How Do You Remove Musty Smell From Clothes?
If your clothes are musty, chances are they are infested with spores of a mold. Want to get the musty smell out? Sometimes it can’t be done, but try this before giving up. • Kill the mold by soaking the clothes overnight in a solution such as ONE of the following: • One cup ammonia to one gallon warm water; or • One cup of white vinegar to one gallon warm water; or • One cup of baking soda to one gallon warm water • Soak overnight. • Wash normally with regular detergent and hang to dry on a sunny day. If the above methods do not work, or if you have something that cannot be soaked (like a jacket that must be dry cleaned), you may need to try using chlorine dioxide to kill the mold spores. This is used on boats to control musty odors, and in libraries to control outbreaks of mildew. There are several convenient sources of small amounts of chlorine dioxide that are sold for use in boats and closets. The consumer products with chlorine dioxide for this purpose are very difficult to find u
• Kill the mold by soaking the clothes overnight in a solution such as ONE of the following: • One cup ammonia to one gallon warm water; or • One cup of white vinegar to one gallon warm water; or • One cup of baking soda to one gallon warm water • Soak overnight. • Wash normally with regular detergent and hang to dry on a sunny day. If the above methods do not work, or if you have something that cannot be soaked (like a jacket that must be dry cleaned), you may need to try using chlorine dioxide to kill the mold spores. This is used on boats to control musty odors, and in libraries to control outbreaks of mildew. There are several convenient sources of small amounts of chlorine dioxide that are sold for use in boats and closets. The consumer products with chlorine dioxide for this purpose are very difficult to find unless you know what they are called, so here are the names of two different products that you can try from different manufacturers: • One product that can be used is called
