How to remove the formaldehyde smell from clothes?

Many clothes smell of formaldehyde when they are first bought. Everyone is well aware of the harm that formaldehyde does to the human body. No matter whether you are male or female, young or old, your health will be affected by formaldehyde, so the formaldehyde smell on new clothes must be removed in time. You can remove the formaldehyde smell from new clothes by using salt water, white vinegar, and professional formaldehyde-removing laundry detergent. The details are as follows:

1. Wash with salt water

Formaldehyde is a volatile substance with good water solubility. Washing can remove most of the formaldehyde remaining in clothes and reduce its harm to the human body. To ensure safety and health, newly bought clothes and pants should not be worn immediately. They can be washed with salt water, which can disinfect, kill bacteria and prevent fading. For some coats, if it is inconvenient and troublesome to wash, you might as well leave them in the air for a few days to allow some of the formaldehyde to evaporate.

2. Clean with white vinegar

Don’t rush to wear new clothes after buying them, especially if you can smell an unpleasant odor as soon as you open the package. Before use, add a small amount of white vinegar or 2-3 teaspoons of practical salt to clean water for cleaning, which can effectively remove formaldehyde from clothes. Also, if you choose to soak new clothes in warm water, the water temperature should not be too high. It is best to control the temperature between 30 and 60 degrees Celsius. Soak them in warm water for about half a day, then change the water and repeat the process. If you find that the color of the water turns yellow during the soaking process, you need to soak it once more until the water is clear.

3. Wash with formaldehyde-removing laundry detergent

After buying new clothes, wash them to remove the formaldehyde smell. When washing clothes, be sure to choose special laundry detergent that can remove formaldehyde. Also, do not use ordinary adult laundry products to remove formaldehyde smell from your baby's clothes. Also, after washing clothes that need to remove the formaldehyde smell, they need to be hung out to dry and ventilated. Be careful not to expose the clothes to the sun for too long, just maintain good ventilation conditions. After drying, in order to avoid the formaldehyde remaining in the marine oil in the wardrobe from contaminating the washed clothes, you can seal them in a clean plastic bag for storage. You can also place some activated carbon to absorb the remaining formaldehyde. This can effectively avoid secondary pollution from formaldehyde and you can wear them with confidence.