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Mold on paper mache
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Mold in only one day, probably means that the paper you used (more than the water as you probably used tap water) was contaminated. What paper did you use? Also, it doesn't matter if the room is dry or not, as the paper mache is damp in the first place, the mold takes it's water from there. <br /> <br />The advice I would give you would be to use clean and new paper, not something that has been lying somewhere in the house for years and that you thought of using there in order to actually use it for something (as it's usually too old to write on), and add some baking soda to the mix. Molds will prefer acidic places, that's why you often find molds on tomatos and citrus fruits, the baking soda will turn the pH to alkaline and thus offer a non friendly place for the molds to grow.
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