Basically this ↑ Thanks

Sorry I should have beeen more specific. All Im trying to do is find 2 things:

1. What is the world's cheapest methood to clean wool baselayer clothing that wont slowly destroy the clothing ? (and as wee all know about 90% or more of all detergennts have wool destroying enzymes in them) Should I just make a homemade detergent for the wool?

and 2. does cleaning cotton clothing with certain things lioe borax or washing soda make it almost timpossible for mildew to start growing on and in them during the drying process?

Enzymes breaks down proteins which means they also breaks down wool, so it really isn’t recommended.

To add to this comment,

In Canada you can find Arm and hammer washing soda at Canadian Tire, London Drugs, Home Hardware, and Walmart if you have any of those near you.

I'm no expert. Just saying it works for me. I dry indoors overnight in the tropics, so the characteristic smell used to be pretty obvious in the morning

Washing soda is usually found near laundry detergent since it's most common use is a laundry additive. If you can't find it there you can maybe find it near cleaning supplies.

What are you needing washing soda for? Or rather, what problem are you trying to fix with it?

For the right laundry concoction you need to know a bit about your water. Is it hard water? Might want something with citric acid in it. Is it iron rich? Might want something made to reduce iron. Otherwise a good, high quality powdered detergent something like Tide powder with oxi will take care of most day to day concerns.

If you need more stain removal power you can look into pre treaters and extra enzyme powder or an enzyme soak using something like Febu powder or, Biz powder.

Enzymes break stains down into smaller pieces so your detergent can actually wash them away. How is that a scam?

You're welcome. I need to add more to it but, my day job takes my time lol.

thanks

Just so you know, We have a laundry wiki as well. It is a work in progress but it may answer some questions.

most woolite products have enzymes in it so is a scam as far as Im concerend. There are no stores that sells those woolite products that dont have enzymes in them near me.

I can speak to wool: They make wool-specific cleaners, which I would recommend. Woolite is one. Hand-wash cold/cool only, air-dry flat only (not in direct sun, and don’t wring or twist it, because that will stretch it out). Roll it up in a towel to remove excess moisture before laying it out. If you’re nervous, take it to a dry cleaner. It should last as long as any regular garment provided you don’t wash it too often.

Yeah, this might sound kind of gross, but wool does better with less washing due to the nature of the fabric. Consider wearing an undershirt or something so you’re not sweating into the wool garment directly. Also get some cedar hangars to keep moths away from your closet so they don’t eat up your wool stuff.

Thanks for thr cross post

baking soda is anti fungal or anti mildewy? Is Borax a more effective anti fungal agent?

Also thanks for the advice.

Human skin is a big one though.

That's fair, I was basing it on my own knowledge, a negative ion generating filter (not an ozone generator, I was incorrectly using the terms interchangeably) that I built, has been running for the past five years without any impact on my health.

To OP;

Apparently a standard HEPA air filter does the job just as well without the risk to health, so disregard recommendations of any ion generators and get yourself a decent quality one with washable filters then run that instead

1. Citric acid is a fabric softener that will also damage some fibers over time.

2. Wool is the main concern.

3. Only if you use excessive amounts.

4. No.

5. It has no bearing on drying. One or more of three things is true: you are not properly spacing your clothes when drying; your apartment is generally too humid; your apartment becomes too humid because the volume of water you are bringing to put in the air saturates the volume of air while being airtight.

6. You could be, but it doesn't lead to mildew. Are you using the spin cycle on its highest setting? That helps the most.

7. Yes with oxiclean or citric acid in the fabric softener dispenser.

8. No.

I hang dry in Florida. Humidity outside is 70-95%. I have never had an issue. The reason is spin at max speed, only hang dry for up to 8 hours outside, then bring the clothes indoors to finish and my air conditioning keeps the house under 60% humidity.

This is dangerous advise.

https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/ozone-generators-are-sold-air-cleaners

Recommending lung damage to reduce the smell of mildew seems seems a bit aggressive.

Please read and do not use an ozone generator:

https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/ozone-generators-are-sold-air-cleaners

Very true, if you run one powerful enough you can keep the atmosphere saturated beyond what can break down and it will do some damage

That's why I'm suggesting they pick up one that's premade, it'll have a much lower production and remain safe even if run continuously

Ozone breaks down all organic matter and will destroy all your belongings if you use it regularly.

I think this is fantastic advice for OP

You can't suffocate, but it is possible to create an actually hazardous atmosphere by using one built for an office, or if you tried to DIY one with an ebay module that's designed for a laboratory or industrial building.

An air purifier from someone like Phillips (I think their range was called puremate) will never produce enough ozone to harm you, and as far as I can tell none of the other byproducts are dangerous.

Ozone does break down quite quickly, also if the air is very humid the generators themselves become less efficient.

If you do however get one and it makes you feel weird when you enter the room it was running in, for example if the air smells like bleach or electricity (if it feels spicy in your lungs and eyes then there's a LOT of it in the room, very surviveable, but you might damage your lungs if you went for a nap) switch off the unit for a day and let the place ventilate, the air from the rest of the house will break down the rest of the ozone, if it's the whole house then open two windows as far apart as you can and use a fan to cycle some air around.

(Holiday timer plugs work wonders for simple cycles of on 6h/off 18h. That or find one with a timer function)

is it possible to for a person to suffocate from one of those negative ion genrrators or ozone generating air purifiers?? Like the air flow in here is so bad Im actually worried we could suffocate if we keep it runnimg. We almost suffocated from carbon monoxide after burning something lol

ALsao thanks! I never knew they existed until now.