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My Endura Gilet being the culprit.
Assaults the senses the second it's donned. Lives in the cellar stair well but the smell is getting bolder and keeps making a break for the living room (so i'm told, my sence of smell it terrible).
Tried washing it in tech stuff, bio, non-bio but after one ride it's back.
Anyone ever thrown a perfectly good bit of kit away?
Anything else worth trying?
Smelly kit, smelly kit, it's not your fault.
Halo sports wash?
Yes. Wore a set of gear for 5.5 days in an expedition race. Finished, had shower, binned it. There was no way back for it. Have also binned a bike shirt which was foul, everytime it got hot I would feel sick, binned that.
Nappy San [?].
It will either dissolve it, or get rid of the smell.
50:50 in my experience. This is me tackling the armpit area which on a few base layers anded up getting a bit amonia-eee, other wiffs may need different stuff.
Halo liquid works for me on running gear that been left in a suitcase for a week in a plastic bag after use. Sainsburys stock it.
Wash dry freeze.
[quote=zilog6128 ]Halo sports wash?
This
😆 @kayak23 - I'm not taking it to the bloody vets!!
I'll give those two things a whirl and both available and Sainsburys, ace.
Failing that, it's off to the kit bag in the sky. Getting tired of standing down wind from the guys i ride with.
EDIT: Freezing makes sence, i'll add that to the list.
non bio, thats your problem. There are times the planet just needs to take a hit. Nuke it with full strength powder and a dash of detergent.
No.. it's my smelly kit, hard earned and anyway there's this magic basket in the bathroom, it goes in there and comes back all clean and folded, just appears and it's my duty to make it smelly again..
I have had Helly Hansens for over 15 years until about a year ago, when washed they look perfect but when warm stunk, in spite of me not really being a smelly person even when I have been running and sweating etc for hours. Had to bin them in the end, 15 years from a top I wore loads is good value 🙂
Wash it then hang it on the line outside. The UV kills the bacteria.
I have tended to either chuck stuff that mings into the machine with detergent and a slug of antibacterial spray (take the trigger off the bottle, slosh in as appropriate) or spray directly onto offending item before putting in the wash. Tends to keep it under control.
Soak in Milton?
The offending item rarely gets washed so has had a chance to fester and develop into the character it is today.
I'll be trying all of the above in a weeks smell purge.
Soak it in vinegar, wash it hot, hang it in the sunshine as above
+1 for nappysan. If it can shift shit from baby clothes, then it can deal with a bit of exercise stink.
I am going to go all radical and suggest that you eat better. Smelly sweaters generally do so because of a) some underlying medical condition, so I apologise if that is you or b) you don't eat enough fruit and vegetables or drink enough water. Try it for a few weeks and see if you pong quite so badly. Ask your partner.
The only thing I have that ever smells is an Endura Humvee jersey. I've thought about binning it, cos all my other kit smells sweet as.
For the record, my sweat smells like a meadow on a summer morning.
I should really throw some out. I have a couple of running tops, that stink the instant you put them on. They are about 8 years old though... Keep meaning to bin them and buy some more.
Makes note to somehow smell hels.
Use Sports Wash. Mrs SB used to work in a gym and her clothes smelled fine when washed up to the point that she put them on. Started washing her, and my, gear in Anti-Bac Laundry Detergent that is supplied to nursing homes and it was fine after that.
Started washing her, and my, gear in Anti-Bac Laundry Detergent
Did you also put her in the washing machine or was it a hand wash?
Did you also put her in the washing machine or was it a hand wash?
I've been tempted.....
Wash it then hang it on the line outside. The UV kills the bacteria.
Is the correct answer
Sod tech wash, its expensive.
Soak in Milton?
This (or cheap own brand baby sterilising tablets). I do all my tops quite frequently. Lob a few in the sink with a couple of tablets and leave for half and hour, then wash (sports cycle with normal clothes liquid).
Not found a top that can't be saved yet!
If has some really stinky Evoc knee pads, washed them in the shower the first time, stink still there but significantly reduced. Washed them second time, and then liberally applied that anti bacterial hand gel - worked a treat! You can't machine wash those Evoc pads :((
No but someone stole my dirty washing bag out my car at my old house after a race.
I wore 1 set of kit for the whole strathpuffer- peeled it off , put it in the carrier bag and chucked it in the boot. Hadn't decided what to do with it then someone stole it.....how gutted were they ! -that was all the got from the car haha
Smelly kits gets promoted to cleaning/greasing rags.
I think I'll give the more fruit/veg/water thing a try. I'd heard that a high meat diet makes you smell more
P'raps do like smelly trainers; stick in the freezer overnight at -20°C. No more niff.
Cool temperature washes are the reason for smelly kit; it's got to exceed 60c to kill bacteria. Sunlight is a good alternative. Synthetic textiles do hold odour molecules more readily than natural.
Binned a running shirt I was wearing when eating a take-away. Even after a dozen washes it still stank of curry.
As globalti suggests, when it startings getting whiffy I just start upping the wash temperature and/or use biological powder, don't seem to have ruined anything yet. Cycling kit goes on a 30 degree wash otherwise.
Halo Sports wash does work better than standard Persil / Arial biological esp at low temp washes e.g. 40C. My wife swears by it for her sports bras.