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What to Do If Your Laundry Smells Musty: A Clever Trick to Bring Back the Scent
20.02.2023 08:35
Updated: 14.04.2023 04:40
Bed linen should not only be washed and cared for regularly, but also stored properly.
To avoid unpleasant odor, you need to follow simple rules:
- never store bed linen in a closet with shoes;
- do not leave it on the shelves when wet;
- in places where dust settles.
To ensure that your laundry always smells fresh and delights with a pleasant aroma, you need to know several ways to properly store laundry and what to do if an unpleasant odor appears.
How to get rid of unpleasant smell of linen
It is advisable to periodically take bed linen that is not used very often out of the closet, air it, shake it out and wash it.
If your laundry does acquire an unpleasant odor, simple and reliable folk remedies will help.
Soda
If your laundry has started to smell bad, add 250 g of soda to the detergent compartment. If you wash your laundry in a washing machine, this simple trick will not only help eliminate the musty smell, but will also make the fabric much cleaner: there will be no old stains or streaks.
Vinegar
Food vinegar, which is probably found in every housewife’s kitchen, can be used as an addition to washing powder.
Pour vinegar into a measuring cup and add it to the same compartment where you usually put washing powder. Wash the laundry in the usual way, choosing the desired mode. After washing with vinegar, no foreign odors will remain, they will disappear without a trace.
However, you should know that the acid smell may linger for several hours, so dry the laundry in the open air and do not put it in the closet right away. Let the vinegar smell completely evaporate.
