Laundry Detergent for your workout gear

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  • ajpeardon
    ajpeardon Posts: 25 Member
    Melaleuca brand is the only thing that gets the "onion like funk" out of my pre-teen sons under armor brand type shirts for under his football and baseball uniforms! Seriously, the stuff is magic and all natural! I know deodorant might help that too, but for some reason that is something he fights us on-gross, I know! We are waiting for a girl to tell him he smells and then maybe he will start "remembering" to wear it daily!!!! lol!

    It's super concentrated so it lasts forever. Check out their web-site. www.melaleuca.com and it's called MelaPower® 6x Detergent. My Ironman competing sister uses it on her expensive high tech work out wear because it is supposed to be as gentle as water-she used to use the special restoring stuff doe sports gear. The Tide Febreese work out brand just made his shirts smell like flowery onions, didn't get rid of the "funk"!

    Don't get me wrong, i'm not pushing the product, because I find it doesn't get the grass and food grease stains out of my boys clothes like my good old Tide did, so I have started using the MelaPower as a laundry booster with the Tide. But hey, if you are treating your workout gear separately anyway, then try it!

    The only other problem with Melaleuca is you have to order online and "join" to get the "member" pricing. It's $14.50 for 48 load size non-member and $9.99 as a member. My hubby has a paypal account, so if anyone wants me to order it for them to try message me and I can ship it to you almost like an ebay purchase or something.
  • jesspi68
    jesspi68 Posts: 292
    I use 20 Mule Team Borax along with my regular detergent. Works great!

    This is what I do. I actually have to use a scent free soap because I have sensitive skin and the borax gets everything out! Helps with my hard water issues too. :smile:
  • drmryder
    drmryder Posts: 181 Member
    I wash my workout clothes separate from the every day stuff. I use Penguin Sport Wash, but I also add my regular detergent in the pre-wash so get it all extra clean. I hate the funk you can smell when you start to sweating into your clothes after you've had them awhile. So far this routine has done the trick.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    Another vote for Tide Sport.

    Not only does it get the sweaty funk out, but there's been times my cats have shown their displeasure in the status of the litterboxes with some performance art involving the laundry basket, and it's dealt with that olfactory assault, too.
  • naner61
    naner61 Posts: 85
    i used to have a huge problem gettin that smell away. and then i satarted to drink tons of water and i find that i dont have it anymore! so save ur money and drink tons of water.

    I agree! worked for me!
  • girlykate143
    girlykate143 Posts: 220 Member
    brand: All Free and Clear.
    the sweat that is baked in, so to speak, will come out with Nature's Miracle. It's a product sold at pet stores to remove pet urine smell. I swear by it. Add about 1/4 cup to your load of wash.
    Or, put said garment into sink, put 1/4 cup to soak for a while (don't dilute), then wash. I've saved a ton of horribly stinky hot yoga clothes this way.

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