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How do you remove musty smells from old fabric?


The staff at Stonemountain and Daughter is wonderfully knowledgeable. Here are some suggestions for you from Elaine:

If your fabric is colorfast (cottons and synthetics that don't spot from moisture) try these.
1) Use baking soda and water to hand wash the fabric. And/or
2) lay the cloth out on green moist grass in the sunshine for 1/2 - 1 hour to let chlorophyll and oxygenation help remove smells. Sunshine will kill sun hating organisms.

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  If your fabric cannot get wet, try this:
Put some white vinegar in a container in a steamy room (shower). Hang fabric in such a was that the vinegar and steam vapors rise up through the fabric.

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