A slow leak under my bathroom sink was finally discovered and... yeah, it's kind of mold smelling in there. No active visible blooms but eeech. Yeah, I fixed the busted piece of PVC but....

How the heck do I get the smell out of there ? I'm thinking bleach cleaners (with good ventilation). But.. the area under the cabinet is probably damp. I think I'm gonna have to pull the cabinet bottom to dry the area out and then clean it ?

Low humidity should be on your side. This is as much or as little work as you want it to be. The low end being just pointing a fan under the sink

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Yeah, just get it dried out ASAP and then cleaned as you suggest (with bleach-based product). Keep an eye (and nose) on it for the coming weeks, but you might be fine with these simple steps.

Once the mold is removed, use baking soda.

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Saint Cloud, Minnesota, where the weather is wonderful even when it isn't.

WD-40 & duct tape!

Seriously, a fan should dry it out now that your furnace is running.

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Mr. Curmudgeon, on several OSes and an ego trip.

yeah, I wouldn't worry too much. We had some mold recently where a sprinkler was spraying the front of our house (concrete block) and a crack developed in the mortar and it got to the drywall in the closet behind it. It was easily fixed by sealing the mortar, and cutting a small piece of drywall to replace the moldy piece. Sprayed some bleach after taking out the old drywall, let it dry, then replaced it.

Check into sodium borate or borax. That's what my termite guy uses on mold under houses.

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Check into sodium borate or borax. That's what my termite guy uses on mold under houses.

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