Moldy smelling clothing

Active Poster Joined: Jul 28 2009 Posts: 64

Anyone know how I can get the smell out? I stored all my baby's clothing for years (youngest is 17 now). It was all in great condition since the stuff only went through 1-2 children. I reorganized the things last year (still no smell) and when I took them out today for my first grandchild it all smelled moldy (although the stuff is still white). I washed it in hot water, added laundry conditioner and tried vinegar. It still smells. Baby's coming out of hospital tomorrow or next day and I would really like to get the smell out.
Any suggestions? TIA

Gold Member Joined: Dec 25 2008 Posts: 2038

oxy clean

and mazal tov!

Active Poster Joined: Jul 28 2009 Posts: 64

I'll try it. Thanks

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If you can, hang things in the sun. Fresh air is awesome.
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Active Poster Joined: Jul 28 2009 Posts: 64

Thank you both. Used oxy and then hung outside in the sun. A world of difference.

Gold Member Joined: Jan 12 2010 Posts: 2273 Location: US

I'm glad you got the smell out. But my first thought was that that's a really really long time to store clothing as it starts to deteriorate and also go out of style after a while. I don't know where you live, but baby clothing can be bought very cheap in some places and they don't have to be top quality as they outgrow it so fast!

Active Poster Joined: Jul 28 2009 Posts: 64

I live in Yerushalayim. The clothing is mostly Carters. Every couple of years I checked them and now except for the smell they are in perfectly good condition. Since I had only two births they were barely used. The stuff that didn't keep well was thrown out years ago. I would love to buy new things but at the moment it's a financial impossibility.

Posted: Wed, May 02 2012, 11:34 am Post subject: Re: re: Moldy smelling clothing

Active Poster Joined: Jul 28 2009 Posts: 64

That is definitely one of the reasons I started to save in the first place as opposed to giving them away. I also have in the box clothing my son got from his cousin who was 4 years his elder and we have pictures of both of them in the same clothing (ex I dressed my son for his 1st birthday what his cousin wore on his 1st birthday). My nephew died almost three years ago in the army and when I opened the boxes yesterday, their shared clothing was even more precious.