Nothing smells as good as freshly washed bedding and clothing. Unfortunately, that freshness is usually short-lived. Some clothes keep a musty smell, even when they’ve just come out of the washing machine. Can’t you do anything about that? Of course, you can! With these 5 tips, you can freshen up your clothes in no time.

🥼 5 tips for fresh clothes:

1: Air them outside

2: Put them in the dryer for a while

3: Use a drying spray

4: Steam with a clothes steamer

5: Vinegar for dark clothes

👚 Tip 1: Let it air outside

The simplest and cheapest way to make your clothes smell nice and fresh again is to hang them outside for a few hours. Do this, especially with clothes that you can’t wash too often because otherwise the shape or fabric won’t stay good. Your favorite jeans, for example, have to. So air them outside, that’s how they used to do it.

👕 Tip 2: Put it in the dryer for 15 minutes

Are you about to leave and do you want to wear that one blouse or T-shirt that is ready for the laundry basket? By putting the garment in question in the dryer for fifteen minutes with a dryer sheet, you can simply wear it again. Any musty smells will make way for a fresh scent. And, bonus: by putting a garment in the dryer for a while, the wrinkles will also disappear!

Make your dryer sheet Cut an old sheet into squares the size of a microfiber cloth. Place the squares in a layer of fabric softener, wring them out, and let them dry. You can use a homemade dryer sheet like this at least twenty times.

👔 Tip 3: Use drying spray

You may be familiar with dry shampoo. If you don’t feel like washing your hair or don’t have time, it’s an ideal and quick solution: spray it on your hair, let it soak in, and brush it out. Your hair will look clean again and smell nice again. You can also apply the same principle to clothes that you want to wear for an extra day. You use a clothing spray that neutralizes unpleasant odors and that you spray on dry laundry. For example, you have the Dry Wash from Robijn (which also comes with a Zwitsal scent ). Put the clothes on the bed and spray the garments. Bonus: your duvet will smell nice again right away.

You can also make a spray yourself from two parts water and one part vinegar. Fill a plant sprayer or spray bottle with this mixture and spray it on the garment. Then, let it air out and dry on a hanger. The vinegar evaporates, and the smell goes away by itself.

👗 Tip 4: Steam with a clothes steamer

What they can do at the dry cleaners, you can also do at home yourself. For around thirty euros you can already get a good clothes steamer. With this you not only remove wrinkles, but also musty smells disappear like snow in the sun. Hang the clothes, fill the hand steamer, and let it heat up. Then you can get started and afterward, you can put the clothes back on without having to dry them. Ideal!

👖 Tip 5: Vinegar for dark clothes

Do you think black clothes, in particular, do not smell fresh after a wash? That may be true. We often wash dark clothes at a lower temperature and with liquid detergent, and precisely this combination ensures that the detergent does not rinse out properly and ‘sticks’ to the inside of the drum, resulting in a musty, mildew-like smell.

Also, black clothes, especially those made of synthetic fibers, tend to smell musty. Adding extra water during the wash cycle and a small cup of vinegar can help. Airing them outside after washing also does wonders.