So anybody have any home/store type remedies regarding moths eating your clothes? I bought a new suit from Penny's last February. I kept it in the bag and then wore it just briefly once over the Summer, then back in the bag it went. Took it out last week and it was full of holes. Luckily I got it on sale, so I'm not out a ton of money, I just have to buy another one. Short of keeping moth balls in the garment bag, is there anything else people here have tried with success to keep their woolens moth free?
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washernoob
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You can naturally repel moths with:
Lavender (dried in sachets), or oil.
Mint leaves (dried in sachet).
Cedar (block or chips).
Lavender (dried in sachets), or oil.
Mint leaves (dried in sachet).
Cedar (block or chips).
rolls_rapide
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Do you have anything similar to this?
whirlcool
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Several years ago one of my wool sweaters was slightly damaged by moths. Karen saw a few of them flying around in the closet.
We just got a few of those cedar blocks with a coat hangar screwed into the end of it and hung those up in the closet. No more moths.
How do moths get into the closets in the first place?
We just got a few of those cedar blocks with a coat hangar screwed into the end of it and hung those up in the closet. No more moths.
How do moths get into the closets in the first place?
xraytech
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I also would reccomend cedar
thor
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Bay leaves!
Whole bay leaves are an excellent moth repellant, place them inside a small mesh bag, put between your sweaters or hang in closet. They cost pennies, and they smell great too!
Emilio
Whole bay leaves are an excellent moth repellant, place them inside a small mesh bag, put between your sweaters or hang in closet. They cost pennies, and they smell great too!
Emilio
cornutt
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Cedar closet. That's the only thing we've ever tried that works and doesn't make the clothes smell like mothballs. You can line a small closet with cedar chipboard for about $150.
laundromat
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moth balls
I used to use moth balls but,they're so hard to get anymore. I guess because it's just a bit difficult trying to spread those tiny legs apart to get to them !!!---------------Ducks and runs!!! LOL
Seriously though, my Aunt Natalie had an old Lewytte canister vacuum and would break them up and vacuum them into the bag. Every time we went there,we'd smell the potent odor. I guess it hid the aroma of booze and pot that were also strong there.
I used to use moth balls but,they're so hard to get anymore. I guess because it's just a bit difficult trying to spread those tiny legs apart to get to them !!!---------------Ducks and runs!!! LOL
Seriously though, my Aunt Natalie had an old Lewytte canister vacuum and would break them up and vacuum them into the bag. Every time we went there,we'd smell the potent odor. I guess it hid the aroma of booze and pot that were also strong there.
Thanks!
That will be one of my "projects" around here, lining the closet in cedar, but have some other remodels to do first. I think I'll try a combination of the cedar and some of the other aromatics. One would think all the atomic testing would have killed off these fool things. Oddly my wool winter overcoat is fine, no holes. I'd give my Kirby G4 a try, but I don't recall getting a Crystolator with the machine. My mom's old Kirby did have that and she did use that from time to time on her winter clothes.
That will be one of my "projects" around here, lining the closet in cedar, but have some other remodels to do first. I think I'll try a combination of the cedar and some of the other aromatics. One would think all the atomic testing would have killed off these fool things. Oddly my wool winter overcoat is fine, no holes. I'd give my Kirby G4 a try, but I don't recall getting a Crystolator with the machine. My mom's old Kirby did have that and she did use that from time to time on her winter clothes.
I don't do wool. Too itchy-scratchy. But I know where MY moths came from.
They apparently lay their eggs in bird seed. (I have caged pet birds).
Therefore one learns to keep such bird-seed / bird-food in air-tight containers. One step better is to freeze the bird seed and defrost as necessary. Kills the eggs.
They apparently lay their eggs in bird seed. (I have caged pet birds).
Therefore one learns to keep such bird-seed / bird-food in air-tight containers. One step better is to freeze the bird seed and defrost as necessary. Kills the eggs.
washerboy
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bags
I had the same problem with a wool sweater. Like toggles I dont care much for wool..so there was'nt much love lost over the moth eaten sweater. in fact I was a little glad..I always felt like I was stuffed like a sausage in the sweater anyway. I was thinking about those space bags that you put your stuff in and then suck all the air out with a vac. would'nt the moths die from lack of air?
I had the same problem with a wool sweater. Like toggles I dont care much for wool..so there was'nt much love lost over the moth eaten sweater. in fact I was a little glad..I always felt like I was stuffed like a sausage in the sweater anyway. I was thinking about those space bags that you put your stuff in and then suck all the air out with a vac. would'nt the moths die from lack of air?
norgeway
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A funny moth story!
About 20 years ago my Mother came out of her closet fussing and fuming about how the miserable moths had eaten her best wool suit, "That she had made out of a 100.00 piece of cloth!!!" She asked me if I had one of those moth vaporizers that went with a vacuum, Of course I did, So I hooked up my Saniway, complete with the vaporizer and original pack of crystals !!! It was winter, and in about an hour we went to check.....Well, Daddy had to sleep on the couch for 3 days because he ,being asthmatic,couldnt breathe in there, but, there were no more moths! We left all the windows open off and on for a week!
About 20 years ago my Mother came out of her closet fussing and fuming about how the miserable moths had eaten her best wool suit, "That she had made out of a 100.00 piece of cloth!!!" She asked me if I had one of those moth vaporizers that went with a vacuum, Of course I did, So I hooked up my Saniway, complete with the vaporizer and original pack of crystals !!! It was winter, and in about an hour we went to check.....Well, Daddy had to sleep on the couch for 3 days because he ,being asthmatic,couldnt breathe in there, but, there were no more moths! We left all the windows open off and on for a week!
