Ozone kills mold spores by attacking them at their source. Ozone is the second most powerful sterilizer in the world, and it has the ability to destroy bacteria, viruses and odors. Ozone occurs quite readily in nature,  as a result of lightning strikes that occur during thunderstorms. The fresh, clean, spring rain smell that we notice after a storm, and is best evidenced by the fresh from natures creation of ozone.
Our ozone machines will kill Black Mold.

OZONE IS VERY EFFECTIVE IN KILLING MOLD by the use of unoccupied room High Ozone Shock Treatments.  We show proof of this on our Ozone Studies web page.
 
 

Ozone Kills MOLD!!! Mold and bacteria can be safely killed by blasting out unoccupied rooms with high levels of ozone. Click Here to play our Mold Killing Movie! If you can't view the movie Click Here.

Mold exists everywhere.	Outdoor mold creeps toward your house.	Mold finds its way in through windows and doors.
Mold grows on inside walls.	Mold begins to infect the entire home.	Mold eventually grows on your belongings.
An AirZone® Ozone Generator can produce high levels of ozone in unoccupied areas.	High powered ozone travels and kills mold and odors all through the entire room.	Each room of the house can be blasted with an Ozone Treatment to sterilize them of mold.

The first thing that must be understood is that mold cannot be killed by air purification levels of ozone.
Mold can ONLY be killed by blasting large amounts of ozone into rooms unoccupied by people, pets, or plants. By blasting very high levels of ozone into an unoccupied room, ozone is VERY EFFECTIVE in killing mold and removing mold odors.

Remove as much of the moisture and humidity in the room as possible. 
Turn up the heat and make the area as dry as possible.  Use a dehumidifier if one is available. 

Ozone is most effective in dry, warm areas. 

Once moisture is removed, all visible mold and mildew must be removed.  Surfaces that can be cleaned with a solution of bleach and water should be washed.  The wearing of protective clothing, including gloves and a breathing mask is strongly advised. 

Do not touch the mold with your bare hands.  Remember there is no such thing as "harmless mold". 
Any mold can threaten health, so please be very careful when removing fungi molds.

The amount of ozone and length of treatments required depends upon the size of the room, 
and the level of mold contamination.

The more mold that is in a room, the higher the ozone concentration must be in the room in order to kill the mold.
It is important to use as much ozone as possible to shock a room.

Many times a large ozone generator of at least 2000 milligrams per hour or larger is needed for the normal sized room to treat severe mold problems. If possible an XT-6000 should be used.
The higher the ozone output used the better the results.

To kill mold and remove strong odors there needs to be as high an ozone concentration as possible in the room. Since ozone breaks down within 15 to 30 minutes it is important to keep producing large amounts of it to keep the ozone concentration at a sufficient kill level.

Using a smaller machine twice as long is not the same as using a higher powered machine since the ozone breaks down so quickly. 

With a smaller machine the ozone level never has a chance to "catch up" to the required parts per million concentration needed to kill the mold or bacteria.

It is always recommended to use as large a machine as possible for mold and bacterial problems.

Use the timer to have the ozone generator shut off a couple of hours before you enter the room.
Air the ozone out the room as much as possible upon returning.

The mold may be persistent and many shock treatments may be necessary. After a series of shock treatments the area will then smell fresher, and much of the mold will have been eliminated.

If mold odors reoccur this indicates there are still mold spores in the air. Additional high ozone shock treatments may be necessary to eliminate these odors. 

Mold needs three things to grow: Moisture, a nutrient, and a warm environment over 60 degrees.
The nutrient might be wallboard, wood studs, or even dead dried mold itself.
This is why spraying mold with bleach is only a temporary solution.
Once the moisture and heat return the mold can begin growing again.

Ozone can kill mold on contact, even the loose spores you cannot see, in places you cannot see.
That's why it can be a much more complete cure than just using a bleach solution alone.

Once again it is important to understand that this high ozone blasting to kill mold must be done in rooms unoccupied of any living beings, especially humans and pets.

No, NOTHING is going to kill mold inside an enclosed wall, no matter what anyone tells you.
While some companies claim to have products and special ozone generators that will magically work through walls, it simply isn't true. 
Many of these companies have been sued by the government for making such ridiculous claims.

If there was a way to kill mold within walls we would gladly sell such a product since we are asked about this type of problem every day.

