Home was on fire, my clothes are intact but still stink like smoke, i wash and wash.How do i get the smell out
Question:My home was recently on fire, my room was the only one not affected by smoke or fire and out of everyone's clothes, mine are fine but stink of smoke, how do i get rid of this smell lifted, more importantly the firefighter warned me of the danger with cancer causing chemicals, what should i do? still wear it? or throw it out? and how does the smell come out?
Answers:
One cup of plain white vinegar in the wash cycle and another cup in the rinse cycle.
I would try either putting "20 mule team" borax into the wash or Fabrese FOR THE WASH. They have a liquid fabrese that you can put into the washwater that might just do the trick. The borax is natural and may also work. good luck with that! I'm glad that your clothes are the only ones hurt! I could have been worse.
Add a cup of vinegar to the load.
I had a bedroom fire a few years back and ended up taking my whole wardrobe to be dry cleaned. To this day I wear some of those clothes and not a hint of smoke smell. Most of them were covered in soot right after too.
Vinegar, although stinks, is a wonderful odor eliminator. Try adding equal parts, laudry detergent and vinegar the next time you wash.
Put the affected clothes in a large garbage bag and pour a box of baking soda in with it. Tie it up tightly and let it sit for a couple days. A week or more if the smell is really bad. Then when you get ready to wash add one cup of lemon juice to your normal wash.
There is a special soap/deoderizer for that. Call your local dry cleaners and see if they FIRE clean. If they don't look in the yellow pages for Fire Restoration. They will get it done for you. If you can't find it in the phone book, try your local non emergency number for the fire department and ask them if they know who does it. (In our community a paint store also does fire restoration. They have a deal worked out with one of the dry cleaners to use one of their BIG washers. I used to work for the dry cleaners and did the laundry. We only did fire restoration wash through the company, not individuals.)
Hang them outside for a couple of days , the fresh air will get rid of the smell, then wash them in cold water add a cup off vinegar to your wash , then again outside in the fresh air
1 cup of borax in the wash
1 cup of white vinegar in the rinse
If you can find Odo-Ban it would probably do the trick...I but it at Sam's club and you can put it in the washing machine with the clothes and then I would hang them out in the sun to dry. If you cannot find that try Ammonia...It is GREAT at getting out odors in the laundry.Good Luck!
I have also used Borax and vinegar in my laundry all are great but ammonia is my personal favorite at removing odors.
Odoban
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