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amother
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 Wed, Aug 19 2009, 2:29 pm
Please help: a whole bag of DH clothes had been left on front porch, after returning from our daughters shiva brochos.Yesterday I finally opened it and nearly fainted with the smells of mildew.. A few garments had spots but everything else looks fine.
I washed three times in a row with double quantity of detergent and it still smells! I put into the dryer with several bounty sheets - still smells.
Please help before my husband comes home, or I will have to post on shalom bayis forum!!! Any suggestion greatly appreciated - please no blame!
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greenfire
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Wed, Aug 19 2009, 2:31 pm
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add baking soda to the washing machine
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ra_mom
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Wed, Aug 19 2009, 2:32 pm
First, you need to place the garments in the washing machine on a rinse cycle, with no detergent. (Even if you already washed them.)
Then wash on a full cycle with detergent as usual.
If the clothes are white, you may be able to get the dots out by soaking the garments in a solution of boiling water and Cascade (it has bleach in it) for a few days.
Good luck!
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amother
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Wed, Aug 19 2009, 2:35 pm
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Should I rewash evrything again?? How much baking soda should I put?
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amother
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Wed, Aug 19 2009, 10:30 pm
GREAT NEWS!!
I followed your advice and also googled it!My laundry smells so FRESH and CLEAN! A DREAM!!This is what I did:
I re-washed everything again with tide powdered laundry detergent,arm and hammer "super soda wash" and one cup of bleach!
My DH will never know that I neglected his clothes on the porch for 7 weeks!!
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toastedbagel
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Wed, Aug 19 2009, 11:29 pm
| amother wrote: | GREAT NEWS!!
I followed your advice and also googled it!My laundry smells so FRESH and CLEAN! A DREAM!!This is what I did:
I re-washed everything again with tide powdered laundry detergent,arm and hammer "super soda wash" and one cup of bleach!
My DH will never know that I neglected his clothes on the porch for 7 weeks!! |
where was he and what did he wear for seven weeks?!
and do you think this will work for woolen tzitzis - we reently came back from overseas and one of the suitcases got wet and my sons tzitzis all got spots all over them.
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amother
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Wed, Aug 19 2009, 11:34 pm
He was wearing other clothes for a few weeks, then traveled abroad for business...
Just try with the tsistsis, yo never know. :is clothes did not have black spots, only strong smell.
Good luck!
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