Help! Must be a cheaper solution for BO in clothes?

I use tea tree and eucalyptus oils when I need to shift smells and want a more natural cleanser for stains

For DC teen pits I poured a little neat liquid detergent or washing up liquid onto the fabric, left for at least half an hour before washing at 40 degrees.

Wiping the skin with distilled witchazel before applying antiperspirant also helps the pong.

No, it doesn't. Take a look at Nancy Birtwhistle online - she is star at stain and smell removal. And, when my deodorant builds up on clothing I make a paste with sodium bicarbonate and work it into the fabric. Even works on the armpit skin.

Agree that bar soap is best. But check she is washing herself properly as well, DD wasn't but once I talked her through what she needed to do she was fine. TK Maxx is good for nice bars of soap, Ilike the triple milled stuff.

Natural fabrics hold on to smells less than synthetics so use cotton/linen/wool as much as possible and avoid plastics.

Finally, dry your washing on the line, it makes a masive difference to the smell. Dry your clothes inside out (reduces fading by the sun) and remember that the wind is more important than heat or sunshine for drying, if the ground is drying during the day so will your washing. I find I can put washing out from February till November (not every day) and at least partially dry it at those extremes.

Washing powder is way better than the tabs or liquid....even the non bio stuff which we have to use due to dd's eczema. Also agree a hotter, longer wash.

Big vote for Fussy deodorant too - doesn’t stop you sweating but it stops any smell like magic, it’s absolutely brilliant! Apparently has good bacteria that stops the bad smelly bacteria and stops all smells. Totally worth the price. Put it on after shower when clean

Are you using non-bio washing powder/liquid? Because I had a problem for a while and thought maybe it was peri-menopause for me and teenage hormones for my daughter causing the issue (clothes very quickly smelt of BO despite having just been washed). It was only when my husband complained too that I thought maybe it was the washing tabs. Turns out non-bio works a different way. Bio powder breaks down the bacteria or something. Switched and nothing smelly any more.

40 degrees, use laundry cleanser in every wash (the Dettol one), and Mitchum roll on.

Dove isn’t actually soap though. It’s a ‘cream bar’ that has not been saponified.

I didn’t know this. I also didn’t know ‘saponified’ 😬

Try 40

40 degree wash, and dry out in the sunshine when possible!

Diluted lemon juice sprayed into the armpit areas before theh gonin the wash is what I used to use when dh went through a phase of this a few years back

I don’t wash sweated in clothes at 30.

I buy a bottle of liquid, biological Ariel purely for pouring direct onto the sweaty pits of gym clothes. I then wash with a tablet as normal. Works really well.

You mean anti perspirant yes NOT deodorant which just masks the smell

Shirts on a 40 wash, spray white vinegar on the pits of them before hand. A tablespoon of bicarb in the drum.
No conditioner/softener.

Wash puts with proper soap and use a cream roll on.

Not rtft but you could try cotton undershirts? I found my husbands polyester blend clothes the worst for smells. What works is soaking in a capful of vinegar and warm water, then washing at 40 for an hour long wash, then line drying outside or hanging up indoors if the weather is bad. Also using ecover fragrance free laundry soap and NO fabric conditioner at all.

I use a capful of zoflora in the conditioner section, always use powder and not pods etc and was at 40c. Buy her some dettol soap (savers/amazon), and get her to rub sins have sanitiser into her armpits before anti perspirant.

I started using dettol anti bac soap and Mitcham roll on after reading a thread on here. Absolute game changer!

Dove isn’t actually soap though. It’s a ‘cream bar’ that has not been saponified.

Is she able to have a wash and put on fresh deodorant at lunchtime? This is what I gave to do otherwise I can be a BO person.

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Can’t help much with the washing, but the sweating: Try perspirex from boots. There’s different strengths but it stops sweating. Also, potentially a bit young right now, but Botox under the arm can also stop sweating if this is something that is extreme and long lasting.

Are you using enough detergent for the size of the wash load?
I put two Ariel capsules in as it’s a large capacity machine and I save a full load.

I have used ‘Gymwash’ recently which has been brilliant at getting rid of the pong on clothes. The clothes always smell clean but, particularly sports clothes, when the body warms them, smell again.

Soak items initially according to instructions then wash as normal. I haven’t tried it in the washing machine but you can do so apparently.

https://www.gymwash.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoqd9J4IQkVMFzhcMXXdRsVyoIbmKTAt_LWk5eZqjx0oG74kAK8o

I also understand that Dove isn’t the best as a soap as it is a beauty bar. Standard soap is best, gently scrub armpits with a mitt or cloth can help too.