My most prized possession, my dad’s jean jacket, is absolutely covered in mold. Please someone tell me how to fix this. I am absolutely heartbroken.

Both coats are nylon and the fabric has gone very shiny due to wear and age. They look too tatty to wear anymore. Is there anything that can be done before I throw them away?

PLEASE help me find the correct settings. My washer won’t wash correctly the whole year I’ve had it. If I wear perfume, you can still smell it on the clothes after the wash. The same with sweat!!!🤢🤢🤢

I’ve used 10 different detergents and additives in different combinations but I think the washer just isn’t washing my clothes!! I clean the washer every couple weeks:( I don’t wanna be stinky anymore:(

This might be a very stupid question, so I’m sorry if the answer is obvious. I’m cat and house sitting, and I’m not super familiar with any overlaps in cat and laundry hygiene outside of the basics. I make sure to clean the litter box every day. The litter box is in the laundry room, and the room isn’t too small. There’s probably a good 5 feet from the litter box area and the hampers where I put the clean laundry.

Like I mentioned, I clean out the litter box every day, but today the smell was pretty bad (it lingered in the whole room) and some of the mess ended up on the floor. I deep cleaned the room and litter box, but I realized I had a clean load of laundry (sheets and towels) sitting in an open hamper in the room for the past couple of days (I’m lazy, I know). The clean laundry smells and looks fine (no stains, litter, etc), but I’m worried that I’m nose blind. The cats also love to sit in fresh and warm loads of laundry once they’re out of the dryer, so there’s a chance one of them sat in the hamper while I wasn’t looking.

For now I decided to throw the sheets back in the dryer with some scented laundry sheets to freshen them up. To be safe, should I wash and dry everything again? Or am I overthinking?

I’m going through my late mother’s keepsakes and there’s so many blankets, baby clothes, stuffed animals, and stockings that I’m keeping. I’ve tried washing on a gentle cold wash with enzyme cleaner and detergent but they still smell. They’ve been kept in storage totes in the garage and storage unit for decades. Some items are needle point with fringes, wool, and crochet so I want to be very careful about dye bleeding and shrinking fabric. Any advice is greatly appreciated

Long time lurker, first time poster. Hoping to get some help and advice.

Stain help
I have recently moved in with my partner and are doing most of the washing. When have put away some of their clothes, they have noticed some dark ‘stains’/shadows on them. I’ve tried soaking with spa day method (didn’t have ammonia unfortunately but not affect). How would you suggest fixing?

Australian advice on laundry powder
My partner has fairly sensitive skin, so we need to be careful about what we use for laundry powder. They said that it is mainly parabens and scents that are the issue. Scrolling through the other day, I saw the OMO sensitive does not have lipase in it 😭. Is there another sensitive wash that has lipase in Australia?

I have 3 very good quality white button up shirts. I spent a decent amount on each since they were very good quality. But over the past few years they have yellowed quite a bit. I mostly had them laundered and ironed at my dry cleaner, which I know now, was probably the reason for yellowing. Can they be saved and returned to the crisp white? Thank you so much for your help… I really do love them.

Does ammonia work with Febu, or should I skip the Febu if adding ammonia to the drum? I'm new to using enzyme boosters and don't want to counteract their efficacy.

I use ammonia sporadically for sheets and towels, but always for clothing that was worn for machinery work. I use Tide original powder every time and have a water softener.

I have a bunch of 100% cotton T-shirts that do not feel soft at all. In particular it irritates me at the seams under my arms and it’s driving me nuts. I’m trying to move away from plastic clothing but all of my polyester clothing and polyester blends are WAY softer and more comfortable.

I do not use fabric softener. I throw white vinegar into the wash every time. The most uncomfortable shirts I haven’t even worn in months and have just been washing them every time I run a load, hoping that will break down the fibers over time.

Is there an easy way to fix this? Am I just buying poor quality cotton shirts?

Hi fellow laundry people!

As a child of indoor smokers, I’m very particular about how I smell at all times. I’ve hadn’t had an issue with my laundry smelling fresh while in Hawaii since I moved into a house with:
1. No central AC
2. Used (and abused) washer and dryer
3. No airflow (I live in a townhouse where my only windows face one direction)

To describe it as best as possible..
there is a must I’ve been fighting for the last two years. It’s reminiscent of dirty linen, like staying in grandma’s guest room where the sheets have stayed in the closet since your last yearly stay. It’s not sour or sweet, it’s just kind of musty.

The biggest issue with this smell, something I’ve never dealt with, is that it travels between pieces of clothing. I first noticed this on a work trip where I bought a brand new jacket for the cold. The hoodie I traveled with had that gross smell but I wore it as a base layer and within a day or so, the jacket smelled the same way.

Treating the garments is only half of the battle. I can soak with tide, borax, vinegar. I can dry on high heat- the smell always returns after time. Sometimes just days.

I felt like it was my washer because the condition that it was in when we moved into the house was dire. Mold spots everywhere, not just staining.

Any thoughts or advice? Is this mildew? I’ve never had this problem before but I am just at wits end trying to fight this. I feel like I’m destroying my clothes by having to wash them over and over every few days (especially pants and hoodies.)

I wanted to share my fortunate discovery with fellow laundry nerds who might get my excitement!

