TLDR - You can reply to any of the questions below that you have a citation or knowledge about please and thanks. But basically I hang dry my clothjng and have had a problem with them getting that mildewy smell . Please help
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Im talking about a whole 2 cups of citirc acid per a load of clothing. What notablw effects on the clothing wll this amount have? Also I plan on leaving the citric acid solution on the clothing after rinsing away as much detergent as possible. Bad idea? Should I do a 24 or 8 hour citric acid soak? Nope ?yes?
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Also it should be noted that most of the clothing is heavy cotton as in 325 GSM or more cotton. Only like 1 or 2 of those peices of clothing are made of wool or polyester or spandex.
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Also citirc acid may lighten the clothing no? Or will the citric acid only lighten the clothing if it clothing is out in the Sun for too long, right?
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Will the citric acid impart its own smell to the clothing? Will it destroy it?
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Can I combine this solution with placing the citirc acid solution on the clothing and l then once its hang dried a bit I can then use a drying machine to dry it even more thoroughly to ensure that rhe mildew is like double dead? Also I cant dry my clothing when its wet as Im super skinny and that would make my clothing stretch far too much.
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Could the problem be that Im using too much detergent?
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Ive tried to look for other solutions to this and apparently drying the clothing after the mildew is already there will not have a drastic enough effect to get rid of it. Is this true please.?
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Should I just dump boiling water onto the clothing after it has washed or will this make it stretch?
Ive found I have this problem when I hand wash the clothing or machie wash it but surprisingly hand washing and then hand wringing it makes the smell of mildew less prominent.
Also I live in an apartment that has a public laundromat and the cleaning of the machines’ filters is a sporadic frequency as of now so…
And yes I do now know about mangles to wring dry clothing. I live in canada so if anyine knows any brands that arent absolute garbo please do link
Ive deided to not use the washing machines until. the maytag mechanics fix the problem of to dirty filter and the mildew. I live in an apartment with a public laundromat and the maytag mechanics for the machine come in sporadically
Thanks to all who answer.
You can’t suffocate, but it is possible to create an actually hazardous atmosphere by using one built for an office, or if you tried to DIY one with an ebay module that’s designed for a laboratory or industrial building.
An air purifier from someone like Phillips (I think their range was called puremate) will never produce enough ozone to harm you, and as far as I can tell none of the other byproducts are dangerous.
Ozone does break down quite quickly, also if the air is very humid the generators themselves become less efficient.
If you do however get one and it makes you feel weird when you enter the room it was running in, for example if the air smells like bleach or electricity (if it feels spicy in your lungs and eyes then there’s a LOT of it in the room, very surviveable, but you might damage your lungs if you went for a nap) switch off the unit for a day and let the place ventilate, the air from the rest of the house will break down the rest of the ozone, if it’s the whole house then open two windows as far apart as you can and use a fan to cycle some air around.
(Holiday timer plugs work wonders for simple cycles of on 6h/off 18h. That or find one with a timer function)
Ozone breaks down all organic matter and will destroy all your belongings if you use it regularly.
Very true, if you run one powerful enough you can keep the atmosphere saturated beyond what can break down and it will do some damage
That’s why I’m suggesting they pick up one that’s premade, it’ll have a much lower production and remain safe even if run continuously