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Information for cleaning clothes and fabrics

Its important to consider your laundry. Addressing this will benefit your daily health and environment.

Why? Because elements of Morgellons can persist in natural fabrics, like your clothes. Small holes appearing in cotton or silk underwear is often reported.

Laundry Care

If you find that the insides of your clothes have white debris from your skin, then do not wear the same clothing twice without washing.

Stop wearing clothes containing wool and reduce wearing cotton. Switch to wearing more synthetic fibres where possible.

1) Use a non-biological washing powder and a conditioner

2) Add to it a couple of scoops of an Oxy product (eg Vanish or Wizz) and a cup of Borax and/or a cup of salt. A cup of soda crystals is a good alternative.

3) Wash at 60 degrees or above

4) Wipe dirty laundry baskets with wipes or spray with enzyme cleaner.

5) Dry clothes in tumble dryer on high heat until dry

6) Place pillows, comforters, stuffed toys, etc in dryer on HIGH heat for 30-45 min each night before bed during initial treatment stage, then as needed thereafter

7) Spray fluff collector and hoover clean after each wash

Once treatments start to reduce the amount of debris from out of your skin, your clothes will become alot easier to keep clean.

Product list for enzyme cleaners and more (PDF 83kb)

Furniture

After using an enzyme cleaner on fabric furniture, hoover off slowly, when dry. You may want to cover furniture with synthetic throws that can be washed.

In the long run, leather sofas are ideal for keeping clean.

Page updated: 26th April 2009