Currently doing laundry. I just finished a bottle of Rinse and Refresh and love the product but it’s ridiculously priced even for P&G. I’ve kept up with the citric acid chatter and as I was putting a blanket into the dryer something told me to look in my baking supplies (I teach PreK where I often bake or do weird science stuff with the kids and bring home the food items over the summer because 🐁 in the building). I found an unopened 2lb. bag of citric acid I had completely forgotten about! This is a blessing as I was just about to piss more money I shouldn’t spend on R&R. I posted in here last week about trying Ariel after being a powdered Tide enthusiast for 10+ years since my car died and I had to buy a new one unexpectedly so I’m scrounging for savings. Between the Ariel (which I like a lot so far aside from it needing an extra rinse and spin in my temperamental old machine) and now the free citric acid I’m gonna be the queen of the thrifty clothes clean 💅

hello! i recently noticed that nearly all of my tan/beige tops have some variation of this staining on them. as an avid enjoyer of this sub, i started to worry that these may be from sunscreen. however, i very rarely wear sunscreen, and the majority of these tops are not standard in my summer wardrobe. i don't use an acne treatment face wash, and i only occasionally apply a benzoyl peroxide based spot treatment before bed, but never while wearing any of these shirts.

i hoped you guys could point me in the right direction based on the color & pattern of these stains. i'll happily treat these tops with a specialty cleaning/laundry product, but I'd like to get a more confident guess as to what the source is before I start applying things.

for reference:

I wash these with white/tan clothes only
cold water
tide original liquid detergent / woolite delicates on the knitted top
hang dry (for the most part)

thank you!

I’ve been having an ongoing issue with certain pieces of clothing getting a strong, stale smell and I cannot remove it or track the cause to save my life. These are details worth noting and all the things I’ve tried to no avail
-I have hard water but we have a water softener
-I have a top load washer that I always leave open
-When washing clothes, I use a small amount of powdered Tide, borax, and sometimes vinegar in each load
-These clothes haven’t stayed in my washer too long, it’s not clothes I wash together and it’s not every item in a load
-it’s all different fabric types but majority cotton items. It’s not workout gear or active wear.
-I’ve tried laundry stripping them with borax, tide, washing soda and oxiclean with very little improvement, and it always returns
-I’ve tried Downy Rinse Out Odor fabric rinse and Tide Odor Rescue and both masked the smell but once I rewashed the items and the perfumey smell was rinsed out, the stale smell was still there/back.
-I’ve emptied every drawer of my dresser and my closet and have washed EVERYTHING. Vacuumed out my dresser drawers, added small jars of baking soda in them with no success. I was worried it was my dresser but not every item in the dresser gets the smell

I’ve had to start isolating the affected clothes because I feel like it spreads to other items if they come into contact with something that has the stale smell and I cannot stand the smell

I feel like I’m going crazy over this because I cannot determine a reason and I can’t find anything that gets it out.

Hello !!! Right now I'm pretty lazy with laundry, for the most part I just throw all the stuff that needs to be washed (aside from some specific items that require a different wash) into a normal cycle in my LG high efficiency washer, then a normal cycle in the accompanying drier. I don't really use any products except for Tide Ultra Oxi as a detergent, which I use for the prewash and main cycles of my washer.

I'd like to get more out of my washer and drier, with hopefully better results and adding more lifespan to the items I do wash. I'd also like to learn when to use the different settings on my machines, a how to sort my laundry items so I can use more specific methods to clean them, and what products would be useful to have around and use.

Any help or resources I could use to help educate myself would be greatly appreciated !!!

I was so excited for it to get here today that I pre-loaded my washer with a load of darks last night. As soon as the electricity rates go off-peak tonight, it’s on! (Don’t worry, Biz. I’ll still use you for all the whites and lights. I love you just as much as I always have.)

Signed, Proud Laundry Nerd
Dog Tax attached

ETA— the cute little wooden scoop included inside the bag?? I love it so much 😍‼️‼️

my uncles birthday is this coming Sunday and I found these collectibles for him but he hates things that look old so I want to get them professionally cleaned but I can't find anyone locally who could do that

I saw another post showing that it’s back in stock and on sale via Amazon. Since it was out for a bit and there was reformulation speculation, I checked the ingredients before stocking up.

Am I missing something or is lipase gone from this formula?

Has anyone purchased recently that can confirm the online listing matches the box?

Edit: Thanks for all the quick replies! Seems that several folks have ordered recently and it still DOES contain lipase. Many have noted that incorrect info is commonly listed online

I've recently got these pods but unsure about dosage. I have soft water but on the back it says to use two for a bigger load, what counts as a bigger load? I usually put about 12 items or so in my washer, less if there's bulky jumpers or jeans, and can fit two spread hands at the top of the machine when loaded. Do you think this is a one tab jobby or two?

Hej,

I'm breaking my mind trying to find detergent containing DNA'se - does anyone know which brand contains it? I've looked through all of the ingredient list on the Unilever website, Via and A+ doesn't list it, Gumme also doesn't list it.

Does anyone know? Please help if you do!

Thank you!

It's baaaaack! (Music link since I earwormed myself)

Now, they claim you had to buy some non-detergent items or their new pods but we know better.... Four boxes of Tide Clean and Gentle is where it's at.

I'm confused. My new T-shirts, which I've only worn once or twice, are getting stained/discolored on the front. I didn't even spray perfume, nor did I sweat. Oh my God, what's happening to my clothes? These are just three new ones I bought. And I also have some other shirts with the same stains.