Update: 6 months later, still use this process with vinegar about once a month. Our family practice jiujitsu 3-4 times a week and our Gis, nogi shorts, rash guards, and spats tend to smell after a while even though we laundry it every after training. But this process keeps the smell away. Thanks again for this video!
So I found your Video a while ago and since then I always had in the back of my mind "I need to thank that guy on youtube who helped me get rid of my stinky clothes" so here I am, back, to finally thank. And this is not just a regular thank you. This is a THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART! - thank you. Anytime I washed my clothes, just the regular ones I'm not a runner, it still smelled unwashed and I was desperately looking for anything that helps and so I found your video and finally my clothes smell fresh again after washing! So thank you thank you thank you so so much! If you ever come across the thought "what meaningful thing did I do in my life?" it's this, right here! You helped a random person living on the same planet as you to live a better life by this, simply because it won't drive me insane anymore that my clothes still stink after washing, because they don't anymore. Fresh clothes finally. ^_^ And I believe you helped so many others with this video too!
Awww, I feel validated; thanks! 😂 Actually I'm pretty sure I got this advice from someone else so it's just "passing it on" and sharing. Glad your clothes are clean and fresh!
Watched this video about a month ago, wishing I saw this years before. You’re a lifesaver! My running clothes actually smell CLEAN again. Thanks for sharing!
Yes this method will work along with some other method you can read about from the web. BUT! there is one key step one MUST do and that is like what he said... you MUST dry your soaked in sweat clothing immediately! If you do not and toss them in a basket for your weekly laundry... non of these methods will work. BUT there always is a exception and some clothing for whatever reason just will not get cleaned from all the nasty dirty baterias that just become embedded, in which it is time to retire those clothings. Let me share how I learned that... I had some SYNTETIC work wear which would get soaked in sweat due to physical work/ weather. My washing routine have not changed but past summer all of sudden many of my work wear would smell clean after a wash but the moment I wear them and clothing itself get warmed up due to my body heat OR get lightly moist due to sweat from work/heat/weather clothing became smelling really bad like a dirty stinky workout wears, and this will happen almost immediately and not after hours of workout. I have tried washing it multiple times, followed various types of guides from internet like vinegar, baking soda, specialized washing detergent, none of them ever worked to get rid of the stink from those same clothings. Even back to back wash, dry, wash, dry doesn't solve the problem. More in that later. I am sure most? some? do know that those types of clothing fabric that do help absorb, wick sweat away from body to keep you dry, etc... do work great but the absolutely the biggest down side is that those types of fabric actually do hold on all rapidly growing bacteria. Only way to keep those clothing clean from all that is to literally wash them immediately when moist from your sweat but also when wet from even from water/rain, etc... But we know that isn't really realistic to run your washing machine everyday for a 1~3 items of clothing only. So it is best to get the at least dry immediately but again... that isn't always possible either as you can only do that after long day of work hours, or after a day hike far away from home, etc... Again, running a washing machine, drier daily just isn't practical. I would only do that if water and electricity was free and I did not care for the resource consumption. So I have tried to hand wash daily for my 1~2 items of clochting but trying to dry them properly and quickly isn't so ideal as well based on time of the season, type of household you live at, etc... After some extensive research and such... these types of fabric clothing can hit a point of no return and can't really be saved if not followed the best practice of drying it immediately. Even those anti-smell treatment only last so long as washing the clothing over time will wear out the fuctions & features. Maybe there are some industrial level of cleaning that can be used but not realistic for home user with few pieces of clothing, right? (i think i might have spent more on cleaning solution than the cost of these clothing) If anyone else have a method that you think really does work, have new pieces of clothing totally soaked in your sweat, toss them in laundry basket for few days, do your regular washing, repeat the sweat soaking for several more weeks or whatever time it takes for it to smell stick even after a wash,,, try your method to get rid of it. (do remember, clothing will smell fine after a wash but stink from bateria and such will happen when that same clothing before heated, wet from your sweat again almost immediately, not even after a workout)
I have a lot of T-shirts with the issue that you are describing. And I also found some interesting and inspiring information after my research. So I will share in case it might help. My grandmother used to wash at much higher temperatures than we do, some items were even washed at boiling temperature. Nowadays we are encouraged to wash everything at 30 degrees celsius for the environment. How much does that do to kill bacteria? Not much. It's actually a great temperature for growing bacteria in a lab. So too many bacteria remain in our clothes and also in our washing machine itself. What can we do about this? Don't wash everything at 30/40 degrees anymore. Bedsheets, towels, cleaning cloths, socks and underwear are things you want to take a closer look at. Can I wash them at 60? Can I buy my new ones from more durable materials that can at least occasionaly be washed at 60? Also there is a product called antibacterial laundry cleanser or laundry sanitizer. It is used in addition to your laundry detergent, but in the fabric softener compartment of the dawer. You can use this to kill bacteria at 30 or 40 degrees, although it will not kill them all. Also I heard about using the freezer to kill bacteria. So I am going to experiment with some old T-shirts and see if I can save them with the freezer method. And it could maybe also help as a solution for running shirts that you would like to immediately wash, but can't. And then for the washing machine itself. Run the drumclean cycle every month. If you don't have the drumclean program than choose the program with the highest temperature and run it every month, regardless of whether you have any items that you can clean with it.
