How to Remove Mold from Clothes

Mold on clothes can be eliminated without having to use very aggressive industrial products, which could permanently ruin your garments.

Instead, there are natural alternatives, very effective and without any side effects: salt and lemon juice, white vinegar, sodium percarbonate, warm milk.

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Sodium percarbonate

To remove mold from fabrics, the first natural remedy to use is

You can use it directly, passing it on the stain, delicately and without rubbing too hard.
Or you can dilute it in warm or boiling water, perhaps adding a touch of lemon juice. Lemon;, a citrus fruit that is always precious for natural house cleaning
Give your product time to do its job and leave it to soak for at least a good hour.
Then wash and rinse. You can even wash them in the washing machine.
Dry naturally, in the sun, without forcing the time.

Warm milk

A second natural remedy suitable for all mold stains on fabrics, especially colored ones, is

Take a basin and fill it with boiling milk
Place the piece of fabric in the basin and leave it for at least an hour
Rinse and the stains should be gone
In this case too, dry in the sun

White vinegar

White vinegar It's a perfect natural remedy for very resistant fabrics. The procedure is very simple:

Treat the moldy area with pure white vinegar.
Leave it on for 10–15 minutes.
Wash the garment in the washing machine with a small amount of detergent, adding a cup of white vinegar to the wash cycle.
Dry in the sun, if possible (UV rays help kill spores).

Salt and lemon juice

Bleach is too often recommended for mold on clothes. This isn't a good idea, and at best, it's only a last resort. A combination of salt and lemon juice is better, and almost always effective.

Mix two tablespoons of fine salt with a tablespoon of lemon juice
Apply it on the stained fabric
Strofinate good for a quarter of an hour
Rinse and let them dry in the sun

Potassium permanganate

For the wool in particular, another very effective natural solution involves the use of only coarse salt.

Fill a basin with plenty of cold water
Then add coarse salt and lemon
Stir the mixture so that it becomes homogeneous
Leave the garment to soak for 10 minutes
Do a final wash and dry in the sun

Marseille soap

Even carpet and rug fabrics can be affected by mold. In this case, the most suitable natural product is Marseille soap. Simply treat the stain with water and Marseille soap, then rinse and wash with a specific shampoo.

Another possibility to clean the carpets from mold stains is to use thewhite vinegarIt's really very simple.

Pour the vinegar and water into a spray bottle
Make sure the carpet is completely dry
Spray the solution on both the top and bottom of the carpet
Let it dry
The next day, vacuum both sides of the carpet.

How to remove mold from clothes