Help please! How do I get the smell out of my clothes? So fed up with this...

[RoseC]

We live in a flat and DP hates me drying the clothes in the living room. The only other room with enough space for airers is our bedroom so over the summer I put them in there with the windows open (they smelt and didn't dry if I didn't open the windows/place them in the sunshine). They will have to go back into the living room now as they are causing condensation on the windows.

I read the smelly clothes in winter thread yesterday so I think I know where I'm going wrong to make them smell (too many clothes on an airer, not enough heat, too much laundry liquid) but I have a bundle of clothes that, despite being on the airer for four days, reek and I don't know what to do.

Last time I fabreezed them but it took ages and I have too many now.

I have: 2x light jumpers/cardigan, 2x heavy jumpers (these are still wet), 1x heavy wool dress that I can't ruin as I need it this winter & can't afford to replace it, 3x pairs jeans.

All smell (either mouldy or sour) and some are still damp/wet.

Does anybody have any great tips for making them smell good again please? I have fabreeze and I can wash them again (using Aldi liquid [colours] or Ariel powder [whites/household]).

I'm so fed up with smelly clothes. I seem to be forever fabreezing things and washing them again :(

Ours has an obvious [] shaped hole below the door opening towards the left, yours may not have as many filters, but good to check

For the heavy jumpers I hang them on a chunky hanger (for jackets I think) and on the curtain poles. They seem to dry quicker that way.

Update: everything I washed yesterday has dried and smells nice! That's, I think, a first in this flat :) I won't use the dryer again until I've had a proper look at an instruction manual and checked that I've cleaned everything.

I've currently got a 60 degrees wash on with towels to clean the machine and then I'll try and get the smell out of the other clothes using bio powder.

Thank you!

did you find all the filters? there is one in the door and I am sure that there is one at the bottom of the machine near the floor, you usually have to unlatch something to get it out, it looks a bit like a radiator apparently you rinse them in cold water ( dont quote me) check the manual before you do !!!! Only done that bit once but I try very very hard not to use the drier :).

I found the metal filter yesterday and thought it was the water tank although my landlord has no idea what it is as I asked her - was on the phone to her at the time. I'll definitely google what to do with it before I get it out again.