Incompletely dried clothing is the perfect haven where mold can thrive
, live and multiply. If you see one area of your clothes infested with clothing, you should act right away and get rid of it before your closet becomes a haven of mildew clothing that smells so bad.
The time element of removing the mildew off from your clothing is essential because if the molds stay longer on the textile, it will be harder to remove and it will be worst smelling than you can imagine. It may eventually affect your clothes and make the fabric weaker. To counter this, there are few pointers that we need to discuss.
The vinegar method is the most common and the cheapest method that you can remove the mold and eventually removes the smell that comes from the clothing. This practical everyday kitchen sauce can be used to help you in your laundry. You will need to add one cup of vinegar to one full load of wash. Make sure that you repeat the process until all the smell has gone. You can use detergents after the mildew smell is already gone so that you can thoroughly do your usual laundry.
There are also manual processes so that you can remove any mildew smell clothing has. The first one would be manual brushing to loosen the mold. You need to do this outside of your home so that you can ensure the safety of your family especially when one in your family has allergies. As your personal safety you need to wear masks and gloves when handling mildew infested clothes.
To avoid washing machine stinks, set the manually brushed clothing under the sun to dry so that the remnants of the molds will be killed and will be easily removed later on. After it has completely dried up, soak it in cold water then prepare a basin full of hot water and detergent. Wash the brushed clothes in this basin and dry it up under the sun again.
You can get washer stinky if you do not complete remove all the molds from the clothing therefore if there are still some stubborn stains, you must brush the area with diluted chlorine beach solution so that you can remove the remaining molds.