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Would you use a pushchair that had gone mouldy?

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MintyBojingles · 14/01/2016 20:30

Just that really. Left our uppababy vista in the car over Christmas, and it grew mould on the seat and the basket. DH has wiped it thoroughly with diluted bleach and it looks fine, but I'm worried about spores still being in there.

DD is 16 months, but we are expecting DC2 in August so I want to use it again - DD outgrew the carrycot at 4 months, so I'd probably be putting a 4 month old in the but that's gone mouldy and really don't think it sounds safe!

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Scotinoz · 15/01/2016 02:25

Yes. Give it a good scrub and it'll be fine 😊

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GossamerApronStrings · 15/01/2016 03:39

I wouldn't, but I'm a bit paranoid about mold. In fairness, I'm allergic to it and have asthma....

Is it possible to order a replacement seat?

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SeoulSista · 15/01/2016 03:42

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MariaV0nTrapp · 15/01/2016 04:16

My p&t went mouldy.. both seats and the basket. Mortified. We stripped it right down, chucked what we could in the washing machine, gave the rest a good scrub and it's fine. We have an outdoor storage box because its too much of a faff to keep taking it down with both chairs in place and we dont have room to keep it set up stays in and we believe it went mouldy because we put it in with the raincoat being wet through still. Next time we will leave it in the house for a couple of hours to dry thoroughly before storing it.

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MariaV0nTrapp · 15/01/2016 04:19

Oops missed out 'that it'
and my p&t doesn't wear a raincoat.. damn autocorrect, I meant raincover

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ECD21156 · 15/01/2016 04:37

Same happened to us. Washed it then used the steam cleaner on it and it was fine x

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Soooosie · 15/01/2016 04:49

I'd probably bathe it in watered bleach to be thorough. But I'd use the buggy again.

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kate7590 · 15/01/2016 16:52

Id kept DSs pushchair in our garage and it went a bit mouldy.
I just took the seat off and washed it and scrubbed the solid bits that couldn't be washed and intent to use it again in July with next baby :)

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lanbro · 15/01/2016 16:56

I bought a second hand p&t that was a bit mouldy, I jet washed it and it was fine. In fact once I'd touched up the rusty bits with Hammerite it looked brand new !

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MintyBojingles · 15/01/2016 22:05

Ok so I'm probably good to go. In fairness I'm more worried about using it with new baby - I'm asthmatic and allergic to mould, so I think that's why I'm worried. But I'm not sure we won't need a double when dc2 arrives anyway, if not I might look at getting a new seat then if they are going to sleep in it a lot.