'I tried Dettol's £3.50 mould spray and it works in under one minute - it's a miracle'
I know a thing or two about mould. There's been a leak in my roof for two years, which turned into a hole in March. This hole is now held together by a plank of wood and a big stick and every time it rains the water comes from all directions. We, genuinely, have a paddling pool in our living room. But the worst part is the mould - until I found the Dettol Mould and Mildew remover.
Not only do we have to keep on top of things with dehumidifiers, including by our coats with a hanging one, the disgusting menace starts to spread within a day or two of a rain storm. It's easy to despair staring at it spread across and leaking into our lungs. For a few weeks, all three of my flat mates were generally ill and it wasn't shifting. We needed to form an assault.
None of us are rich but I also know that cheaper solutions are often that - cheap and not helpful. So picking up a bottle of the Dettol spray from Tesco (£3.50 - however, it's cheaper to get the three pack bundle from Amazon for £9.98, and I would recommend that especially if you have persistent mould problems), I set my sights on my sworn enemy.
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I set my timer and went for the blue mould growing on the side. The spray contains bleach, so if you're spraying upwards, make sure you run away and wear protective eyewear. I sprayed three-to-four times to cover the whole area, pressed the stopwatch and... dead. In seconds the blue retreated, leaving behind a faint yellow residual.
By 30 seconds it almost completely vanished, then by a minute gone. As easy a fix as - spoiler alert for The Marvels skip to next paragraph if you don't want to see - Captain Marvel just flying into the sun and restarting with no stress whatsoever despite building it up for most of her life.
While the blue mould was banished, the black stuff stared at me. It's notoriously tougher to get out of the walls, but after witnessing the absolute knockout, I walked over with the unstoppable confidence of a teenager who looked up something on Wikipedia and now thinks they should film a TikTok on it. Again, I sprayed to cover the whole area, stepped back, and waited. At 30 seconds, the mould started to retreat, with the yellow splodges around the side.
At a minute, most of it died - except for a few hangers on. Disappointment started to creep in until I got some kitchen roll and wiped it away. Then: gone. Top tip, if you use it against black mould, it needs a wipe. We're all good. It does have a slight bleach-y smell and if you're using a lot, definitely make sure the air flow is up to scratch. But it doesn't smell bad. And it's certainly better than breathing in mould.
Even though this is a five star spray, I wouldn't be doing my job properly if I didn't point you in the direction of some-time-MyLondon-reviewer-and-full-time-colleague Narin Flanders, who tested out Mrs Hinch's 'miracle' spray for our sister-site Liverpool Echo. The HG Mould Spray - which is also recommended by mum, one of the smartest people I know - is slightly lower rated at 4.6 compared to Dettol's 4.7, but this is definitely one for bathroom tiles rather than walls. I also recognise this as the spray we used in our awful second year house at Uni.
She wrote: "It might be a sign that I'm old but the joy I got from seeing my bathroom free of black marks and gleaming was worth every penny of that fiver, and actually probably a lot more. I'll definitely be keeping some spray in my cupboard in case I need it again."
You can get the Dettol Mould and Mildew remover from Tesco for £3.50, or the three multi-pack from Amazon for £9.98. You can get the HG Mould Spray from Amazon for £5.25 and Tesco for £5.50. You can get hanging dehumidifiers from Amazon.
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