Try Pine Sol! I kid you not!
Posted By: Hayseed on 2007-07-20
In Reply to: Getting towels clean - Karen
A friend of mine suggested it to me after I stupidly left a bunch of laundry in the washer and forgot about it until I smelled something funky. Oh what a gross smell! I rewashed the load about 4 times and everything still had that awful smell. I tried 1/4 cup of Pine Sol and IT HONESTLY WORKED! I now use it to wash anything that is especially grody and swear by it.
Sometimes white vinegar helps "get the funk out" of stuff as well, but I honestly don't know what ratio you'd use for a whole load of laundry. I've only used it straight up on my animal's things as a pre-wash.
Too bad he doesn't like bleach...man, nothing makes me feel better than crawling into a clean bed with freshly bleached sheets and pillow cases, or getting out of a hot shower and wrapping myself up in my huge towels that smell like bleach. Something about that smell makes me smile--makes me feel like I'm on vacation...almost.
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How about a little Norfolk pine.
I did this for a nursing home patient and a friend and added little bows of yarn and put some little bells I bought at Michaels in bulk package, wrapped the pot in a scrap of burlap that I frayed and they turned out really neat. Will do more for others this year and had to keep one for myself. Looks nice on a coffee table, counter or desk.
My lab was diagnosed with an allergy to pine needles and had the same
symptoms you are describing. Now, I live in North Carolina where pine trees are as common as grits, so I thought the poor things was doomed!! My vet suggested a cortisone injection in the early part of the season before it got to really take off and then 2 tablets of Benadryl twice daily, which seems to have worked great for the past 6 years, but if I delay that darn shot and she starts that itching then I run into problems because not only is she itching from the allergy, but from the irritation caused from the scratching.
oooh, the Pine Barrens. Is that near Burlington? (grew up in North J)
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