The way that you kill mold inside a wall is to remove the wallboard and blast behind it with very high ozone shock treatments.  The wallboard must be removed and the open area must be blasted with ozone, preferably many times. 

Just cleaning the area out with bleach or fungicides is not enough to make sure all of the mold is killed.

You must make sure the mold is 100% dead or when you rebuild the spores may start to reproduce within the wall cavity and a few months later.  Soon you could have the exact same mold problem  that you started with.  We hear about this exact situation almost every day.

There are studs every 16 inches apart, as well as cross members behind each wall.  To get behind all the separate cavities one would have to make 8 or more separate holes in the wall and that STILL not kill all the mold behind them.

That's why the walls must be removed if you want to kill the mold behind them.

It does not make sense to cut 8, 12, or 20 holes in your walls to inject the ozone inside them.
Besides, the wallboard itself is most likely infected with the mold inside it's core so it is going to have to be replaced anyway.

The solution is to remove the entire wall, clean out any mold and mold infested insulation and nail up new wallboard.  Of course it is strongly recommended that ozone be used in this mold remediation process.

Some people ask us if they are going to open up the walls and rebuild anyway why bother using ozone at all? 
The answer to that is very simple.  One must make 100% sure that all the mold is killed behind a wall before they ever rebuild, or they leave the very real possibility that the mold will start growing behind the walls in just a short time once again.

Of course the way to know if you have killed all the mold is to use one of the mold test kits we offer.

The XT-6000 is the best standard model for strong odor, and mold remediation.  It has the highest ozone output for killing bacteria and mold. It can develop a higher parts per million ozone level in a given space than its smaller brothers. That higher level not only gets the job done faster, and better because of its higher output. To kill mold and remove strong odors there needs to be as high an ozone concentration as possible in the room.  Since ozone breaks down within 15 to 30 minutes it is important to keep producing large amounts of it to keep the ozone concentration at a sufficient kill level. Using a smaller machine twice as long is not the same as using a higher powered machine since the ozone breaks down so quickly.  With a smaller machine the ozone level never has a chance to "catch up" to the required parts per million concentration needed to kill the mold or bacteria. It is always recommended to use as large a machine as possible for mold and bacterial problems. That's why the XT-6000 is the choice of homeowners and professionals that deal with severe problems. Click Here to see our entire line

For professional applications, or larger area jobs the XT-14000 and the XT-28000 are ozone generators with no equal. They feature a phenomenal ozone outputs of 14,000 or 28,000 milligrams per hour without the use of an oxygen tank. They are capable of killing mold on an entire floor of a house at once. They can be used in very large rooms that would normally require multiple ozone generators used at once. They have the power to obliterate mold in air handling systems when fired into the return air duct. CLICK HERE to learn more about the amazing XT-28000!

If carpeting was saturated with water it is most likely growing mold. Carpet cleaning is NOT going to kill the mold, and it is highly recommended that any carpet that was soaked with water be ripped up and thrown away. If you do not remove the carpeting the mold will continue to grow in it and get worse and worse over time. Your carpet has now become a "mold farm" and your living room is now a giant petrie dish! 

Unless you remove the source of the mold, the carpeting, you will only make a minor dent in the fungi growth in your home. If the carpeting was only partially wet high ozone shock treatments may be effective in preventing more mold growth. Since the carpet is porous you may need to perform these high ozone shock treatments again and again over time. Owning your own ozone generator to perform these ozone treatments when they become necessary is advised.

Dried mold spores, especially black mold spores, can still be allergenic and toxic.
It is also advised that a true HEPA filter be used in an occupied rooms to collect any remaining airborne spores.
 

Mold-Kill now offers a high quality line of HEPA filtration systems. The HEPA (High Efficiency Particle Arresting) filter was developed by the U.S. government to protect scientists from radioactive airborne particles. The HEPA air filter removes 99.97% of harmful particles, including dust, mold spores, dust mites, pet dander and other troublesome allergens. Our Austin Air TRUE HEPA filters do a much better job than those sold in department stores. CLICK HERE to see our full line of quality HEPA Filters

Ionization may make the air smell fresher but ions are not an organism killing bactericide in the way that ozone is. 
Ions are nothing more than static electricity and have no ability to kill bacteria or mold spores.
In fact ionizers will only SPREAD to all the walls, ceiling, and surfaces of your home.
Click Here to learn more about why ionizers can't possibly kill mold.