Well that's one way to ruin my day

White vinegar, run them again. All good.

would add baking soda but yeah, it gets the funk out.

The baking soda will just neutralize the vinegar though? And you’ll get salt water? Vinegar is good at getting smells out though.

not sure on the precise chemistry involved in the reaction, but it works like a charm for getting stains and smells out of laundry, and takes smells out of counters etc. w/o using harsh chemicals. you should give it a try.

it reacts. I can’t explain the precise chemistry behind the reaction, but it breaks organic deposits / stains / crud and actually gets funky smells out of the wash. works better than any off the shelf product I’ve tried.

I personally use the vinegar instead, but one or another will do the trick.

But like you said, both at once make salt water, which is less effective at killing germs and removing funk.

So you started the load again, and then forgot again.

Dump a cup of white vinegar into the wash, let them soak. Mildew will be gone. Add an extra rinse if it smells of vinegar.

dump a cup of baking soda and a cup of white wine vinegar, wash again, they’ll be fine.

He wishes there was such an easy fix for two planes flying into skyscrapers.

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Make sure to wash away your national tragedy with cold water

I see this often. Does this work better than just washing again with tablets? Or even just a water wash?

Washing with tablets?

washing anything that got moldy (like cloth napkins from the kitchen that sat in the hamper) / funky - I use a solid tablet detergent (blue land plastic free) and a baking soda / vinegar. works great.

Brah you shouldn’t be using tide pods regardless. They’re no good for your wallet or the environment.

I don’t use them myself but sort of get why people use dishwasher tablets, but laundry pods/tabs make zero sense to me. Not all loads are the same size.

How so? I guess they are more expensive but I can afford like $2 per pack for the convenience of just throwing them in. Am I doing it wrong? Serious question

Vinegar and baking soda will cancel each other out. I would just use regular white distilled vinegar, don’t need to use the fancy stuff on it.

they react, they don’t equalize, and the results do a fine job of cleaning / removing smells. look, I’m not going to try to convince you your understanding of chemistry is incorrect, but try it before you knock it.

Shit, not quite as bad but this post reminded me I have clothes sitting in the dryer I wanted to hang up about 2 hours ago.

Do what I do- leave them in the dryer until you need to use the dryer for something else. Fuck the man!

I once went on a 2-week vacation and forgot to take out the very full and very moist trash out of my nice and warm kitchen.

It was… thriving, when I returned. Hard to describe how disgusting it was. I actually threw up while cleaning it out.

I once forgot a pear in my pantry when I left town for 2 months.

When I came back it was a stem in a puddle of black liquid.

Although I often don’t pay attention to my personal hygiene, I am very concerned about whether the trash can is full.

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