Wont bore you with all the details, but, last night I discovered that a wardrobe I use for storage of clothes that I haven't worn for sometime has had a damp problem.
This damp has turned into mould which has found its way on to suits, ties (which are dry clean only) shirts (some are hand wash only)
Calculated roughly, there are a few thousand pounds worth of clothes which at the moment are ready to be binned.
I'm not currently in a position to afford a huge dry cleaning bill. I have looked on google but I want to know if anything has worked for you
Thanks
sunlight and fresh air will stop or at least slow the mould down, but how you're going to get around 'dry clean only' i don't know. anything else you can wash with a solution of milton or baby bottle steriliser.
wash the wardrobe down with a similar solution, dry it and leave it to air for a while, then bang a bag of kitty litter in the bottom cut open to absorb moisture going forward.
Good idea with the Milton, thanks. May still leave to stains/discolouring though
Ah so you're undertheradar_ 🙂
No idea, but sounds a bit of a shitter. Hope you sort it.
Lots of the time it will brush off - have you got a clothes brush?
Then leave them in a light and well aired place to get rid of any smells?
Not sure if it still exists, but thought you could buy some sheets to throw in the tumble dryer to clean dry clean only clothes at home?
Is it worth sacrificing the least favoured item to experiment with?
Clothes brush only works on the jeans as its on the surface, everything else the mould has ingrained into the fabric
Will look out for those sheets
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My 2p;
pretty much whatever you do I think it's likely that as soon as these clothes get at all damp again they're probably going to start smelling a bit musty 🙁
Fungal spores are really difficult to get rid of.
Leave clothes out in the sun on a dry day after gently brushing the visible mould off (outside). Tea tree oil will remove damp/mould smells from fabric. It'll also kill the mould and whatever it feeds on in the water. You use a water sprayer - or an old bike spray bottle - with about 20 drops of oil per 100ml of water to apply, then leave the clothes to dry before storing. The smell of the oil (and mustiness) will be gone in a day or two.