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My down comforter is stinky after washing it. How can I fix that?

I just got a new comforter yesterday and decided to wash it. It's a real light weight down comforter. I left it in the wash a few hours after washing it, and now it smells. I rewashed it, and dried it a couple of times with bounce, and can't get rid of the smell. Any suggestions?

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1. rewash with a cup of vinegar in the water, that usually removes smells.
2. Try a box of baking soda to wash it in. Or is it your water causing the smell?
3. Use fabric sofener in the rinse cycle. WHen the rinse cycle starts, add the liquid softner and move the comforter around so that the softener spreads around.
4. If the vinegar doesn't work try febreeze (allot of it), if that doesn't you may have destroyed it. It is hard if not impossible to get rid of a musty, mildew smell (assuming that is the smell). I poured frebreeze on my sofa cushion that had a bottle of beer poured on it and the smell disappeared. This was after trying several other things.
5. funny you should ask that question, I just put my in the dryer. The reason why its smells is because all the feathers were not dry, you have to dry it 4 or 5 times, the feathers stick together inside, you might even have to fluff it and put it back in the dryer. Its dry on the out side but inside it needs alot of dry time.
6. Wash it again... but put in 2 scoops of OxiClean. Then let it soak again... then I'd recommend using DRY baking soda (for one full day) and let it soak into the DRY comforter somewhere.. then let it air out outside. Then beat the thing to take the baking soda out (like beating a rug clean). best of luck. without being able to get at the inside at what is making it smell in the first place... that's the best I can think of.
7. Add baking soda to laundry detergent, wash through normal cycle, soak in fabric softner for 30 minutes, Dry in dryer so the feathers totally get dried. This might be what is causing the odor. good luck
8. You can rewash it and then you can try tomato juice or you can/could try water and vinegar.