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Thoght some of my Puna friends could help me with this. We are new to the Mountain View area and have not really had a big problem with mold. My question is how do you store your linens to keep them fresh? Sheets seem to be the biggest problem...They smell moldy after I store them for a short time.
I know there must a trick to it and someone on the forum probably knows the answer.
Thank you in advance!
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Wire shelves, keep closet doors open, and be sure the sheets really are dry before you fold them up. If possible keep a little space free behind the stack of sheets for more air circulation; don't stuff the shelves full. Hope this helps. There is definitely a learning curve when it comes to living with the mold & mildew in these parts!
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What about hanging each set on hangers in addition to all the other suggestions? I do this at my place in WA where the closets tend to smell like mildew.
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Careful. Don't harm any mold in the process. Mold is the nationl flower for Puna.
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All of the above are great suggestions. So would be adding an electric bar (found at any local hardware store), which we have had to ad to our armoires. Our house only has one closet and it does not have room for linens so we use our steam room for a linen closet. It is completely sealed off so humidity does not ever get in there to be a problem. We really feel no need to have a steam room here, so that solution works out just fine. Also we have found that our pantry stays very dry because we have an instant hot water machine in there and that keeps just enough heat to keep things dry. It too has a door to seal it off from normal humidity.
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all the above suggestions are good. we live further up the hill from you and do not have problem with the linens. we don't have room for them in the bathroom upstairs--store them in one of the cabinets in the garage with no problem.
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Thanks everyone for your helpful suggestions
No doors on the closets or open doors really helps, as was suggested. If the closet is damp, cook it out with a dehumidifier treatment. There's also a product called Damp-rid that absorbs ambient humidity in closets, sold at Ace and other hardware, Walmart, etc..
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I simply add baking soda to my wash cycle, works like a charm.
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I use the low-heat bar in a portable closet where I keep my clothes (because I moved my iMac and other electronic equipment into my bedroom clothes closet, being the best area in my groundlevel house in lower Puna for keeping mold and mildew from ruining my e-stuffs!). It works just fine. For my clothes drawers and linen drawers, I've been putting in a coupla sheets of Bounce or other fabric softner sheets and that negates any moldy-mildew smells or freckles. The one thing that picks up mold smells in my house is books! How can I keep it out of my books? (I have lots of them, throughout the house.) Thnx, frankie
