what takes musty smell from clothes
Dry your Clothes Outside. If your clothing often smells musty, dry your clothing outside. Many basements or laundry rooms smell musty and can cause your laundry to smell the same. Wash your Clothing in Hot Water. Wash your clothing, with laundry detergent, in the hottest water it can stand. This may remove the smell.
Treating Moldy Items. 1  1. Place the clothes in boiling water. If your items are extremely moldy and you don't want to throw them away, you can try putting them in boiling water to kill the mold spores and remove that musty smell. 2  2. Use bleach. Bleach is an effective mold killer. 3  3. Try ammonia.