Hi. This advice has saved my T-shirt’s! I don’t ru,n, but I do use natural deodorant which was having a wifey knock on effect for my tops. Thanks so much
I need to try this asap! My gym pants and sports bras stink. I thought maybe it was my washer not doing it’s job so I went to wash at my moms since her washer is newer & same stink . I will try this tonight for sure
Thx a lot, you saved me from buying new pe uniforms. My pe uniforms are polyester and each costs like $20, I used to buy a new one every 3 months since they smell so bad :,)
When you say, “Let’s get loaded!” my meaning is totally different on many levels as an American, and I beat you to it! You live in California man, you know what I mean!
For whatever reason when I run I sweat a crazy amount, everything I wear is drenched I have to wring it all out, then I run them under some water and then wring them out again and let them lay out in the sun to dry before I toss them in a wash. I’ve never tried baking soda before I usually use pinesol. I typically use a presoak thinking it will help break loose any grime but maybe it does more harm than good 🤷♂️
Yeah, if I'm not washing them right away I always make sure the clothes are dried out before throwing them in the clothes hamper. Wet ones will really start to ferment otherwise!
Weel... At first I was wondering about your house, looks so American! Especially those hated double hung sash windows! Then you mentioned you moved to somewhere in California. I have not be blessed with an adult strong digestive tract as so-called 'normal' people have.. My guts seems to have stopped 'maturing' when i was a twelve year old boy. Thus, now I really have to be careful what i do eat. That isn't always easy or even practible,, and thusI can and this happens recurrently uh... diarrhoea of a 12 yo or so child! I am a few years older than that) now in my late adolescence. Therefore I have had MORE than my fair share of diarrhoea accidents -- especially in my f***ing clothes! Thus I do wind up staining my clothes. Quite embarrassing if you ask me. So I do hope this can be of help as going to a launderette can become rather costly and I wouldn't dare send my clothes off to be washed for me to some laundry service (they might even REFUSE me, I don't know, Fortunately I never thus far ever had that happen to me! Uh... yet?) Anyway, thanks for the advice!
I know this is a year later, but did you read the title of the video? He's not talking about normal t-shirts. Workout gear or athletic wear is made mostly out of polyester and spandex and soaks in odors and bacteria like a sponge. It's almost impossible for normal detergent or powders to get them fully clean. Hope that helps.
One thing I didn't mention was turning the temp down to cold. That reduces my wash times and saves energy (detergents are designed for cold washes these days too)
Update: 6 months later, still use this process with vinegar about once a month. Our family practice jiujitsu 3-4 times a week and our Gis, nogi shorts, rash guards, and spats tend to smell after a while even though we laundry it every after training. But this process keeps the smell away. Thanks again for this video!
So I found your Video a while ago and since then I always had in the back of my mind "I need to thank that guy on youtube who helped me get rid of my stinky clothes" so here I am, back, to finally thank. And this is not just a regular thank you. This is a THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART! - thank you. Anytime I washed my clothes, just the regular ones I'm not a runner, it still smelled unwashed and I was desperately looking for anything that helps and so I found your video and finally my clothes smell fresh again after washing! So thank you thank you thank you so so much!
