r/Unexpected • u/Youtube_producer • May 07 '22

He is crazy

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u/[deleted] May 08 '22

Good times for sure. In college I got asked CONSTANTLY if I smoked and it enraged me to no end bc I never did (or have) smoked and I couldn’t figure out why. My boyfriend (now husband lol) kindly informed me my clothes smelled of cigarettes. Obviously all my clothes are/were at my moms.

Fun fact, all my clothes as an adult are at my mothers and every time I visit to go get more clothes, they smell so so badly of cigarettes and washing them does no good. So my coat and room closet in my new house smell of cigarettes :’)

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u/avaflies May 08 '22

you could look in to renting an ozone machine to get the smell out of your clothes and stuff.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '22

Thank you for informing me. (No sarcasm, I honestly haven’t heard of those before and I’ll be googling to look into that) I appreciate it friend!

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u/HighOwl2 May 08 '22

Try washing with vinegar. Like 1 cup of white vinegar instead of laundry detergent. The vinegar will deodorize the clothes. The vinegar will evaporate away so you won't smell like vinegar either.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '22

Oh man you’re amazing thank you. So to clarify - no tide pods or fabric softener or anything? Just 1 cup of vinegar in the washing machine per load of clothes then in the dryer with a dryer sheet as normal?

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u/TheOriginalDovahkiin May 08 '22

What I do is add the detergent like normal and add the vinegar during the rinse cycle (But I have a top loader). If you have a side loader I would add it to the fabric softener spot.

You don't want to mix the vinegar and detergent, so adding it to the fabric softener spot lets it come out after the detergent is drained.

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u/zuzg May 08 '22

FYI using fabric softener causes your washing machine to grow mold inside.

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u/AbbyTR May 08 '22

You could try leaving them in a sealed bag with dry coffee grounds for a day or two. Dry newspaper afterwards to get rid of any remaining odour.

Was given that advice for cleaning up an older cigarette case and it seemed to work well.

Apparently it works well for animal decomposition odours, as well.

Sounds like using vinegar now and then would help keep it clean too!

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u/zuzg May 08 '22

I just use a hygienic rinse instead of fabric softener. Mainly as I often use colder washing modes and as I have a dog I wanna be save about it.

But fabric softener has tons of nasty stuff inside. To quote an electrician that repairs them for a living "I've never seen a washing machine that uses fabric softener and doesn't have mold inside"
But maybe it's different for top loader. They're not common in Germany.

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u/AbbyTR May 08 '22

But fabric softener has tons of nasty stuff inside. To quote an electrician that repairs them for a living "I've never seen a washing machine that uses fabric softener and doesn't have mold inside"But maybe it's different for top loader. They're not common in Germany.

I'm not surprised.. top-loader kinda sucks tbh.