RunningAHEAD - Topic: Smelly running clothes (page 2)

Maplefly

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posted: 8/15/2008 at 6:17 PM

I've had the best luck with pre-soaking my gear in a mix of water and half a lid full of Pine-Sol cleaner, then washing regularly and line drying. If I'm not doing a load right away, I do let my running stuff air-dry before tossing it into the hamper and I try to avoid washing it with ANY of my regular clothes. Made the terrible error once of just washing it as-is with my work shirts and walked around all the next day at work thinking "what is that smell? OMG - it's ME!"

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wee_little_me

posted: 8/15/2008 at 8:28 PM

Quote from noteye on 8/15/2008 at 10:36 AM:

First off, you don't say what kind of material you're wearing, but my experience is the opposite of wee_little_me. Cotton workout clothes always end up reeking over time for me, but technical clothes

Yeah cotton would be pretty miserable to run in I think. Sweaty ,the stuff weighs a ton and it doesn't wick. I like wool, light weight merino literally does not get smelly and it isn't hot, I use that for tops and then standard issue higher tech fabrics for leggings. I have heard that silk knits can be good as well but I don't have any of that currently.

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Chris UK

posted: 8/16/2008 at 1:43 PM

Having thrown one perfectly good technical shirt away due to wife's keen olfactory senses I found some solutions on the Internet - may be other threads on this forum too. This is what I do - After each run 1 - Put shirt, shorts and socks to soak in cold water. 2 - Rinse under tap and place in washer - spin only. 3 - Hang to dry naturally Once a week 1 - Mix solution of Bicarbonate of Soda and White Vinegar in bowl. Stir solution when adding cold water - just enough to cover clothes. I use 100g of Bicarb and 300ml of White Vinegar. Probably wouldn't hurt to use a little more but I have not found these items locally sold in bulk yet. 2 - Leave clothes to soak around 3 hours or overnight (I take a rest day each week so that is ideal time). 3 - Put items in washer on normal wash without any powder (non-detergent wash balls seem OK) including spin cycle. 4 - Hang to dry naturally. No complaints from the better-half since doing this. I might consider trying one of the 'special' washes if I could find them in UK (at a reasonable price).

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posted: 8/16/2008 at 2:18 PM

I've found that letting running clothes (esp. tech fabrics) air-dry rather than putting them in the dryer helps a lot. I think drying somehow sets the stink...

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jules2

posted: 8/16/2008 at 2:23 PM

Leave them in the corner of the bedroom, the clothes fairy comes and three days later they are back fresh and clean.. Mrs Jules does not believe in the clothes fairy so she has to do her own washing.

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