If you ever come across the thought "what meaningful thing did I do in my life?" it's this, right here! You helped a random person living on the same planet as you to live a better life by this, simply because it won't drive me insane anymore that my clothes still stink after washing, because they don't anymore. Fresh clothes finally. ^_^
And I believe you helped so many others with this video too!
Awww, I feel validated; thanks! 😂 Actually I'm pretty sure I got this advice from someone else so it's just "passing it on" and sharing. Glad your clothes are clean and fresh!
Watched this video about a month ago, wishing I saw this years before. You’re a lifesaver! My running clothes actually smell CLEAN again. Thanks for sharing!
I have found that my my clothes don’t get too stinky if I watch other people run on my television. My running shoes last much longer too.
😁😁😁😁
Way to go!!!😂😂😂😂😂
I come back to this video every couple of months. This method has saved my gym clothes and t-shirts !
Yes this method will work along with some other method you can read about from the web. BUT! there is one key step one MUST do and that is like what he said... you MUST dry your soaked in sweat clothing immediately! If you do not and toss them in a basket for your weekly laundry... non of these methods will work. BUT there always is a exception and some clothing for whatever reason just will not get cleaned from all the nasty dirty baterias that just become embedded, in which it is time to retire those clothings.
Let me share how I learned that...
I had some SYNTETIC work wear which would get soaked in sweat due to physical work/ weather. My washing routine have not changed but past summer all of sudden many of my work wear would smell clean after a wash but the moment I wear them and clothing itself get warmed up due to my body heat OR get lightly moist due to sweat from work/heat/weather clothing became smelling really bad like a dirty stinky workout wears, and this will happen almost immediately and not after hours of workout.
I have tried washing it multiple times, followed various types of guides from internet like vinegar, baking soda, specialized washing detergent, none of them ever worked to get rid of the stink from those same clothings. Even back to back wash, dry, wash, dry doesn't solve the problem. More in that later.
I am sure most? some? do know that those types of clothing fabric that do help absorb, wick sweat away from body to keep you dry, etc... do work great but the absolutely the biggest down side is that those types of fabric actually do hold on all rapidly growing bacteria. Only way to keep those clothing clean from all that is to literally wash them immediately when moist from your sweat but also when wet from even from water/rain, etc... But we know that isn't really realistic to run your washing machine everyday for a 1~3 items of clothing only. So it is best to get the at least dry immediately but again... that isn't always possible either as you can only do that after long day of work hours, or after a day hike far away from home, etc...
Again, running a washing machine, drier daily just isn't practical. I would only do that if water and electricity was free and I did not care for the resource consumption. So I have tried to hand wash daily for my 1~2 items of clochting but trying to dry them properly and quickly isn't so ideal as well based on time of the season, type of household you live at, etc...
After some extensive research and such... these types of fabric clothing can hit a point of no return and can't really be saved if not followed the best practice of drying it immediately. Even those anti-smell treatment only last so long as washing the clothing over time will wear out the fuctions & features. Maybe there are some industrial level of cleaning that can be used but not realistic for home user with few pieces of clothing, right? (i think i might have spent more on cleaning solution than the cost of these clothing)
If anyone else have a method that you think really does work, have new pieces of clothing totally soaked in your sweat, toss them in laundry basket for few days, do your regular washing, repeat the sweat soaking for several more weeks or whatever time it takes for it to smell stick even after a wash,,, try your method to get rid of it. (do remember, clothing will smell fine after a wash but stink from bateria and such will happen when that same clothing before heated, wet from your sweat again almost immediately, not even after a workout)
I have a lot of T-shirts with the issue that you are describing. And I also found some interesting and inspiring information after my research. So I will share in case it might help.
My grandmother used to wash at much higher temperatures than we do, some items were even washed at boiling temperature. Nowadays we are encouraged to wash everything at 30 degrees celsius for the environment. How much does that do to kill bacteria? Not much. It's actually a great temperature for growing bacteria in a lab. So too many bacteria remain in our clothes and also in our washing machine itself.
What can we do about this? Don't wash everything at 30/40 degrees anymore. Bedsheets, towels, cleaning cloths, socks and underwear are things you want to take a closer look at. Can I wash them at 60? Can I buy my new ones from more durable materials that can at least occasionaly be washed at 60? Also there is a product called antibacterial laundry cleanser or laundry sanitizer. It is used in addition to your laundry detergent, but in the fabric softener compartment of the dawer. You can use this to kill bacteria at 30 or 40 degrees, although it will not kill them all.
