WFMW: Now what to do with those stinky gym shirts!
One of the side ‘benefits’ of the kids and Greg being involved in sports, is the accumulation of stinky gym clothes.
Ick.
Since we are still in the thick of rainy season, it can be a day or two before the items hung out to dry actually are.
Since Zachary is on swim team, Ema and I take advantage of the required time at the pool to do our own swimming and so that is 3 towels each day, on top of the ones used for showers. With the high humidity, it takes no time at all for them to smell musty and gross.
Do I even need to mention the gym shirts. Children in and approaching those teen-aged years create a challenge for even the most fresh-smelling laundry soap!
After repeated washing, and still finding the gym clothes stinky I tried adding a bit of bleach.
Just a small bit, probably somewhere around a teaspoons worth. So that we do not have any spots on the clothes, I let the washer fill up first and swish the bleach and detergent around some before adding the clothes.
Fresh smelling every time! 
That is until they are on the rack and a storm rolls in and we left the rack out in the open dousing the clothes with rain water and making them smell not so fresh again. Oh well.
A bit of bleach in the wash for smelly clothes works for me!
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September 11th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
This would probably work for my towels that smell bad from laying around the boys room for a while before they make it to the laundry. I’ll have to give it a try.
September 17th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Ugh! Have to hate those sweaty clothes! Great idea!!
September 24th, 2008 at 4:59 am
I’ve always been vaguely intimidated by bleach. My sil uses it all the time to whiten her, uh, whites. I never know how much to use and when to put it in the wash.
Thanks for the details! Miss you. We don’t mind Sweaty Burts!