Whats A Good Way To Get a Moldy Smell Out Of Your Clothes And Towels?

Question

I live in the country and just before winter my dryer crapped out....The snow in my yard was so deep that I couldnt get a trailer or anything to haul a dryer into my yard....So I made a couple of lines in my basement and hung my clothes all winter...Well now that springs here I now have my dryer but from hanging my clothes all winter they developed a moldy smell...This is for people who have tried it and it works....Whats a good way to get the mold smell out of my clothes? Stuff I can use at home I dont want to go out and buy anything cause I know theres a way but I just dont know what it is...If you know could you please tell me(only if u tried it) LOL The life of a house wife!!!

Answer 1

Add a cup of white vinegar to your regular wash. Do a small batch of towels on the "Large load" setting, so there is a lot of water in the tub, and they can move around well. Use the hottest water setting. Let them soak after the tub fills for about 15 minutes, then finish the cycle. REPEAT through another cycle, without the soaking, only this time put 1 cup of baking soda in the wash water, instead of the vinegar. Then dry them thoroughly--preferably outside in the sunshine. Sunlight is the absolute best for getting rid of that lingering odor, but the towels must be washed first. Just airing them won't do it. If there is any mold visible (black spots) on the towels, chlorine bleach is the only thing that will remove that--and if the towels aren't bleach-safe, you're out of luck.

Answer 2

Wash them in a SOAP that contains borax, or go ahead with your regular laundry product and add borax per the directions on the box..Your dryer might do the job, but I'd sure recommend fresh air and sunshine. If you don't have a solar dryer (clothesline), use fences, bushes, anything that keeps the garments off the ground. By the way, just getting outside will do wonders for you, too.

Answer 3

Be careful with vinegar... Depending on the hardness of your water, the vinegar can leave a yellwed look to your clothes. Honestly... I always just get baking soda (or powder, lol) it is the Arm and Hammer orange box, lol. Just put your detergent in your laundry like normal and then add like a half cup of the arm and hammer. My son was in our garage one time and picked up a gasoline container and some spilled on his pants. I washed them three times and not only did they continue to stink like gas but anything i washed them with did too. My friend told me to use the arm and hammer and in one wash it totally worked and you couldnt tell at all they had gas on them. Then, I left a load in the washer for about a week. I forgot my last load and the next laundry day went in and they all stunk so bad like mold. One wash with the arm and hammer and detergent and they were fine. Just fill the tub with the water first, add the detergent and a&h and close the lid for one second to swish the water and then add your clothes. That way the a&h isnt just poured on top to stay and clump.
I promise it works. (It works for skunk spray too)

Answer 4

Lemon juice , add salt . and plenty sunlight , cheap and easy. you can also add a cup of vinegar to the wash this will take the smell away , but the sun will kill of any mould or mildew and by adding lemon juice to clothes you can wash & lemon juice to dry cleaning materials

Answer 5

rewash them using a fragranced detergent

you need to make sure they dont stay wet too long..that is the biggest reason why they smell mildewy