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I have been given a bag of kids clothes which are fine in every way except for the smell of ingrained and stale cigarette smoke. They have had a good long soak and a long cycle in the machine, yet the last stubborn little whiffs of smoke remain.
It would be a shame to have to throw away these clothes, does anyone have an answer?
Mike_T says:
I know exactly how you feel, I was in a very similar situation. I remember that I was so nervous at that time and I took it out on everyone around me. I didnt know what could I do until, thanks god, I found Smoke Deter. Now I can look back and laugh on myself and in the same time I remember how helpless I was. I hope that I'll never be in the same situation again
Try washing them in the machine with white vinegar instead of fabric softener. I’ve used it myself, and found that clothes come out soft, and fresh with no vinegary smell, and it also has the benefit of removing any residue from the detergent.
just keep rewashing on a hotter temp
spray em down good with Febreze…
Spray some Febreeze on them and rewash.
Keep washing and use a strong smelling fabric softner. Use Concentrate. Not the diluted stuff.
I’ve never heard of washing not removing the smell – just wash them again.
Burn them.
Put them back in the washing machine, put the maximum recommended dosage for softener and program the machine onto rinse hold. If your machine doesn’t hold the rinse, switch it off when you can feel/hear the water flushing the softener into the machine. Leave overnight, then switch your machine again and let it finish the cycle. I also recommend using a softener with fabreze in it. Can’t remember the brand now , for the life of me.
Try washing them again with your regular laundry detergent , but also add a product called "OdoBan". I buy this at Sams Club. I used it to remove really bad oil smell from my husbands work clothes and it works.
If you love your kids, throw the gift of "snowballs in winter" away.
put some bicarbonate of soda and comfort softener in with the wash
put a little white vinigar in with the wash ,that should do the trick,
Washing them with a little added vinegar in the final rinse should do the trick as will a little bicarbonate of soda (as described above).
It also helps to hang them outside in the sun and air for a few hours to let the fibres breathe and refresh. Hang them on a line so that they can move in the breeze.
Alternatively, if that isn’t possible, put them in the drier for 20 mins or so with a flannel soaked in vinegar and water, 50:50. (Put them into the drier when they are already dry.)