Help! Cooking smells in clothes!

Wee_Bargain_Hunter

Our extractor fan has packed up and I've just realised that all the clothes I've been drying in the kitchen are going to absolutely stink of roast chicken, fish, garlic etc! What can I do? I remember seeing something called a cooks candle - does this get rid of smells as you cook?
Re the clothes as I've so little time as the next wash is nearly ready, I'm even willing to consider a spray! Any ideas?

lauren_1

Never heard of cooks candles, only the matches.

The only thing i can think of is giving them a good air outside or a quick tumble with a bounce sheet or flannel with some essential oil on.

pol

I've seen cooks candles before, they come in a tin and are supposed to deodorise the air as you cook. Sorry I don't know where to get them, maybe Tesco or Wilkinsons.

pol

Pink.

Hi wee bargain hunter,

To get rid of cooking smells I bring to the boil and then simmer a half water/half vinegar mixture in a saucepan for about 20 minutes and the smell usually disappears. If you have a window in the kitchen try to keep it open while cooking as that helps too.

Pink

moanymoany

I have only been able to remove food smells from clothes by re-washing them.

foreversomeday

We keep our airer in the kitchen and I've never noticed our clothes getting food smells in them However we do tend to keep the windows open while cooking as we don't have an extractor fan.

Have you actually smelled them? They might not be as bad as you think. If they are though, try febreeze, it is worth buying as it works on lots of other things (haven't tried it for cooking smells as like I said I haven't noticed them) so if it didn't work you could use it for something else.

LillyJ

Pink-winged wrote: »

Hi wee bargain hunter,

To get rid of cooking smells I bring to the boil and then simmer a half water/half vinegar mixture in a saucepan for about 20 minutes and the smell usually disappears. If you have a window in the kitchen try to keep it open while cooking as that helps too.

Pink

I do that, and the juice of a lemon too.
It also works to clean the microwave of nasty smells, just put the mixture in a bowl and turn the microwave on.

I am a stickler for smells as I have a dog, and also asthma, so can't use lots of chemicals

floyd

I hang things on the frame of our shower cubicle, run the shower on very hot for 10 mins with the room door closed to generate some steam then open the windows wide and leave the stuff there all day. Works particularly well for cigarette smoke but have never tried for food smells.

The steam seems to loosen the smells in the clothes.

elsien

I've tried a cooks candle to rid my house of doggie smells.
I have to say, it smelled nice at the time, but I don't think it made any difference to anything else in the long run.

Wee_Bargain_Hunter

Thanks for all the ideas everyone. I don't have a tumble dryer and the rain seems never-ending this 'summer'. I tried a mixture of things and something has worked as the smell has left the kitchen and the clothes! I lit a lavender candle for a while - not sure if this worked as I got used to its smell! Later on I boiled up some lemon pieces - would recommend this as the top tip as the kitchen smelt lovely! (Also have a cleaner microwave as I stuck the mixture into it afterwards and zapped it for a while before wiping the surfaces.) Finally for good measure my non-OS OH sprayed a little Febreeze over the clothes airers before bedtime.
Thanks again

overlykeensaver

these are all great moneysaving ideas. I think the cook's candle you are thinking of is from Lakeland. I buy them because they do get rid of cooking odours in our house and have saved us from coming downstairs in the morning to smell last night's dinner (yuck!)

They might just make the clothes smell of the candles though>?