Thursday, January 7, 2010

Jeans/clothes Have Horrible Mildew/Mold Smell!! Can't Seem Remove The Smell Even After 5 Washes!! Please Help!?

My boyfriend had a bad tendency to leave his jeans in the washer for days if not weeks at a time before I met him. It's funny because he is such a clean person and the house is spotless, go figure. Thing is...I've washed the jeans for him using Tide (up to four/five times in a row even) and the mildew/mold smell is still there!! They are blue and dark blue jeans so I can't use bleach and I have to use cold water or else they'll shrink. I only hang the jeans up to air dry, he doesn't put them in the dryer.





Can anyone suggest anything I can do to get this horrible smell out of his clothes/jeans?? I feel bad because the smell makes me sick to my stomach when we're out and about :( I want to help him out and me out here at the same time :)





Thanks for your help!!Jeans/clothes Have Horrible Mildew/Mold Smell!! Can't Seem Remove The Smell Even After 5 Washes!! Please Help!?
Add baking soda when you wash them. Baking soda is great way of killing harsh odors. you can add about a cup to the washer plus detergent. And if that doesn't work which I'm sure it will as crazy as it sounds you can use vinegar too. (Once the jeans are washed you won't smell the vinegar.)Jeans/clothes Have Horrible Mildew/Mold Smell!! Can't Seem Remove The Smell Even After 5 Washes!! Please Help!?
Add 1 cup of white vinegar to the final rinse. If it is a large load use 1 1/2 cups.





Air drying in the sun should also be a help. You could throw them in the dryer for 10 minutes on low heat just to be sure they are 100% dry before you put them away. That shouldn't shrink them.
Try rinsing the jeans in vinegar, and of course rewashing. If this does not work you may be able to purchase Oder Ban at your local laundromat, or dry cleaners.
Actually, its the dryer that'll kill (shrink) your clothes.


Second, try Tide with Febreze combined with scented dryer sheets in the dryer.


Third, if you are using the same washing machine perhaps it has a problem - as is tendency for front loaders that are allowed to sit or are overloaded. There was actually a recall for this problem -- smell the machine and look closely at the door. You may notice moisture in the glass. If so, go to your local coin wash and call your repair man.
Use a laundry detergent marketed to the hunting fraternity. For example, there is one such product called ';Scent Away'; but you should be able to find others by searching the internet. A detergent such as this removes any and all odors from hunters' clothing in order that animals are less able to detect the scent of a hunter.


Try a quarter cup of the relevant detergent, one scoop of an oxygen bleach preparation available at supermarkets and your usual fabric softener.


Wash.


Put the clothes in the dryer and dry as usual. The heat will draw out any other odors left in the clothing. You can also throw in a scented bag (the sort you leave in drawers) to add a sweeter odor to the clothing and air around the laundry.











Tips: Possibly also try vinegar and/or bicarbonate of soda if you cannot get hold of such a detergent as suggested here.









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