# How to remove smell from clothes that get sweated in lots? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 5, 2011, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-smell-from-clothes-that-get-sweated-in-lots/598678 "2011-10-05T13:25:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-smell-from-clothes-that-get-sweated-in-lots/598678/21 "2011-10-06T15:18:18Z")
They make a special color safe bleach. > **[Robot or human?](https://www.walmart.com/blocked?url=L2lwL0Nsb3JveC0yLU9yaWdpbmFsLTJYLVVsdHJhLUNvbG9yLVNhZmUtQmxlYWNoLUZvci1Db2xvcnMtNjYtZmwtb3ovMTI0NDM4NDc=&uuid=17e1d87d-7719-11f0-8228-e4b6b27c98e5&vid=&g=b)** > [@](#): > > Clorox 2® works with both standard and HE washers, on whites and colors, and is safe on many garments [labeled “Do Not Bleach,” “No Chlorine Bleach,” or “Color Safe Bleach.”]. ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-smell-from-clothes-that-get-sweated-in-lots/598678/22 "2011-10-06T16:02:34Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > We once used zeolite to kill the smell of a body that had been found five days after the death in a house in July. Am I the only one who had a mental image of **Annie-Xmas** cramming a body and a zeolite bag into her top loader? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-smell-from-clothes-that-get-sweated-in-lots/598678/23 "2011-10-06T16:18:40Z")
> [@Endemic](#): > > Am I the only one who had a mental image of **Annie-Xmas** cramming a body and a zeolite bag into her top loader? :eek: I was more concerned with kathmandu trying to create odorless cat pee. > [@kathmandu](#): > > I’ve used it to get out odours from cat pee and workout clothes, and it also gets out that musty smell you get in your clothes when you leave them in the washer for too long. I am glad to read about Sports Suds, though. My running clothes just never seem fresh enough, even with Oxiclean and a prolonged soak cycle. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-smell-from-clothes-that-get-sweated-in-lots/598678/24 "2011-10-06T17:19:33Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > We once used zeolite to kill the smell of a body that had been found five days after the death in a house in July. Um, details, please? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-smell-from-clothes-that-get-sweated-in-lots/598678/25 "2011-10-06T17:26:07Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > 1/4 to 1/2 cup of household ammonia in the wash. > > Kills the critters and saponifies the persistent body oils. Works a treat, it does. This is my answer, too. Ammonia is the best household cleaner for oils and grease. Just put some in the wash whenever you are washing clothes that are greatly exposed to sweat or oils, like undershirts, workout clothes, or bed linens (especially pillow cases). ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-smell-from-clothes-that-get-sweated-in-lots/598678/26 "2011-10-06T18:34:52Z")
> [@shantih](#): > > Um, details, please? Property we had listed. The only occupant was a very old guy, who died on a Friday before a Monday Fourth of July holiday, and nobody asked about him till Tuesday. The police did a wellness check and found the body. We hung a dozen bags of zeolite in the house and kept it sealed for a week. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-smell-from-clothes-that-get-sweated-in-lots/598678/27 "2011-10-06T23:43:41Z")
Tide Sports works for me. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-smell-from-clothes-that-get-sweated-in-lots/598678/28 "2011-10-07T03:54:18Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > They make a special color safe bleach. > [Robot or human?](http://www.walmart.com/ip/Clorox-2-Original-2X-Ultra-Color-Safe-Bleach-For-Colors-66-fl-oz/12443847) A recent posting on Clorox’s own blog says that Clorox 2 won’t kill all the germs on gym clothes. [http://www.clorox.com/blogs/dr-laundry/2011/09/21/gym-clothes/](http://www.clorox.com/blogs/dr-laundry/2011/09/21/gym-clothes/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-smell-from-clothes-that-get-sweated-in-lots/598678.md?page=1)