5 ways to remove hot pot smell from clothes

The following 5 ways can remove food odors after eating hot pot on clothes without having to wash them.

Deodorize with a hair dryer

Hang the clothes that smell of food on a hanger and then use a hair dryer to blow hot air continuously for 5 minutes, the smell will gradually disappear. After about 15 minutes, there will be almost no food smell left on the clothes. To avoid washing, just hang the clothes in a well-ventilated place and leave them overnight.

Another way is to use a hair dryer with hot air for 10 minutes, then cold air for 5 minutes and hang it in a well-ventilated place overnight.

Note, do not let the hair dryer blow hot air in one place for too long because it can burn clothes.

Spray clothes with lemon juice/white vinegar

Take 100 ml of purified water and squeeze a little lemon juice into it. Shake the solution well and pour it into a watering can. Use this can to spray all over the clothes and hang them in a ventilated place to dry naturally.

Clothes sprayed with lemon juice initially smell sour, but after 30 minutes the food smell on the clothes is significantly reduced. After 60 minutes the clothes basically no longer have the smell of food. You can also use white vinegar in the same way.

Hanging clothes in the bathroom

After taking a hot shower, there will be a lot of steam in the bathroom. Place the clothes that smell of food on the towel rack near the shower, which is the place with the most steam in the bathroom, then close the door. When the steam in the room has evaporated, take the clothes out and dry them in a well-ventilated area. At this time, the steam mixed with the scent of shower gel will remove the unpleasant smell of food left on the clothes.

Use sunlight and soap

After eating hot pot, hang your clothes out on the balcony where there is a lot of direct sunlight. Then put two bars of scented soap in your pants and shirt pockets. After 2-3 hours, the bad smell on your clothes will be almost completely removed, even leaving a light scent from the soap.

Use steam iron

Hang the clothes after eating hot pot on a hanger and use a steam iron to iron them flat. In principle, this type of iron uses steam at high temperature and pressure to iron clothes flat. Steam at high temperature can penetrate each fiber of clothing to remove molecules that cause unpleasant odors, thereby having a deodorizing effect.

In addition, top-loading washing machines with high-temperature steam washing function can also deodorize clothes because they operate on the same principle as steam irons. This method is also quite effective.