Mould on clothes

[MrsGokWantstogotoHogwarts]

Just found a whole load of clothes stuffed in the corner of DS1's room with a wet flannel and we have a some really awful furry, green, smelly, mouldy clothes. Some of them are really precious and I wanted to be able to pass them down to the other DC's.

Does any one have any tried and tested methods of getting mould out of clothes, please, I am really desperate.

Oh no! This happened to me and unfortunetly we had to throw them away. (not what you want to hear, I know) The clothes had black spots on them. We tried washing, vanish, bleech. Nothing worked.
I'll keep looking to see if anyone else has manageged to do it.

We have had same thing recently on a few of dd's white tops - they have been washed a zillion times but black spots can still be seen in clusters - we now use them to wash the car sorry

Oh! well thanks anyway ladies. I've bunged them in the machine on a pre-wash, so we will see what happens.

Some good suggestions when I asked this here

Haven't actually got round to trying yet though

Right thanks BCLass, am poppping into town later so will buy some Detol Mould and Mildew remover and see what happens.

I've just found a pillow with black mould spots on

Have washed it once but it's not much better, sounds like its next stop is the bin!

Iwish don't thow yet, try the Dettol stuff as per BCLass's thread. You never know, it might work.

Worth I try I suppose.

I had thought it wouldn't be a good idea on a pillow because of any fumes or bleach or something but I guess as it's going to have another wash then it's not a problem

PMSL

I have just come back from the shops and am armed with my Dettol Mould and Mildew spray. Watch out mould here I come.

You need to boil wash them with some oxy type powder (the cheaper versions of oxyclean), or if it is a particularly delicate fabric just soak them in a just boiled solution, keep going till the stains are gone this also works for chocolate stains too. I did have a leaching of colour on a pink t-shirt once but you will find that white cotton is ok with the boiling.

Hi MrsGok, I got rid of mouldy from my pillow case using one of those sterilising (sp) tablets (like milton tablets, although mine were one of the mothercare ones :-) Had tried lots of things and that was the only thing that really worked, good luck