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Wow thanks!..that took me right back to college and
my head started to hurt again like it used to back then! ;-)
..Actually Physics was my "brain food" of choice
scoring in the 90%'s....but I would barely squeak by in Chemistry, (too abstract
for me I guess)...
But you must be right about what Lysol does to
bacteria and fungus etc...My friend bought an old funeral home that he converted
into a house and the cement block walls in the basement were deteriorating and
had a lot of mold and fungus on them..He tried different soaps and even Javel
Bleach, which would get rid of it for a while but it would always come back. He
then went out and bought a case of Lysol spray, and went nuts on the walls with
it..The mold never came back!
What this made me wonder is if this stuff is that
powerful, what could it be doing to us when we spray it around the house on a
daily basis as they tell us to do in the TV commercials?...especially
around babies and children and breath it in ourselves. It's probably
killing a lot of the "good" bacteria that we need everyday no?.....
Anyway I guess I've sort of strayed from the
Imperial subject here a little but I wil try it on what's left of the mildew
stains on my "salvaged" seats...I just finished washing the last and worst of
the seats with bathroom mildew remover (Softscrub or something like
that) and although most of it is gone. there
is still dark spots on the leather, but at least they are clean enough now to
bring into the house and store them until I'm ready to install them in the
spring...But next time I'm at the store I'll buy some Lysol liquid and give it
an extra shot to see if I can get rid of the rest of it. If not then I guess
I'll just have to dye that part of it...thanks for the info!
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Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 4:22
PM
Subject: Re: IML: Mildew on white
leather
The active ingredients in Lysol are long chain quaternary ammonium salts
which are vey good at killing bacteria and fungi but also function like soaps.
Most soaps have a negatively charged end (acid of some type Phosphate
etc.) and a long hydrocarbon tail. The ingredients in Lysol have a posivively
charged end (ammonium NR4+) and a long hydrocarbon tail. These are very
effective biocides and I am guessing are gently to the leather.
Note I have aerosol Lysol at home which I think contains a significant
quantity of alcohol. I would look for a pourable variety which is probabvly
mostly water.
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Original Message -----
From: "Andrew A."
To:
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Subject: Re: IML: Mildew on white
leather
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 14:31:07 -0500
would that be just plain Lysol? or some special
cleaner made by Lysol?...thanks
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 1:33
PM
Subject: Re: IML: Mildew on white
leather
The high-end upholsterer at Cook's in Redwood City, Calif.,
recommends Lysol. Obviously, bleach free is preferable.
Happy motoring,
David
'91
K-Imperial driver
'66 LeBaron dual air and every option known to man
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