# How to Get a Musty Smell Out of a Shirt I Am Wearing
If you notice your shirt has a musty smell, chances are you let it sit too long in the washer before drying it or you put it away slightly wet. Either way, you can remove the musty smell from your shirt and safely wear it without emitting off an offensive odor. In fact, you can remove sour smells from most of your laundry in a similar manner and with a couple good laundry habits, you can avoid these kinds of odors from occurring again.
Things You'll Need
- Laundry detergent
- Color-safe powdered bleach or washing soda
Instructions
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Spray a fabric-safe refresher formulated to remove odors on your shirt. Mist the shirt only, do no saturate it. This is a quick fix that may allow you to wear your shirt right away, especially if it only has slight odor.
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Put your shirt and other musty-smelling laundry in the washer and set it to the rinse cycle. Then, dry them immediately in the dryer on the highest setting recommended on the care labels.
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Launder your shirt and other laundry again with your regular laundry detergent if they still smell. Iowa State University recommends adding 1/2 cup of color-safe powdered bleach or water conditioner to the wash to help get rid of sour odors.
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