Your kitchen is the last place you want to see mold growth. Unfortunately, it is one of the most common locations for mold problems. 

There are many spots in your kitchen that are ideal for mold growth. These include your taps, windows, kitchen sinks, walls, and behind your kitchen furniture and appliances.

You may be washing dishes to remove food particles and then storing wet dishes in your kitchen cabinet.

Although kitchen mold is a common problem, it’s also a dangerous one as it can cause severe damage to your property and your health. 

If you notice mold growth in your kitchen, call our experienced team for quick, affordable, and long-lasting mold removal.

We are experienced in providing all forms of restoration services, including kitchen mold removal. 

This simple guide will discuss how mold removal in the kitchen promotes cleanliness, effectiveness, and max sanitation. We will also throw a section on how professionals can help you achieve this goal.

What causes kitchen mold?

There is one key ingredient for mold growth: moisture. The activities in your kitchen, like cooking and washing, increase the humidity in the kitchen, promoting mold growth.

Leaky hoses, popes, and appliances also contribute their share of moisture, while insufficient ventilation ensures that the excess moisture remains in your kitchen.

While mold growth is constantly occurring, uncleanliness can worsen it. It is easy for mold to fester undetected in a dirty kitchen. On the other hand, mold growth can make any kitchen look dirty and unkempt.

So mold removal and cleanliness go together. To keep your kitchen clean and sanitized, you must carry out mold removal.

Kitchen mold removal

As many homeowners have observed, kitchen mold can happen overnight. However, the conditions that created the mold growth take time to accumulate. 

Some of these conditions include:

• Improper ventilation: Washing, drying, frying, steaming, and cooking produce moisture that flows around in the air. With proper ventilation, this moisture will go on its own. Without proper ventilation, it will settle on dark corners and edges. It is these sites that are ideal for mold growth.
• Faulty plumbing and leaky appliances: if you have a leaky sink, dishwasher, hose, or any other appliance, you should get it fixed immediately. Water leaking from such appliances or faulty pipes can create moisture, accelerating mold growth.

Kitchen mold: prevention and treatment 

Molds are dangerous to our health and properties. Health-wise, they have been linked to nasal problems, hard breathing, cough, respiratory infections, and throat irritation. They can also worsen existing health conditions like allergies, asthma, and pneumonia.

Furthermore, mold can promote an unpleasant smell that can make your kitchen inhabitable over time. Many people lose their appetite when they see large patches of mold growing in their kitchen.

The best way to handle kitchen mold is to prevent it from forming in the first place. You should also immediately deal with any sign of mold growth.

Here are some mold removal tips regardless of where you are removing mold from your king or preventing them from happening. These tips will promote cleanliness, effectiveness, and max sanitation.

Constant cleaning

You should clean your kitchen surfaces with a fungicide liquid. Constant cleaning will prevent mold from growing in your kitchen. You should immediately remove the infected material if you notice mold growth in your seals, grouts, and other small areas.

You should clean kitchen appliances that use water with bleach or any other sterilizing detergent.

Mold growth in the fridge is also common. To prevent mold growth, regularly clean your fridge flip pan. You should clear out leftovers from your fridge regularly. You should also look behind your fridge as it is often an excellent spot for mold growth.

Effective kitchen management

You need to have an effective system of managing the kitchen. For instance, you should regularly dispose of garbage, and empty sink drains. 

Garbage disposal should be a daily thing. Ideally, you should bleach-scrub your skin drain twice a week. Make sure you use protective gear when cleaning the garbage and removing mold.

You should also regularly clear out your kitchen cabinets and clean them regularly. You can also apply a coat of mold-resistant paint to infected areas to prevent mold growth from reoccurring.

If you notice mold growth on the wall, call in the experts. Attempts to remove the mold on your own can cause the mold to spread and even damage your property.

Sanitization

You must regularly sanitize your kitchen to prevent mold growth. While you can get excellent sanitizing materials, we recommend you call in professionals if you discover widespread mold infestation.

Widespread infestation signifies that your kitchen has become an ideal spot for mold growth. It is also possible that mold spores have traveled from your kitchen to other areas of your home. You can apply a homemade anti-mold cleaner to stop the growth while calling a professional.

How a Mold Removal Professional Promotes Cleanliness

We try to make our online guides as practical and effective as possible, but no two kitchens are the same. We recommend that all homeowners invite our team to have their kitchen inspected.

The inspection will determine if mold is getting in your kitchen and other areas. More than half of the homes we have inspected have molds growth in the kitchen,

The professional will help you effectively remove the mold and make recommendations to keep your kitchen clean and make mold growth a thing of the past.

A + Restoration Services Deals with Moldy Surfaces

If you want to clean mold or remove mold and protect your family’s health, our A + Restoration services team can help.

We will have the right cleaning solution in our spray bottle and other solutions and equipment to deal with the matter.

Our team will come to your home and look at the conditions in your home that promote mold growth.

Our team will assess the origins of the moisture problem and help you understand how to keep your kitchen mold-free.

Call us today for a complementary kitchen inspection.