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YES! Good for kid stains, too...catsup, mustard, grass...

Yup, I even put a new black shirt in with my whites by mistake and ended up with a load of grey ( ). I took out the black shirt and ran the whites again with OxiClean and it returned my whites to white! Looooove that stuff

I wash all tech clothes in woolite in cold on the gentle cycle and hang to dry. I think putting them in the dryer is what makes them stink. Baked on residual oils. Its like a stain...dont set it.

This is interesting. I hang it up most of the time and dry it on low the rest of the time. I'll try and hang it up all the time. It's not as if it takes long to dry anyway.

Based on these responses, I'm going out to find some oxyclean tonight to give it a try. Thanks everyone!!

I use tide and NEVER, EVER put them in the dryer. Like others posted, it sets the odor.

I've had the tech shirt smelly problem too. When I looked it up once the tech shirt guy recommended to tumble dry on very low without fabric conditioners. It worked wonders on my old stuff, but buying new shirts did too. I'll give the oxycleana try too.

Ditto the oxiclean for the super-stink. Penguin Sports wash--usually orange bottle--works MUCH better than "Win" for restoring the tech factor to tech running clothes. I found Win to be useless--and was really ticked due to the $$$.

wow, thanks for the advice. I'm feelin WIN was a waste of money too. I'll look for Penguin. WHERE DO I BUY OXYCLEAN? I always thought of it as one of those As Seen On TV products. I've never looked for it before in the store. Anyone in NYC out there that knows where to pick this stuff up?

I found oxyclean at my bodega last night. Guess I've just never seen it since I've never looked for it. I now own a small tub of the stuff and will try it tonight. Yesterday I did a load (before buying the oxylcean) and even let it soak. I used WIN since I still have a bottle of it. I hung my clothes to dry (as usual). Smelled them this morning and they still have a fait smell. Not like a nasty smell, but the kind of used clothing small that will become nasty after I run for even just a mile in it. Also, just to clairify, I don't sweat much and generally don't smell bad either (so I'm told, or rather NOT told that I smell). It's just the clothes are starting to get funky fast. Hopefully oxyclean will do the trick.

Tried the oxylcean last night and let things soak for a while in it before washing. So far, seems to have worked but I've yet to go on a run today so we'll see...