Emergency Laundry Question
November 8, 2010 1:50 PM Subscribe
Emergency Laundry Question: I had some bad laundry experiences over the weekend. A dry cleaner left this awful kerosene smell in a jacket, which they tried to cover with perfume. Another laundromat over-bleached my dress shirts. How would I go about removing the odors -- of inept dry cleaning and bleach -- from these clothes tonight?
Many thanks in advance.
Many thanks in advance.
The kerosene smell is dry cleaning solution that has been used too often. For that, and bleach, put in the dryer on fluff or air, or just hang in the sun.
posted by theora55 at 3:22 PM on November 8, 2010
posted by theora55 at 3:22 PM on November 8, 2010
If you go the "hang in the sun" route, turn the article of clothing inside out. Strong sunlight will quickly bleach the color out of anything. In the case of a white shirt, outside out is fine.
posted by Splunge at 6:46 PM on November 8, 2010
posted by Splunge at 6:46 PM on November 8, 2010
Also, find another dry-cleaner. That smell is the smell of shoddy work.
posted by Splunge at 6:47 PM on November 8, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Splunge at 6:47 PM on November 8, 2010 [1 favorite]
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posted by zug at 2:01 PM on November 8, 2010