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Getting rid of mildew smell in clothes

If you leave your clothes in the washer for too long before getting them in the drier, your clothes may end up with a nasty mildew smell. If you think you have left your clothes in the washer too long and you are worried about this, put a cup of vinegar in the washing machine and rewash your clothes without any detergent. The vinegar will completely remove any mildew and it will leave your clothes smelling fresh.
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Categories: laundry vinegar cleaning
Added: on Aug 15, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Added By: an anonymous user

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Lysol disinfectant liquid also works (this is the stuff made for washing walls, etc.) If I detect any mildew smell before I was the clothes, I add some Lysol liquid in place of a portion of my detergent and the mildew is gone.
– Added by an anonymous user on Aug 18, 2007 at 10:41 pm
You are awesome! the VINEGAR TREATMENT IT WORKS You should win, because you saved me a ton of money! I was going to throw away 3 loads of clothes because I lost my laundry key and the clothes sat in the washer for 3 days..Gosh I hope you win!
– Added by SPARKLE on Nov 03, 2007 at 3:04 am
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