How can I get the smell of windowlene off towels?

CathWales

Hi

I have help with cleaning tasks and bought a cloth to clean my windows. I told my cleaner to use the cloth with windowlene and as the cloth was washable i put it in on a 60 degree wash with some towels - bit of a mistake! The towels and drum smell of windowlene (I know I can get rid of drum smell by doing a small empty wash with a washing tablet on high temp) I rewashed on 90 degree, but my machine does not have special settings as such and the towels still smell. Currently they have been soaking in a bucket and bowl as neither big enough for 2 big towels and 2 hand, but what if the smell is still there tomorrow, what else can I please use?


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CathWales

Anyone have any ideas please or do I need to buy new towels?

Mojisola

Do you have anywhere outside to hang them out so they get aired well?

It's an incredibly persistent smell, isn't it?

CathWales

Mojisola wrote: »

Do you have anywhere outside to hang them out so they get aired well?

It's an incredibly persistent smell, isn't it?

Ho Molisola, thanks for your reply. Unfortunately there is nowhere outside I can hang the towels as I live in a flat with a shared patio area with no airer and tho I have my own washing machine, I have to dry clothes in the communal dryer:(

pandamonium

Have you tried washing them and adding vinegar to the fabric softener dispenser? Bit of a long shot, but towels are expensive to replace.
HTH

Butterfly_Brain

I would wash using a normal load setting in white vinegar, then do a whole wash as normal, that should solve the problem, if it doesn't just repeat the process.

CathWales

Thanks for your replies. I left the towels soaking overnight in water with the softner as mentioned and the smell seemed to have gone, tho the towels didn't dry as fully as normal (my fault for not adding enough money in machine!) I then found a soaking wet towel in my machine I didn't see and the short rinse on my machine only seemed to last seconds, so not sure why that one was so wet (maybe i didn't wring it out enough from being in bucket as that soaked water up before putting in machine you think?) Washing that one towel again with the laundry baskets, cloth type, don't worry lol. Domestic Goddess I am not! lol. EDIT: Washing finished and towel came out normal wetness, so think its OK!