How do you clean fiberglass?

i want you to know these 3 things to maybe calm yourself from whatever situation you are in

1.) fiberglass is cleanable (it just takes some work)

2.) once you rid of the source the leftover fibers are only decreasing from that point on out

3.) a little exposure to these fibers will cause skin irritation and chest irritation.. but this is most often temporary.

assuming you aren’t talking about an attic and you are talking about your house or room:

step 1:grab a n-95 mask, gloves, tyvek suit, or long sleeve with pants, and get rid of the source that is cause the contamination if it is furniture or a bed contained in one room, make sure you find a way to cover the furniture completely in a bag before dragging it out of your house. if the bed can fit out the window, try to chuck it out of the window to save trips around your house.

step 2: take whatever clothes, sheets, etc. you want to keep, put them in a trash bag, tie it TIGHT and bring them to your washer and dryer

step 3: prepare your room or full house for a MASSIVE cleaning spree (clear room of objects on floor, get rid of things you don’t want to keep)

step 4: VACCUM VACCUM VACCUM. MAKE SURE YOUR VACCUM IS A HEPA FILTER Vaccum.. wait for the dust to settle, vaccum again, wait for the dust to settle, and on and on do this about 4–5 times. i’m assuming the particles will take about 10–15 minutes to fully fall after vacuuming

step 5: after you are done vacuuming make sure you clean off all surfaces and objects you’d like to keep (the reason behind doing surfaces last is the same reason we wait for the particle to fall before vacuuming again.. if we were to clean surfaces first the dust would just be in the air and land on everything we just cleaned.

step 6 (optional): repeat steps 4 and 5 over again

step 7: make sure your clothes you used to clean/vaccum are put in a plastic trash bag to wash, don’t drag it through the house.

step 8: when you shower start with cold water, this will close the pores and ensure that the fiber fall off you when cleaning so start cold for 5–10 min and then use light soap and cold water, then you can move to warm water and regular soap. (you will need to do this for about a week)

step 9: when you wash your clothes you most likely are going to have fibers in the clothes that were in your room or house etc. the best way to rid of these fibers is one of two ways: run a load through the wash with cold water (no detergent) (this shrinks fibers) and then dry. after that load is dry throw it back into the washer and run it through with HOT water and detergent. option two is to take your clothes and soak them with apple cider vinegar, this helps dissolve fibers and make them less pointy, and then throw them in the washer with cold water first the hot water.

step 10: make sure you are airing out your room as much as possible after cleaning your room, make sure to continue to wash it down at a normal intensity weekly, this means vacuuming 2 times a week, wiping down surfaces 2 times a week. if you have the money i recommend getting a HEPA air filter AFTER you have done the cleaning process and run it 24/7 while you continue to vacuum etc. eventually you will irradiate most of the fibers from wherever they are located. fibers love to lay on dusty surfaces, the more dust the more fiberglass

Hope it helps