Mrs Hinch fans share ultimate trick to stop clothes smelling damp and it costs just 80p

Mrs Hinch fans have recommended a thrifty 80p hack for those looking to get the smell of damp out of their clothes, and it will be particularly useful for those with a pile of school uniforms to wash

It can be tricky trying to dry clothes in winter - but Mrs Hinch fans have hailed an easy trick that costs just 80p.

Drying clothes indoors during winter can lead to clothes smelling damp. This can happen even when clothes have been thoroughly washed - and now Mrs Hinch fans have shared their favourite trick for getting rid of the unwanted damp smell. The top tip was shared after a mum expressed her annoyance on the Mrs Hinch Facebook and said that every time she washed her daughter's school blazer, it would still smell damp, and she had no idea what to do. She said she'd tried washing the blazer on it's own and had even tried scent boosters and Zoflora - but nothing had worked.

Detailing her 'stinky' blazer plight in the group, the fed-up mum sighed: "It’s literally as it comes out of the washing machine. It’s still warm. But it smells so damp. It's horrid. Stressing me, as I don’t want her to go to school stinking of damp washing." One fellow group user suggested: "I would recommend using soda crystals to clean the washer. I've found when the clothes come out smelling damp I used soda crystals in an empty drum to clean the washer. And my kid's uniform and clothes come out freshly clean (ie put soda crystals in an empty drum and wash as normal".

Another recommended: "I use soda crystals to clean the washing machine once a month when clothes start to smell damp after washing." A number of others also swore by soda crystals, which you can pick up from Sainsbury's for just 80p for a 1kg bag. Thanking people for their words of wisdom, the mum wrote: "Washing it on a synthetic wash and tumble drying (again on synthetic). No fabric softener, just a drop of Zoflora. "With each wash, it smells less and less. Thank you, everyone! Although I must say… these blazers are terrible. Why make them so hard to wash. They're sweaty stinky teens."

An earlier version of this story was published in November 2022.

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