Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
But I've found that it makes an ENORMOUS difference with retained odor if I let the sweaty clothes dry before tossing them into the pile, vs letting the bacteria breed in a lovely damp skin-flake-nutrient-base-saturated dark environment. I think that's what the OP was getting at.


(And, MY husband yells at me if I don't regularly change the towel I sit on to absorb sweat in the car. )
That makes me sense, and I'm sort of embarrassed now that I just throw everything into the dirty clothes pile. Frankly, the things of mine that smell the worst are the things that I wear to yoga that I drive home in while still sweaty and wet. It's gross, but it's nearly impossible to snag a bathroom at either of my studios after class, so I just drive home in my own filth. I don't know that it would help to let those things then air dry when I get home but it couldn't hurt.