moldy clothes!

[ohohiloveyou.livejournal.com]

help!

my girlfriend left three plastic trash bags full of winter clothes in the basement of her old apartment for three summer months. she opened them today to find that all her winter jackets (expensive!) have mold on them. they are all either cotton or polyester. my question is-

where is the best place for dry cleaning in or around davis square? must be bike-accessable, as neither of us drive.

thank you!

Comments

[curiositykt.livejournal.com]

hot water, a large bucket and a few drops of bleach. put the water in the bucket, mix the bleach in really well. Soak the clothes in the bucket, line dry outside on a very sunny day. then dry clean. Dry cleaning will not remove the mold. (particularly from the inside)

[turil.livejournal.com]

Why drycleaning? Why not just wash them normally?

[greenbeats.livejournal.com]

(They're my coats that she posted about)

The two that I haven't washed yet say dry clean only and I just don't want to further ruin them by doing something I shouldn't. I don't really know what the idea is behind dry clean only, so I usually stick to that recommendation.

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

Here (http://www.cdc.gov/NASD/docs/d001501-d001600/d001520/d001520.html) is a link from the CDC that has info about non-washable clothes. They recommend taking them to a professional cleaner.

Go out and get yourself some air-tight bins to use to avoid this problem in the future.

[greenbeats.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Now that it's not raining, I'm thinking of washing the items myself first and letting them dry before taking them to a cleaner. That's a really useful link.