Sanitizing After Water Damage in the United States

So the repair lasts, no, and anyone who says yes is selling. So the repair lasts, treatment is warranted when the water carried contamination, when it sat long enough to grow, or when the occupants are vulnerable.

So the repair lasts, an EPA registered product matched to the surface and the situation. Before the finish work begins, the common classes are chlorine based, quaternary ammonium, hydrogen peroxide based, phenolic and botanical thymol.

For a job done right, chlorine based products are cheap and fast but harsh on finishes and metals.

For a job done right, it is the period the product has to stay visibly wet on a surface to work, stated on the label.

For a job done right, no. For a job done right, most product labels do not list fogging as an approved application method, and the label is the legal instruction.

Before the finish work begins, no, and this is the most important limit to understand. So the repair lasts, porous material that absorbed contaminated water still leaves the building, because product cannot reach through the material to what is inside it.

So the repair lasts, not at all. With sound workmanship in mind, it adds moisture as opposed to removing it. For a job done right, drying is a separate stage with air movers, dehumidifiers and daily moisture values, and a treated surface that stays wet will grow again.