how do you get the smell of mildew out of dark clothing?

Question

The clothes were left in the washing machine to long and now I cannot seem to get the smell out of them, every time someone in the house wears them and get wet or sweat the nasty smell is back!!!

Answer 1

Use Borax. Find in grocery store in the detergent isle. Even a box of baking soda with or without a bottle of white vinegar in your washing machine. Set to a small load and soak overnight. DO NOT use hot water...tepid or warm only. Then wash as usual.

Answer 2

Sometimes vinegar works but it could stain the clothes in some areas. That happened to me also and I tried soaking the cloth in some heavy salts like rock salt then washed it in strong detergent. It came off but only after a few more washes. Normally drying them out in the sun instead of a dryer helps.

Answer 3

Rewash clothes and add a bit of Lysol Concentrate to the wash. Always works for me.

Answer 4

Vinegar is the way to go. Add a cup or two of vinegar to the wash cycle along with detergent. Then add a cup to the rinse cycle. It should remove the odor. (Maybe do this twice)

Answer 5

Send the clothes to a professional dry cleaner.

Answer 6

i would add a very small amount of bleach to the wash water. mix in well before adding the clothes.

Answer 7

Buy a mildew remover from your local Target, Walmart etc...

Answer 8

Try liquid lysol in the brown bottle that should do the trick.

Answer 9

Rewash with a really nice and strong smelling detergent...and use fabreeze, it really works.

Answer 10

I would use oxyclean on them..spray them with frebreeze