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Mildew Smelling Bath Towels
I've read it's just a nice natural fabric softener too and it helps clothing retain its color. We add vinegar to our loads quite often. Try it! ...
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- Use vinegar in your wash...sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't! We've had to throw out so many nice towels...now we just buy cheap ones from Walmart!!! BTW congra...
- I remember having that problem.....I use to add a little bit of bleach to my load, even if they were colored. Now I buy a detergent with bleach alternative and I have ...
- Try soaking in oxiclean for half a day, then washing on hot in the washer. That's what works for me! Good luck!
Smelly Washcloths
I also add vinegar -instead of fabric softener- to the softener dispenser in my machine. I also will add another 1 cup -sometimes 2- of vinegar to the water ...
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- add 1 cup of amonia to your wash load, pre soak, wash like normal.
- Hi J., The only time that I have that problem is when one of my kids don't squeeze the wash cloth dry enough and it will sit there until I see it. In that case that cl...
- I can sympathize!! I solved the problem by washing towels and washcloths in the hot/cold cycle (NO REDS THOUGH) Then dry in high heat cycle. It works for me, good luck.
Laundry - Getting Rid of Urine Smell
adding white vinegar to the laundry in 2 answers "One is adding white vinegar to the laundry, another is to add baking soda or soak ..." fabric softener in ...
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- Good morning K., I had the same problem with my son. I added Arm and Hammer laundry soap in with my regular laundry soap and it took the smell out of my son's clot...
- try adding white vinegar to the laundry - that should do the trick.
- try some vinegar in your laundry we do it occasionally if our diapers come out smelling and then hang the blankets outside to dry. Or you can also try some baking soda...
Stinky Gloves and Mittens
To get rid of the stink right now try this fabric softener it's popular with ... If baking soda and vinegar don't work, try an enzyme cleaner like the one ...
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- If baking soda and vinegar don't work, try an enzyme cleaner like the one made by Biokleen Stain and Odor Remover. It is available at Peapods in St. Paul or at most fo...
- Try soaking them in HOT water and baking soda. Then rinse with hot water and throw them in with a regular load of laundry.
- Have you tried changing detergents or adding a small amount of bleach to the load? I have just tried a new laundry detergent and one the first things I noticed is that...
My Halloween Costumes Have a Funny Smell, and I Can't Get Rid of It. Help!
I also have good experience washing with borax added to the detergent and using vinegar as a rinse/fabric softener. I would do that, do an extra rinse, ...
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- Essential oils should help. There is one in particular called Thieves that in a blend of clover and other oils. It works excellent on almost all cleaning
- Are these costumes by chance made of polyester of some other man made fiber? Many of these develop a chemically odor over time. I can't use sheets that aren't pure cot...
- I recently got some clothes for my little girl from someone on freecycle, and they had the ever-dreaded cat urine smell- my mother-in-law washed them with vinegar po...
How to Remove Odors Form Laundry?
You should try white vinegar as your fabric softener, and do not use dryersheets or other softeners...these seem to trap in the smells. I am a cloth diaper ...
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- Have you tried Odo-ban? I use it on pretty much everything. Its a disinfectant also. Works great on mildew odors. You can get it at Sam's club.
- Vinegar Vinegar Vinegar. Plain ol white vinegar. It is THE best at removing yucky smells. I learned about this when I worked at a brain injury house that older men ...
- J.; I use Oxyclean and a good laundry soap, for my husbands work clothes, baking soda is also helpful. I sure hope this helps. J.
Washing Machine Help
Hi M. you can put in your washing machine 2 or 3 cups of vinegar and then fill it up with water, ... Are you sure it's not fabric softener or grease stains? ...
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- One thing you can try is fill the washer with hot water and after it has filled all the way fill it totally with pictures of water to the top. Next add 1 full bottle o...
- I had this problem and thought it was my 20 year old washer and dryer. I finally bought a brand new front loading washer and dryer and realized that it is the materia...
- Are you sure it's not fabric softener or grease stains? If not I would try to fill the washer with HOT water and some Oxy Clean...let it sit and then take a rag and ...
Getting That Musty Smell Out of My Bath Towels
Wash your towels in a separate wash - no other clothes - and add some vinegar. Don't use liquid fabric softener with your towels, use a dryer sheet. ...
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- Use white vinegar in the fabric softner cycle....I recently had the same problem. I have a front loading washer and just had a tune-up & was told this by the repair g...
- Hi N.: it has happened to me too. First of all when you wash towels are you immediataely drying them - this is important. If they sit for awhile in the washer they ...
- I have this same problem! I think certain colors are worse, I'm not sure why. We had black towels and they were terrible. Nothing got rid of it. Now we only use the...
Allergic Reaction Rash
16 Sep 2009 ... Use white vinegar in place of fabric softener. Another possibility is latex. Elastic is made of it, and it is becoming a common allergen. ...
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- Had the SAME THING!!! Put monostat cream on it 3-4 times a day! It might be a yeast infection-if it itches! It took it right away in 2 days!! Try it! It can`t hurt...
- My guess is Latex allergy. There could be latex in the elastic around the leg holes. I would try some that don't have any exposed elastic, like those comfort waistba...
- You can get those boy short style panties these days that are loose at the legs. I'd try monistat and see if it works too. No harm done.
Need Advice About Washing Baby's Lovie
put distilled white vinegar in the wash instead of fabric softener it will smell like vinegar when you take it out of the wash but once its dried in the ...
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- My dog has lots and lots of stuffies. Obviously they get pretty nasty. So I throw them in the washer with bleach. Seems to do the trick pretty well. Even the ones ...
- Have you tried washing it with a scoop of OxiClean? I buy Oxi 15 pounds at a time (three boys) and it's my answer to most things--yucky soccer uniforms, dirty socks th...
- Try washing it with a little white vinegar. It works wonders for getting smells out. And then dry it really well. Good luck!