Also I heard about using the freezer to kill bacteria. So I am going to experiment with some old T-shirts and see if I can save them with the freezer method. And it could maybe also help as a solution for running shirts that you would like to immediately wash, but can't.
And then for the washing machine itself. Run the drumclean cycle every month. If you don't have the drumclean program than choose the program with the highest temperature and run it every month, regardless of whether you have any items that you can clean with it.
@@Merope4ever please do update with your findings
Hi. This advice has saved my T-shirt’s! I don’t ru,n, but I do use natural deodorant which was having a wifey knock on effect for my tops. Thanks so much
This was so helpful! Love this video! I’m going to try this out.
I've tried it and it worked!! Thank you very much!!
Definitely need to try this - thank you!
Soak with just water, detergent and vinegar for 24 hours in a bucket. Then throw in the washer for a regular wash
Good tip
How much vinegar and what percentage? I ruined my favourite t-shirts due to soaking in water with little bit of vinegar.
thank you Peter! It worked, averted me from throwing all the clothes away. whew!
This is great advice. Thanks 🏃♂️
I reserved judgement.... But it worked! Amazing! Thank you!
I need to try this asap! My gym pants and sports bras stink. I thought maybe it was my washer not doing it’s job so I went to wash at my moms since her washer is newer & same stink . I will try this tonight for sure
How did it go
Thx a lot, you saved me from buying new pe uniforms. My pe uniforms are polyester and each costs like $20, I used to buy a new one every 3 months since they smell so bad :,)
I will be trying this! Thanks.
Tried it and it worked! Thanks!
When you say, “Let’s get loaded!” my meaning is totally different on many levels as an American, and I beat you to it!
You live in California man, you know what I mean!
LOL let's load in whatever context is appropriate 😂
thank you brother!
will it not wash the color out of the shirt? specially with the use of baking soda, just asking 😁
For whatever reason when I run I sweat a crazy amount, everything I wear is drenched I have to wring it all out, then I run them under some water and then wring them out again and let them lay out in the sun to dry before I toss them in a wash. I’ve never tried baking soda before I usually use pinesol. I typically use a presoak thinking it will help break loose any grime but maybe it does more harm than good 🤷♂️
Yeah, if I'm not washing them right away I always make sure the clothes are dried out before throwing them in the clothes hamper. Wet ones will really start to ferment otherwise!
Thank you!
Thank you
I think front loaders do not clean well compared to top loaders....
Can I use normal for express wash
Vinegar percentage? 9%?
Thankyou
can i soak my polyester shirts with vinegar water solution overnight, the next day laundered them with little laundry detergent powder?
I don't see why not, although YMMV
Here because I wear tshirts under my sauna suit lol
Had me until California wind and solar guy 😅
Weel... At first I was wondering about your house, looks so American! Especially those hated double hung sash windows! Then you mentioned you moved to somewhere in California. I have not be blessed with an adult strong digestive tract as so-called 'normal' people have.. My guts seems to have stopped 'maturing' when i was a twelve year old boy. Thus, now I really have to be careful what i do eat. That isn't always easy or even practible,, and thusI can and this happens recurrently uh... diarrhoea of a 12 yo or so child! I am a few years older than that) now in my late adolescence. Therefore I have had MORE than my fair share of diarrhoea accidents -- especially in my f***ing clothes!
Thus I do wind up staining my clothes. Quite embarrassing if you ask me. So I do hope this can be of help as going to a launderette can become rather costly and I wouldn't dare send my clothes off to be washed for me to some laundry service (they might even REFUSE me, I don't know, Fortunately I never thus far ever had that happen to me! Uh... yet?) Anyway, thanks for the advice!
so much stir about washing t-shirts? really?
umm, is the regular soap-powder (which does the job perfectly) a thing in California?
I know this is a year later, but did you read the title of the video? He's not talking about normal t-shirts. Workout gear or athletic wear is made mostly out of polyester and spandex and soaks in odors and bacteria like a sponge. It's almost impossible for normal detergent or powders to get them fully clean. Hope that helps.
0:30 white vinegar, baking soda, detergent
Wth, my Frigidaire quick wash is 50 min.... 🤔
One thing I didn't mention was turning the temp down to cold. That reduces my wash times and saves energy (detergents are designed for cold washes these days too)