# Mold on clothes - throw out or clean?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 16, 2024, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mold-on-clothes-throw-out-or-clean/1007373 "2024-09-16T23:29:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mold-on-clothes-throw-out-or-clean/1007373/21 "2024-09-17T23:40:51Z")

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Or you can just leave the door open until it dries after a load. But sure, go spend more money.

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**Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mold-on-clothes-throw-out-or-clean/1007373/22 "2024-09-18T07:10:16Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> It locks down and goes thru a series of events we can’t imagine. I assume tiny cleaning persons come out and scrub and scrub. Then it goes thru rinse and drain. Ba-da-bing. It’s a clean machine. On Penny Lane. 😉

Well done. This is why we keep you around. 😂

As for why they keep _ME_ around, I’m not prepared to speculate.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mold-on-clothes-throw-out-or-clean/1007373/23 "2024-09-18T08:36:48Z")

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That works. Unless you live in a high humidity area.

For awhile, it might work there if you catch a few dry days in a row.

But the crud that causes the stink is still there, lurking and waiting for your judgemental MIL to show up.

Affresh is like $3.  
Or use vinegar and a pod. Maybe $2.  
6 or 8 times a year.

Plus I like the door shut on the machines, 'cause of cat funzies. They’re fine hiding in there, I don’t think they’d like being washed.

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**Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mold-on-clothes-throw-out-or-clean/1007373/24 "2024-09-18T11:09:15Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> They’re fine hiding in there, I don’t think they’d like being washed.

I suspect they won’t get washed a second time. Even cats are able to learn from aversive experiences.

In the military we called that “self-critiquing behavior”. IOW, don’t tell the dumbass he’s about to hurt himself doing that; he’ll figure it out soon enough.

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**Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mold-on-clothes-throw-out-or-clean/1007373/25 "2024-09-18T13:22:48Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> Plus I like the door shut on the machines, 'cause of cat funzies.

I’m not sure it’s entirely the cats’ fault.

[![](https://i.redd.it/rthq3rvcke921.jpg) ](https://i.redd.it/rthq3rvcke921.jpg)

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