Mould/mildew on wipeable feeding chair seat

[DumbledoresGirl]

Can anyone help out? I am feeling so miserable about this.

I am supposed to be selling s lot of my baby stuff at a sale tomorrow. One of my best items is a feeding chair that was in pristine condition. Just got it down from the hayloft over our garage and discovered the wipeable seat insert is covered in mould/mildew.

I have tried Dettox Mould and Mildew remover, Milton, Handwash detergent, Vanish soap bar, and it is now sitting in a bleach solution - nothing is shifting the stuff.

Any other ideas before I throw a perfectly good feeding chair in the bin for the sake of one seat insert?

Hardly naswm! Sitting in a washing up bowl of bleach and water. Anyway, anything entered for the sale had to be taken round this evening. So whatever happens, it will have to wait for the next sale now.

I reckon at the moment, the stains aren't that noticable anymore as the cover is patterned, but I couldn't sell it anyway. It is hardly hygienic is it?

I would say it probably is very hygienic after all the cleaning it has had ! I hope the sale goes well today. Thinking of you naswm x

I have a dble pushchair with the same problem.
My Mum told me to use vinegar but I was afraid it would smell horrid afterwards.
My pushchair is black so don't really want to try bleach but unless I do I can't even give it away because oif the slight mould stains on the seat.

Good luck and I will be watching to steal any ideas.

Well today, after all night in dilute bleach, the stains are still there, but maybe mot so noticable as before. I am now leaving it out on the garden table to dry and hope that the sun will fade them further! I reckon in a dimly lit room, you wouldn't be able to see the stains anymore, but I still couldn't sell it as I had hoped.

At least they've faded. How are you going to resolve the damp problem in your hay loft? Sorry if that's opened up a can of worms but I guess if you need to store stuff there then it needs to be resolved.

hydrogen peroxide is meant to work isnt it?

Well happy to report that a full 24 hours out in the sun has drastically reduced the appearance of the stains. It is now waterlogged though so I am going to have to hang it on the line for another day to dry it. Hopefully they will have all gone by then.

PlummyMummy, we have huge plans for the whole house, and number one on the list is converting the hay loft into 2 bedrooms - hopefully next year. To link those to the main part of the house, we will need to construct a sort of linking corridor in an existing roof space, and I have plans to use the eaves on either side of the corridor as massive storage places, safe and dry under a proper lined roof space. You see your question has touched on a major project at our house!

Very sensible. Sounds impressive. Glad stains have faded