A few simple tweaks can keep every load smelling clean and fresh. Taking a whiff of freshly washed laundry only to find it smelling more sour than clean is a uniquely unpleasant experience—but not an ...

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Taking a whiff of freshly washed laundry only to find it smelling more sour than clean is a uniquely unpleasant experience—but not an entirely uncommon one. Even when you follow your usual laundry ...