How to remove mould from clothes? (pic)

**TopStar** · 06-05-2012, 02:47am

Dd was given a lovely used Boden dress. I washed it & then noticed the mould on it..any idea how I can remove it?

Thanks

**twirlygirly** · 06-05-2012, 08:42am

I've never worked out how to do it, sorry.

**violet wallop** · 06-05-2012, 10:29am

You could try soaking in oxyclean, or applying a paste of it. Or rubbing with lemon and salt and leaving in the sun. It's probably not going to come clean, unfortunately.

Unfortunately the only thing that works properly is bleach.

**TopStar** · 06-05-2012, 10:52am

I've got vanish, would that work? No sun here..been gloomy since the day I noticed the mould..gah!

Thanks x

**Velvet Chain** · 06-05-2012, 11:01am

two things that work are soaking them in vinegar (1 cup in a bucket of water) or washing with borax, add borax to hot water to dissolve it and then put it in the machine with the washing.

**violet wallop** · 06-05-2012, 11:25am

Originally Posted by Velvet Chain

two things that work are soaking them in vinegar (1 cup in a bucket of water) or washing with borax, add borax to hot water to dissolve it and then put it in the machine with the washing.

I'll add borax to my list of things to try. Vinegar didn't work for me.

Vanish powder is the same as oxy, I think? It faded it, but didn't remove it fully.

**TopStar** · 06-05-2012, 12:45pm

Right, clothes soaking in white vinegar..wish me luck.

Thanks x

**myzzterri** · 06-05-2012, 12:55pm

where do you get borax from VC? I used to get it from Wilko's but they stopped doing it...

**Velvet Chain** · 06-05-2012, 05:15pm

Myzz I got some the last time at a Chemists - I think it was a Lloyds but am not 100% and there is a shop near me that has it, it is a sort of hardware store.