White Fuzz On Garage Floor

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.

White fuzz on garage floor.

This white fuzz you are referring to is called efflorescence. 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. It s caused by water seeping through the wall floor object. It s in a pattern across the floor to the left and right of minor cracks.

White fuzz or powder appears on the concrete surface. And i have a it s a finished basement. The water dissolves salts inside the object while moving through it then evaporates leaving the salt on the surface. They can look very similar though.

One is easy to clean up and one is not. Several cracks have occurred in the floor allowing a white foamy substance to seep through all around the cracks. 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. White mold vs efflorescence.

Q we have efflorescence on the garage floor. Molds can cause health problems including allergies asthma infections and other respiratory reactions. It sounds like you have a chronic efflorescence problem. White efflorescence caused by high water movement pushing salts out of a concrete floor slab.

One can cause serious health problems while the other does not pose any risk at all. We hired a painter who cleaned and power washed the floor treated it with. Our house has a poured concrete basement floor. And the thing is i heard that you have vinegar and water to clean it up.

People often confuse the two but they are in fact very different substances. 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.