White Fuzz On Garage Floor

White efflorescence caused by high water movement pushing salts out of a concrete floor slab.

White fuzz on garage floor.

Molds can cause health problems including allergies asthma infections and other respiratory reactions. Do you know the difference between white mold and efflorescence. 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.

People often confuse the two but they are in fact very different substances. It sounds like you have a chronic efflorescence problem. Mold should be removed as soon as you see it and preventive measures should be put into place to avoid it. One is easy to clean up and one is not.

And the thing is i heard that you have vinegar and water to clean it up. This white fuzz you are referring to is called efflorescence. Our house has a poured concrete basement floor. It s caused by water seeping through the wall floor object.

Q we have efflorescence on the garage floor. It s in a pattern across the floor to the left and right of minor 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. And i have a it s a finished basement.

White fuzz or powder appears on the concrete surface. 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. Efflorescence is a white crystalline or powdery often fluffy fuzzy deposit on the surface of masonry materials like concrete brick clay tile etc. White mold vs efflorescence.

One can cause serious health problems while the other does not pose any risk at all. 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.