Clothes smelling musty after being washed and dried

You left it in the washer for a day.

"cleaning" means you removed lint from the filter?

You’re a whore, darlin’ — scrub all you want, but you’ll never get that white smell out, whore.

There are special enzyme detergents that supposedly help with the funk that gym clothes can get. Look into that.

Humidity level is too high in the house if your hanging anything to dry or you need to clean out the vent for your dryer.

you’re

Your B.O. is impossible to eradicate.

Either use Arm and Hammer detergent and/or throw a few cups of baking soda in your main wash. It will help.

Nacreous layers of permacum. Burn all your clothes and buy new ones.

City water?

Use white vinegar in your loads

Either pre-soak them in baking soda + warm water overnight, or add vinegar as R11 says.

Just don't use baking soda AND vinegar...they cancel each other out.

How do you add vinegar in a front-loading machine? Do you put it where the bleach goes?

Borax and vinegar.

[quote] Either pre-soak them in baking soda + warm water overnight

Who presoaks a whole load of laundry overnight?

A sprinkle a day helps keep odor away!

Have you had your sprinkle today?

It's a good idea to use a machine washer cleaner every few months. I try to use the Tide version every 3 months or so. The same goes for the dishwasher, bacteria can grow over time.

You stank, bitch.

Use several Bounce sheets in the dryer and your clothes will smell fresh.

Bounce is a guilty pleasure I afford myself upon occasion.

I think I will have someone come out and clean my dryer vent, I read that could help. And greetings to those of you who have called me a skank and a whore. 🤣

Old man smell is a real thing.

You actually need to use an enzyme detergent to remove it.

[quote] Use white vinegar in your loads

I believe I remember someone mentioning something about - piss and vinegar - was their preferred choice.

This is a publicity ploy for that new stuff I've seen a few commercials for featuring a woman lamenting about her shirt smells bad and she might need to throw it out...then the 90s Boy Band comes on and sings to her that she doesn't need to because of the Product that now can eliminate that "OLD" smell.

Isn't it?

*HOW her shirt smells bad

[quote] Old man smell is a real thing.

And is old woman smell a real thing, too, R23?

Miz Super Stank still is in denial, huh?

Try Odoban and/or something like Lysol Laundry Sanitizer.

There it is...Lysol Laundry Sanitizer...the product I've seen and heard commercials for over the past few months.

[quote] I think I will have someone come out and clean my dryer vent, I read that could help. And greetings to those of you who have called me a skank and a whore. 🤣

I mentioned it because I had the same issue when I was staying with someone who didn’t know you have to periodically clear out the vent on the outside of the house.

If you’re hanging up clothes to dry, set up a dehumidifier beside them, they’ll dry quickly and they won’t have a musty smell.

What a great idea for my next fragrance:

Calvin Klein: Musty

r32: The FUNK! That was MY idea!

[quote]"old person smell" is real and is caused by a natural byproduct of aging called nonenal. Nonenal is a chemical compound that occurs when the skin's omega-7 unsaturated fatty acids break down through oxidation. This process begins around age 40, and levels of nonenal increase with age. Nonenal has a distinct smell that some compare to cucumbers, aged beer, and old books.

Use dryer sheets.

I have had this happen a couple times over the last few months. I refer to it as a “bad load”. After thinking about it all I can guess is that maybe I was forgetful and didn’t throw in the detergent pod so it ended up washing without soap. If not that I have no idea.

My ex kind of smelled musty. He was only like 30.

I regularly put Oxyclean in my washer, and run a pre wash with a regular cycle of Tide White and Calgon conditioner with an extra final rinse and spin.

Clean and fresh clothes.

It is you, dear.

It’s your snatch, Rose.

“Have fish 🐠 last night, dear?” “I thought George gave up cigars…”

You have your own cunty guests living inside your nose. Maybe Febreze for a quick fix?

[quote]There are special enzyme detergents that supposedly help with the funk that gym clothes can get

Oh you sweet optimistic child you!

Caftans and hoodies with spagetthi sauce and burger fat stains, cat hair ,weed ashes and rentboy fluids is more like it.

If you have a front loader (I hate them) you have to leave the door open after you do a wash until the inside is dry. This eliminates the odor issue.

Is your washer a side loader? My mom and brother both had that problem with their machine, no matter how clean.

My mom got a top loader and it’s much better.

I second r15: Borax and white vinegar.

1. Don't use Tide. It smells like feet if you leave it in the washer for more than 5 minutes sfter the cycle is over. 2.dont leave it in the washer overnight no matter what the soap. It will get musty but Tide is the absolute worst for that.

What is a side loader?

R47, it's a washing machine with its door on the side instead of on top.

Side loader is the same as front loader. It means you toss the clothing in from the side or front of the washer as opposed to the top. I HATE side loaders. They always make people's clothing smell because no one leaves the door open after the wash to let it dry out.

Okay thanks. I didn't realize that front loader and side loader could be used interchangeably.