New here with a tough situation
Hello all! I've been lurking for a few weeks and learned a few things but I do have a situation I'd like advice on. As a former professional house cleaner, over the last year I've been helping a friend take their depression house into I safe and clean home. Cleaning walls, enzymes on floors, disinfecting, removing a spider infestation etc.
What I need your help with is the mountain of laundry. So, this has been piled up in various states of dirty anywhere from 1-3 years. The laundry is the the garage and it's all laying on the garage floor with who knows what spilled under and on it. My friend would ideally like to keep everything if possible but is aware we might find some damage if we find any critters.
I have no idea what's on this laundry, what it's been exposed to, what stains it may or may not have, or if anything was exposed to dog urine or pest urine. From what I can tell the pile appears to be mostly t-shirts, hoodies, and jeans.
There's a pretty nice washer with a lot of settings for soaks, prewashes, extra rises, and a steam option. I believe is an LG ThinQ. What products would you recommend? There's 1/4 bottle if persil to work through but my friend doesn't like the smell much and is open to change. I know the tide free and clear seems to be pretty well recommended. They want to stick with a liquid because they like the way the dispenser takes the guess work out. I've seen a lot of talk about FEBU as well but they're on a budget, do we think Biz would be a good substitute? What else am I missing? What cycle(s), detergent, booster etc would you all recommend? Water isn't super soft but it's also not hard, somewhere in the middle.
Greatly appreciate you guys! We're in the home stretch of this clean up and omg their mental health has improved so much!