Vintage clothing often comes with odors I cannot abide. These include: a musty smell, a perfume smell, perhaps from storage in a drawer with a sachet, a lavender scent put in by certain dealers and thrift shops, and Febreze or other laundry products with 'freshener' scents of one kind or another.
None of these come out with any normal detergents or detergent boosters or washing soda. I have tried vinegar which sometimes works, but not for long. I also tried putting the garment outside for a couple days when the temperature was near zero. That also worked for couple days, but then the odor came back. If anyone has a permanent solution, please let me know!
I do not want anything like Febreze that just masks the offensive odor with another odor, usually as offensive to my sensitive nose as the original odor.
Thanx for any suggestions.
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I'll tell you what you do.Take every piece of musty clothing you have in your home and get rid of it quick before it pervades the carpets curtains and every other piece of fabric in your house!If its the same sweet,greasy,sweaty type smell I'm thinking of NOTHING will remove it, you might for a while but it will creep back like the proverbial musty bad penny!Why do you think folk are constantly hunting for the answer to removing this funk?You can't.Bite the bullet and pap the lot out.
I am having success at removing strong, painful odors like febreeze-type odors by soaking garments in a solution of borax. I first dissolve borax powder, about a half cup, in a quart of warm water. Then add a couple of quarts of cold water to a plastic tub and squish the garment in the solution. Let soak overnoght.
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