Tips For Getting Mold Out Of Clothes And Other Fabrics

If your house's basement has flooded, you are likely going to not be able to access the area until the water goes down due to the risk of potentially suffering an electric shock. If your house is like many and your laundry room is down the basement, there's a good chance that you are going to have to deal with clothes that have been submerged in water for an extended period of time and have now grown mold. This can be very frustrating if your favorite shirt has moldy spots on it and smells like mildew. Here are some tips for getting mold out of clothes and other fabrics so that you can get your favorite shirt back.

1. Get a Mold Removal Solution

Go online or to your local home repair store and purchase mold removal solution that is specific to the fabrics that you are trying to clean. This will allow you to make sure that you are going to be fully successful when it comes to getting the mold out of your clothing.

2. Separate

The next step is to separate your clothes into three groups. One group should be the clothes that can be safely washed in hot water. The second should be the clothes that can only be safely washed in cold water. The last group should be clothes that cannot be safely washed at all, such as clothes that are dry clean only. 

3. Wash the Clothes in Hot and Cold Water

Put the mold removal solution where you would normally place laundry detergent. Add your clothes that can be washed in hot water. Run these clothes through two cycles on hot and then put them in the dryer. Add the clothes that can only be washed in cold water. Add the mold removal solution where you would normally place laundry detergent. Run these clothes through three cycles in cold water. Finally, run your washing machine without any clothes in it with hot water and mold removal solution to make sure that you get any remnants of mold out.

4. Call Your Dry Cleaner

Finally, for the clothes that you cannot wash in your washing machine, contact your dry cleaner and explain the situation. See if they would be willing to take your clothing and get rid of the mildew smell and mold. They might have special protocols for this.

For more information, talk to a company that specializes in mold removal, such as Oxyvone Enterprises LLC.