will kill the mold and it will dry into a powder which can, mostly, be brushed off.

I don't know about the mold "inside" but I left a peice wet, it got moldy. I scrubbed it, left it to dry in sunlight and I've never had a problem since.

On the negative side, sunlight can probably damage leather. Since I was working with 12oz leather for armor, it probably wasn't as serrious a risk.

Mark Charke

[jimmy eng]

On the insides on one of my leather bags got mold and a friend suggested to use a mix of dish washing detergent and water and wipe it on then wipe it off with just water, it did the trick but the vinegar method makes more sense to me.

[Johnny B]

Mold will only grow with the presents of moisture. No moisture no mold. I would scrub off the spores and and if you can find it use Microban on the wallet. Microban kills the mold completely. As someone already pointed out bleach only kills part of the mold. After that I would use wood bleach to clean the leather then proceed with the finishing of this wallet.

[Billy P]

Like Bruce said, I use Pro-Carve some too. I read on here I think all kinds of stuff about casing, and I use warm water, a bit of Johnson's dish detergent and a little bit of Listerine Mouth wash, and never have a problem with mold on anything now. I don't know that this will help with the existing problem, but might help on other stuff. Billy P.