Neal Lewis Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 New construction has this red sprayed-on mold inhibitor stuff on some of the framing in the basement. The constrution manager said it's an organic mold inhibitor. Purple faced sheetrock will also be installed. Not sure how effective the stuff will be with the hit and miss coverage. And the framed wall leaves only about an inch of clearance to the foundation. Click to Enlarge 73.45 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hspinnler Posted January 17, 2013 Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 Texas Pete Hot Sauce? They sprayed that metal duct to the left but not the mastic to the duct on the right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Lewis Posted January 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 Texas Pete Hot Sauce? Maybe that's it. They sprayed that sh*t on everything... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resqman Posted January 17, 2013 Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 Texas Pete is manufactured in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It aint from Texas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen D. Gazo Posted January 17, 2013 Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 So other than looking like chicken wing sauce....what is that stuff and what is the common trade name for it....thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted January 17, 2013 Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 It doesn't matter. They put fiberglass against the concrete foundation. Unless the drainage plane details are perfect there will be acres of wet insulation for the mold to grow on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted January 17, 2013 Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 The whole situation is silly, but I still do not know what the red stuff is. I have never seen it before and it looks like tile waterproofing stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hspinnler Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Texas Pete is manufactured in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It aint from Texas. LOL. Reminds me of the Pace Picante salsa commercials where they declare another character's sauce is made in New York City: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 It's probably a borate product that's competing with blue wood. It's the new builder fad in areas where folks have been freaking out over the fictional "toxic" mold. Spray it some kind of color and call it mold proof and it helps sell the house. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtblum Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 If you never mentioned it being a mold inhibitor, I'd have guessed it was fire retardent. I was on a commecial job that required any dimension lumber we used for lavatory fixture blocking and other, be fire resistant, and the people overseeing the project made damn sure we were using it. All of the 2x6s we used were real close to that color, but they came that way. There was no spray on anything. Not even for end cuts. We ended up being one red board short of what we needed. I'll stop here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Hi Gary, It might be fire retardant. Borate is used as a fire retardant as well as a fungicide and insecticide. OT - OF!!! M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottpat Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 I think it is fire retardant if it is red. Seems I recall hearing that if you see red like that on framing that it is a fire retardant, blue is for fungus and green is termite control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 If it's on new construction, the super/manager should have an MSDS sheet on it. That should tell you what it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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