Stinky Jerseys?

[Owlie]

you may be right about that. What I do know is that Woolite is full of junk.

Yeah. Woolite + wool= bad.

[cycling@42]

for all the ideas. I think I will be buying Biz tomorrow! The jerseys are costly and I'm not willing to spend the $ to replace them until I've tried all options to rid them of the stink!!

[Eden]

I found a detergent called Ecover for delicates that really works nicely to make stinky cycling clothes fresh again. It's biodegradable (the ingredients actually do look a lot like shampoo....). It has a very faint citrusy scent, but doesn't usually leave much of that on your clothes. It does remove odors quite well.

[smilingcat]

woolite

Oh dear I rinse my jerseys really well and dry it on a line. Not in a dryer. did that many years ago and ruined my jersey. Evar since, I've line dry all my jerseys not dryer.

I've never heard of Ecover. I'll do a search and see what I can come up with. Its not at TJ's is it?

And what should I do with half a bottle of woolite? dumping down the toilette doesn't seem like a good idea, besides I hate wasting. Is it still okay to wash with it and just make sure I rinse and rinse? or is there something bad that will degrade the fiber?

more things to worry

[Irulan]

leftover woolite? I'd do ahead and use it up. You aren't going to "kill" your garments. It's just that there are better choices out there.

We all succumb to marketing in one way or another.

[Irulan]

Does "Biz" still exist? I assume it does or you wouldn't mention it, but I haven't seen it in a store in years.

Pam

It is a lot harder to find now.

[ny biker]

FWIW, I wash all my clothes in the same detergent. I used to use Tide liquid detergent but last year I switched to 7th Generation. I dry almost everything in the dryer because there's very little room to hang wet things in a 1BR condo. If I presoak anything, it's in the same detergent that I use for regular washes. This has worked fine for my cycling and workout clothes.

[Jiffer]

I use Oxi Clean detergent with Arm and Hammer in it. Dh's running and cycling clothes used to smell so much that I wouldn't even wash my "less smelly" cycling stuff with his, because they'd come out of the wash smelling worse than when they went in! Now our clothes can co-mingle and they both come out smelling fine. I just sniffed the jersey I'm wearing that just came out of the dryer with his stuff and it's all smelly good!!!!

[sundial]

Does "Biz" still exist?

Another alternative is Nature's Miracle. It is an enzyme based product that is safe on fabrics.

[smilingcat]

Another alternative is Nature's Miracle. It is an enzyme based product that is safe on fabrics.

Nature's Miracle. Used it on a pair of capris. one of my kitties was angry with me and decided to let me have it. Soaked it in nature's miracle and it removed the cat pee smell altogether. Final test was the sniff test from all the other cats. And it passed. Yes it will get rid of sweaty smell too. Just make sure to wash with regular detergent afterwards to wash out the Nature's Miracle. It seems to leave residue of some kind if you don't. My capris smell and look like it was never sprayed by a cat.

Oh the product can be found in pet supply stores. Bit pricey but its the only thing that will remove something as potent as cat pee or day old tomato juice stain.

[Zen]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biz_(detergent)



TISSUE, not issue

[OakLeaf]

Well dang, I'm sure that's not what my parents used to use when they cleaned off chicken skeletons to practice re-assembling them...

I can't remember what they did use though. I seem to recall a faint odor of bleach.

[shellabree]

I ended up purchasing Win from Sport's Authority in 'hopes' that it would do what it is touted to do and get the burned-in stink out of my bras and technical T's. Did it work? Nope! Nada! Of course, I'm not surprised at all now that I've read it's just detergent with oxyclean added to it. No surprise at all, since I've already tried oxyclean to no avail.

In the most recent Bicycling Magazine, there was a "stinky" article that made mention of a new detergent called "No Sweat". Here's the link: http://www.nosweatlaundry.com/ It says that it completely gets out ALL of the bacteria via a hydrogen peroxide route. The article also said that you can just 'add' hydrogen peroxide to your regular detergent, but it doesn't say how 'much' to add. Hm, I wonder?

I'm very intrigued by the mention of Nature's Miracle on here. I actually keep that stuff around b/c of my pets. Never even thought to give that a shot. Thanks for the advice!

[Tuckervill]

My hubby's work out clothes are pretty stinky and it builds up. Febreeze for the laundry does take it out. I find the Febreeze to be kind of expensive.

Karen

[papaver]

I found a detergent called Ecover for delicates that really works nicely to make stinky cycling clothes fresh again. It's biodegradable (the ingredients actually do look a lot like shampoo....). It has a very faint citrusy scent, but doesn't usually leave much of that on your clothes. It does remove odors quite well.

Ecover is great! I love their products... but even for us they are expensive (it's a Belgian brand so no import taxes).