I forgot load of laundry in washer for 3 days. Is it ruined, cuz it smells or can vinegar or baking soda help remove odors?
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I would wash it again and put vinegar in the rinse water.
Your clothes will be fine. Just add a cup of white vinegar or baking soda and proceed to regular washing.
You can use vinegar and baking soda to remove smells. I have done this before. If I am out, I have also done well to remove smells from clothes left in a week (the mind is a terrible thing to lose) but taking everything out, wiping down the washer with a wet rag dipped in blue Dawn, then reloaded and rewashed everything on COLD with my regular amount of Tide and I added an extra rinse cycle.
I also hung the clothes outside. I do not have a dryer and line dry anyway, but you may want to do outside or line dry inside if you can't outside... so that just in case here is any residual smell it does not get baked in by the dryer.
I have had to do this a few times...now I text myself a reminder every Monday (Sunday is laundry day) to check the washer just in case!
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