Using sound judgment to be more self-reliant.
Laundry odor is something I’ve struggled with for years. With two teenage boys, musty clothes are a given. With high humidity levels in summer, we tend to end up with musty towels, too, because they simply stay damp on the towel bar.
Washing machine smells are one of the most common complaints about front loaders. Top load machines sometimes get stinky too, but front load washers have more nooks and crannies that make great breeding grounds for bacteria.
If your clean clothes don’t smell clean, or you notice a bad odor in the laundry room, we can help. We’ll walk you through several options to get rid of the smell in your washing machine, plus tips to prevent it from coming back.
…If you have musty smells in the house or basement and want to get rid of them, the first thing you need to do is ask some questions. If my house is musty, do I have mold? Does my house get musty in summer? Does my house smell musty only when it rains, or only after I’ve been on vacation?
Once you’ve narrowed down the symptoms, you can focus on eliminating the problem. The only lasting way to get rid of musty smells in the house is to find the source. In this post, we’ll discuss sources of musty smells in the home and how to deal with them.
…We rented a cabin up north a few years ago, and the owners had placed a standing air freshener in the kitchen of the cabin. I had to move it outside because it gave me a headache. Another time, we were having a family gathering in the common room at my in-laws apartment building. Again, I started getting a headache, and my mother-in-law was having trouble breathing. The culprit? A plugin air freshener.
In this post, we’ll talk about the problems with most odor eliminators and “air fresheners”. Instead of turning to heavy fragrances to cover the odor, we can work to eliminate it.
By default, my first choice for the best odor eliminator is a good scrub, but sometimes you need a little more “oomph”. Many commercial air fresheners/odor removers are as bad or worse than the smell you’re trying to get rid of. They contain toxic ingredients that can make you and your pets sick.
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