Mould in baby box

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Our house suffers with damp and we have a dehumidifier to try and reduce it.
Yesterday I got DS1’s two cardboard baby boxes down from the top of his wardrobe to look for something l and they both have spots of yellow mould on the inside of the lids. It breaks my heart as he’s only 5 and I’m already thinking that it’s only a matter of time before the rest of the contents of the boxes gets mouldy too - all the cards and clothes and precious things I’ve kept. Apart from moving from my stupid house (and this might just be the last straw, frankly) does anyone have any tips on where to store the boxes or how to remove the mould - is it even possible to get it out of card?

Can you get a different container to put them in? Is it damp or condensation in the house? If it’s condensation airing the house each day tends to help. I know if I leave my window slightly open (we have a lock on the window where you can leave it slightly open) then the windows are dry in the morning. I really sympathise as I rented a shit house which was similar years ago and some of my clothes got ruined.

Assuming you have done all that could you wrap the boxes in cling film very very tightly. Then check them in a couple of weeks to make sure they are not getting worse.

I think shops use those silica sachets to stop the inside of bags etc going bad in storage.

I've bought airtight boxes from a company called Solent Plastics. They have a special scuba seal that's totally airtight. Use them to store precious stuff in my very damp garage. They are not that cheap around £25 but that's for a huge one but worth it to protect memories imo.

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These type of things.

A plastic box is the answer for the most precious things.
Mould killer wash regularly applied to affected walls etc is necessary 0 maybe every 3 months.
Weird one this... silica gel - not the saw dust kind - of cat litter placed in an open plastic box - like a plastic shoe box - near the things you particularly want to keep safe will absorb the moisture and keep the damp away. You could even ill a foot-tight thing with the silica gel, tie it up and put it inside the next box on top of the baby things.

Then there's the obvious - open windows daily, don't block airbricks, wash clothes with even one spore of mould on them. That's going to include everything in the baby box since its on the lid.

www.wilko.com/en-uk/wilko-silica-diamond-gel-cat-litter-38l/p/0433627 in open plastic boxes and in a pair of old tights tied at the top

It's also worth investigating where the damp is coming from.
Where are you drying clothes? Do you have a leak somewhere? Are windows left open to air the house?

Thank you all, I’ll try all those things!
We have condensation and I try to air the house but sometimes the house just smells damp when you come in the door, so I’m not sure where the problem is coming from.