![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-couldnt-figure-out-why-my-dark-washing-was-smelling-so-funky-then-i-realised-the-error-id-been-making-for-years/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sb-washing-190923.jpg&description=All recommendations within this article are informed by expert editorial opinion. If you click on a link in this story we may earn affiliate revenue. wash woe I couldn't figure out why my dark washing was smelling so funky – then I realised the error I'd been making for years A WOMAN who has a "secret obsession" with laundry has finally discovered why her dark wash always smells so "funky". Veronica admitted she's been searching for the "perfect laundry smell" since her early 20s, and also regularly cleans out and services her washing machine. 4 Laundry obsessive Veronica couldn't figure out why her dark washing kept smelling so funky Credit: TikTok/mxmvamusic 4 But she then realised it could be down to the build up of laundry products on the clothes Credit: TikTok/mxmvamusic 4 She popped the clothes into soak in water and baking soda, and soon discovered her theory was right by looking at the colour of the water Credit: TikTok/mxmvamusic 4 Once she took the clothes out of soak, she rinsed them, and realised the colour was much better as well Credit: TikTok/mxmvamusic But regardless of how much she cleaned the washing machine and took out the old water, the "dark wash always smells funky". "First I thought it was the washing machine that was the problem, but it's not," she said in a video on her TikTok page. "It's the clothes, and more specifically the soap and fabric softener from all these years of washing that builds up in the fibres." To counteract this, Veronica decided to soak all her dark washing in her bathtub with water and baking soda to get rid of the build-up. And her theory seemed to be correct, judging by the grimy state of the bath water after the soaking. After soaking the clothes, she took each item out and rinsed it with cold water. "And I noticed that the smell is better but also the colour is so much better," she added. In the video caption, Veronica wrote: "You're gonna think I'm crazy but I think this is one of those capitalism secrets where th){kind=link}
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A WOMAN who has a “secret obsession” with laundry has finally discovered why her dark wash always smells so “funky”.
Veronica admitted she’s been searching for the “perfect laundry smell” since her early 20s, and also regularly cleans out and services her washing machine.
But regardless of how much she cleaned the washing machine and took out the old water, the “dark wash always smells funky”.
“First I thought it was the washing machine that was the problem, but it’s not,” she said in a video on her TikTok page.