Sweaty clothes

PrettyPaisley - if you can afford it look into wool. Ibex, who are in Vermont, make the most amazing wool clothing. Soft, lightweight, never stink. DH wears their underwear t-shirts as shirts for a week, sleeps in them at night, eventually they smell old, but never BO. At home I always wear their t-shirts and they never smell. They make some yoga clothes. I feel they're worth the price and you're supporting a Made in the USA company (well they have one factory just over the border from them in Canada).

But for work I need nice looking shirts that don't require ironing so synthetic they are! I'm going to try the skunk option on my work shirts this weekend!

The skunk solution sounds like a practical idea. And hang them to dry in the sun... and start shopping round for non-synthetic yoga clothes (or a naked yoga group). Have you tried vinegar in the wash?

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I'd say to lean them up agin the side of your house in the sun until they dry. Totally dry. Then just slam them against your porch railing till soft. The dried sweat and stuff should just crumble and fall out. Give them a quick spritz of alkeyholl with a few drips of vaniller and you should be set for a few more weeks.

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What type of washing machine do you have? Most washers do not get rid of all the water, even though it may look like it did.

Front-loaders are notorious for building up nasty smells in the residual water....and couple that with shutting the door when not using it, well, lets just say I figured that one out through experience. Would be wearing freshly laundered clothes, and not too long into the day would be smelling like I just ran 10 miles while eating limburger cheese or something like that.

I took out the bulb on the washer door (so that way the light would not be on all the time) so I could leave it cracked open to air out, plus I use those affresh tablets on occasion.

I would imagine they make similar tablets for top-loaders. If not, I don't see why the front loader tablets wouldnt work for a toploader as well. Maybe run a load of hot water spiked with alot of bleach, periodically. And leave the top either propped all the way open, or find something you can stick under the lid to keep it open a bit enough to keep it aired out.

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We don't have a front loader. It's a couple years old HE top loader. It does a decent job but I probably should clean it out.


I'm thrilled to share the Bac-Out worked. Cold water wash, hung to dry and the stink is gone. Ill be down doggin' tomorrow without the distraction of nasty bacteria poop stink. . Thanks for the advice; glad I asked !!

(After thinking about it I'm still going to look into natural materials, though. Don't like the idea of synthetic yoga clothes.)

I've had trouble with odors building up in clothes, too, usually my shirts. They are a cotton poly blend.

I've noticed that it doesn't seem to matter much what laundry detergent I use or whether I'm using a front loader or a top loader.

The odor builds over time. When I first buy the shirts, they don't smell bad even after I've been working in them for a good long time and they're pretty well saturated with sweat. But after numerous cycles of sweating and laundry, the odors tend to build.

Eventually, the odor is bad enough that on a humid day, I can smell the odor within just a minute or so of getting out of the shower and putting the shirt on.

I've tried multiple washings but still have the same odor.

Eventually, I give up and buy new shirts, throwing the old ones away. That's really getting to me because the shirts I like are not cheap and they still look really good.

The situation I'm in right now doesn't make it easy to hang them out in the sun, which I would really like to try. So I think I'll give a try with some of the suggestions here and see what happens with a few of my old ones that are starting to smell. Can't hurt!

Thanks for the suggestions.

Double post... sorry 'bout that.

Just found Bac-Out on Amazon, it's coming my way! Not super cheap, but if it lengthens the life of my work clothes it's worth it!

Vosey-just so happens a natural food store here carries it and is running a dollar off coupon right now. After yoga Saturday I wasn't sure I wanted to drive across town to get it but as soon as I sat down in my car I got a text. They were giving away a free 1/2 lb of shrimp with a $10 purchase. You better believe I made that trip !

Only thing is there are no instructions on how much to use on the bottle. L
LMK how much you use. I just guesstimated.

Put a cup of vinegar in with your regular detergent. I did this with cloth diapers and it left them with no odor whatsoever. Does the same with sweaty or stinky clothes...

Grandma told me to do this some 35 years ago! She said it was common knowledge back in the day. Grandma knew all. Miss her everyday...

If you find some, let me know because my gym is getting tired of me taking off my clothes before my yoga class.

What is wrong with your sweat? I wear men's T shirt for working, because of the comfort level, and I get filthy beyond compare. I just changed, my shirt was wet. I will hang it over the banister to dry, it will not get washed until I have a load of whites. No problem. Same with hubby. We work outside a lot and after menopause I started sweating really profusely with any activity. Are you wearing cotton underwear, like a chemise to absorb a lot of the sweat?
I never had a problem with cloth diapers smelling. Maybe your washer does not do a very good job? It must if diapers smell like pee. That happens. If that were the case, that would help explain your clothes smelling, they do not come clean. Your body may exude something. I used to go walking with a lady younger than I. She washed a lot more than I, but she smelled, it came through every pore. So did her husband.
I do not have a dryer, so do not know what kind of effect it could have.

^^I wish I knew. All I can figure is that the amount of sweat that I sweat during the 1-1.5 I'm in class is far different than the sweating I do in the garden or barn. I've never in all my years smelled like I do after hot yoga. Ever.

The washing machine I used when I tried cloth diapers isn't the same one I have now. But the diapers weren't for me so - I have no answer. User error on the diaper part? I used the recommended detergent, stripped them, sunned them ... truth is most likely a hypersensitive nose. Many people have a stench they don't even recognize.

I'd be suspicious that the washing machine is missing a cycle or ain't working right. My roommate and I are about as disgusting, sweaty, and stinky as anyone could be, but the clothes come out clean.

Maybe this has something to do with the commando thing?

There are different types of sweat. I have a "stress sweat" that gets in my work clothes. It's very citrusy. I never smell that way when working outdoors. Yoga must be releasing everything in your system! And the non-natural fibers don't help as we discussed earlier.

As for the Bac-out (sp?) I found it only works when I mix it with liquid detergent, which is too bad as I make my own powder detergent! I haven't measured it, maybe a 1/4 of a cup?

I was thinking that too....

I used this on my PT uniform the whole time I was in the Army. When it wouldn't work it was time to toss the shirt in the trash.

It's a completely non-natural way of dealing with it but I also started using Certain Dri. You apply it at night and it closes off the pores to prevent you from sweating so much.

My brother had to shave his pits, use Certain Dri at night, AND apply deodorant every morning to be tolerable on a long road trip. That boy is just naturally stinky.

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Hot yoga by definition is yoga performed in hot and humid conditions, correct? Wouldn't you have to sweat more than say working in the garden or cleaning house? A lot more? That is just common sense, isn't it?

Tide makes a Boost stain fighter with Febreze that works well for removing odors.

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1/2 cup bleach in the wash water

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