Smelly armits in clean washing

[Begginyouformercy]

Ew. Mr Beggin's shirts are still whiffy in the oxters after being washed at 60 using Ariel. Does anyone know why that would be and can I get them properly clean?

[Madamecastafiore]

Vanish in the green tub - is fab, has some sort of oxygen mumble in and it gets the Masters running gear clean and unsmelly and the guy sweats like a ripe Camembert!

[hellhasnofurylikeahungrywoman]

Vinegar, a tablespoon of vinegar in the wash works wonders.

[goodasitgets]

Napisan. Soak shirts in it for a bit (v precise!) then wash with bio, NO fabric conditioner as it holds smells in. Add napisan to wash too

[Floralnomad]

Spray the armpits with stain remover before washing ,I do that with all shirts and t shirts as I only wash at 40 degrees.

[LadyBigtoes]

Agree napisan is your friend. We do DP's wash with combination of bio and napisan and it fixes the smelliness.

[Fluffycloudland77]

Neat vinegar on the area and a couple of spoons of soda crystals in the wash.

Aldi bio powder came out level with Ariel in the which? Tests and isn't tested on animals either

[Begginyouformercy]

Oo, lots of answers - thank you

I'll have a go with the stuff I've got in the house already and if no banana will investigate the others.

Thank you muchly, peeps

[hellhasnofurylikeahungrywoman]

Would it be wrong to say "No sweat"

[Begginyouformercy]

[Alwayscheerful]

Spray white vinegar on the affected area.
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Use white vinegar rather than fabric conditioner.

[Begginyouformercy]

I had been using vinegar as a conditioner since reading that it could be my Ecover conditioner making everything in my wardrobe a bit musty, but There Were Complaints - tut!

I'm away to do some stealth vinegaring.

[Pudden]

I make a paste of borax and rub it into dh's shirt armpits- leave it for 5-10 mins and bung in washer. Neutralises any whiffs

[Begginyouformercy]

Thank you, Pudden. Strangely, there was no smell when they had fully dried but I've put them in to wash again with some vinegar, so hopefully that'll do .

(Don't worry, vipers, he would happily do his own ironing but he's going out and I've got recorded stuff to watch on the telly. )

[LaRegina]

Side issue, but... if you use white vinegar as fabric conditioner, don't your clothes then smell of vinegar?

[Alwayscheerful]

No Regina, not a trace of vinegar and if you put the powder in the drum and the vinegar in the fabric conditioner section, the drawer is spotless.

[Fluffycloudland77]

No smell of vinegar here, I use smart price malt in our washing.

[LaRegina]

So being really thick (and double checking before I turn the washing machine on) - I don't put the powder tablets in the drawer as I normally would but in the actual drum with the washing, then vinegar in the FC section. But why doesn't it smell of vinegar?

[Fluffycloudland77]

Yes, that's right, tabs in drum, fill the fc dispenser with vinegar to the max level.

No idea why it doesn't smell of vinegar, it just doesn't.

You might only need one tablet of detergent too, I only use three dessert spoons of powder in a colours wash.

[LaRegina]

Ooh thank you fluffy.

Yes I'm aware that it's sad I'm getting so excited about washing

[Alwayscheerful]

Vinegar is a natural antiseptic, as used by Florence Nightingale. I am told it is a good weed killer but I cannot personally vouch for its use in the garden.

[Alwayscheerful]

Vinegar is also fantastic for descaling kettles. Recommended is 50 /50 water and white vinegar. I just cover the element with neat vinegar and boil. Leave for an hour and then use the same liquid to do the rest of the kettles and pour the vinegar down the sink or shower to clean out the u bend.

[Fluffycloudland77]

If you leave the neat vinegar in the kettle cold it works just as well and you can decant it back into the bottle and use it over and over again.

[Fluffycloudland77]

More that you wouldn't need to.

[Begginyouformercy]

Always I tried it on some of the weeds in my garden and it did give them a bit of a headache but they soon recovered. I have injected vinegar into a dandelion root and that saw the bugger off, but it's not easy and I've got enough dandelions to supply every branch of Tesco if they suddenly became trendy and not enough patience to be quite that geeky.

If your washing does come out smelling of vinegar, it'll disappear when it's dry.