Washing . . . Again

Those adverts are horrible.
I know some would-be actors are desperate for any work but I'd rather eat dry bread for a week than be in that advert where I pong despite washing my clothes.

Have a shower! Buy a deodorant and use it!!

MissAdventure

My daughter was quite pongy as a teen, so I appreciate the problem.
Strange, because my grandson's clothes never small or stain like his mum's did.

It is strange isn't it. As I said before I've been married twice so two men's washing in the house plus 3 sons and a daughter (also have 4 GSs who stay with me from time to time) but only had the strong lingering sweaty smell with the one son. As an adult he doesn't have the problem anymore.

He also had terrible acne and as it was during puberty I assume it was a mad rush of hormones which ultimately settled down. He needed two lots of roaccutane to sort out the acne which was tougher than the vinegar for the sweaty smell.

I do my washing in a top loader machine with eco unscented liquid and dry it outside. Smells nice n fresh. Really dislike perfumed detergent!

Oh, my girl had beautiful skin, but my grandson is more prone to be pimply, if he doesnt do "his face care routine".

Allira

Those adverts are horrible.
I know some would-be actors are desperate for any work but I'd rather eat dry bread for a week than be in that advert where I pong despite washing my clothes.

*Have a shower! Buy a deodorant and use it!!*

Oh yes if only my son had thought about having a shower when he suffered so much and was so embarrassed until we found the vinegar trick.

People have botox, nowadays, if their sweat glands are hyperactive.
I had a,school friend who was really sweaty, ,

theworriedwell

Allira

Those adverts are horrible.
I know some would-be actors are desperate for any work but I'd rather eat dry bread for a week than be in that advert where I pong despite washing my clothes.

*Have a shower! Buy a deodorant and use it!!*

Oh yes if only my son had thought about having a shower when he suffered so much and was so embarrassed until we found the vinegar trick.

You misunderstand.
That woman is not a teenager. She's a middle-aged woman.
The advert is just wrong.

I do know about teenage boys and about acne too.

MissAdventure

Oh, my girl had beautiful skin, but my grandson is more prone to be pimply, if he doesnt do "his face care routine".

Yes, why are boys more prone to acne? Are their hormones more rampant?

MissAdventure

Oh, my girl had beautiful skin, but my grandson is more prone to be pimply, if he doesnt do "his face care routine".

It is funny how these things happen. I never had acne nor did DH or my other kids. He was on topical antibiotics, then oral antibiotics for so long that the pharmacist was worried about dispensing them.

Roaccutane was the great hope but the first lot helped but didn't cure it so the poor kid had to go through it again. Roaccutane isn't an easy treatment but it was so wonderful so see him happy when it was all cleared up. I did worry about him having it as there are so many stories about young people being suicidal on Roaccutane but as the dermatologist said his skin was making him suicidal anyway so we needed to do something.

I hope your GS doesn't have severe problems as it is soul destroying.

The artificial ingredients in these "add-in" laundry products accumulate over a period of time and eventually cause mustiness themselves as far as I'm concerned.
Even fabric conditioner often contains animal fats.
I use sodium percarbonate - green bleach - for stain removal, white vinegar with vegetable glycerine as a fabric conditioner and line dry as much as possible. In fact, the laundry is out on the line as I type and blowing beautifully in fresh air.

Sodium bicarbonate is great for removing sweat stains - just mix to a thick paste and work into the stain then launder as normal.

White vinegar is brilliant at breaking down accumulated soap deposits (think face clothes full of soap) that make the fabric sour quickly. Good squirt in the washing machine and job done.

Allira

MissAdventure

Oh, my girl had beautiful skin, but my grandson is more prone to be pimply, if he doesnt do "his face care routine".

Yes, why are boys more prone to acne? Are their hormones more rampant?

I think it must be, I mean women do have testosterone but not as much as men so maybe some teenage girls get a testosterone rush but not as often as boys. I must admit that despite lots of appointments with the GP and dermatologist they never explained what caused it except to say it isn't diet and it isn't hygiene, at least not with severe acne.

theworriedwell
It was looking like it may be a problem for him, but his girlfriend got him "the ordinary" products, the acid stuff, retinol something or other...

Whatever it is, it works beautifully, if he follows the routine.

MissAdventure

theworriedwell
It was looking like it may be a problem for him, but his girlfriend got him "the ordinary" products, the acid stuff, retinol something or other...

Whatever it is, it works beautifully, if he follows the routine.

Fingers crossed that is enough. We kept having false dawns with DS, skin products help for a bit, topical antibiotics helped but stopped, oral antibiotics helped but gradually it got worse again and the pharmacist complained as he said 2 years on antibiotics just wasn't appropriate for a teenager. It was several years, 12 to 16 and then we went with the roaccutane, I dread to think how bad it could have got if it hadn't worked.

Sorry I think we are a bit off topic so I will stop now.

Make my own soap liquid detergent and it lasts ages. Nancy Birtwhistle recipe! No chemicals and smells lovely if you add a few essential oils. Don’t buy fabric conditioner any more either just use a couple of tablespoons of soda crystals in each wash instead. Everything washes beautifully.

Only extra I use now is colour catchers, as i find it works
30min cycle in general as most items lightly used.
But I do give tea Towels a boil in a large pan occasionally ( love the smell that leaves too) Persil for that 👍

When my AC were youngsters, where our bus pulled into town there was a washing machine repair/sales shop- one day my kids ran off bus ahead of me, straight to washer shop, opened the door and all 3 chorused together "washing machines live longer with Calgon!" - then closed door quickly & hared back over to walk ahead of me chortling amongst themselves.Yes i think it was when Calgon had just launched on telly! I avoided the washer shop for ages, & never took any of them in with me in case they were recognised😆😂

Does anyone else get the annoying yellow marks round the necks of white cotton or cotton mix shirts? They are quite old but even after they are washed and in the wardrobe unworn. There it is again…

Astitchintime

AreWeThereYet

One of the worst things is that all these chemicals find their way into the water systems and have to be cleaned out.

More likely they find their way into the seas and oceans and are damaging sealife.

Not more likely they are 😥

I don't use all the shat they advertise either. My mum, bless had 8 kids, washed by hand and rinsed in the bath. Air dried everything.We were poor, dad died. We never had scabies , bed bugs or skin conditions. The best thing to do is go back to basics and use your common sense I find. Best invention was auto washing machine though. I had to wash by hand 40 years ago first married. Auto washers were out of my price bracket for a while. So always try n get one that is energy efficient .

No not when first on tv but when did a rerun in late 90s- it was the catchphrase.😄

Very rarely use softener, cant even remember why, perhaps to reduce static on some sort of clothing. Use Aldi soap powder as its cheap and it works. Why do we need everything to have a noticeable smell? I can't stand the advert for Fairy powder/liquid washing detergent, the female in a showroom kitchen all in white gushing about her washing for her baby. And, on about adverts, another is the 72 hour deodorant. Are we to believe the sweaty female at the gym has worn her deodorant for 72 hours preventing her underarm sweat. Or are we to believe using the deodorant means she won't need to shower after her gym session as her armpits won't be sweaty whilst the rest of her is. The money saved from not being invested in advertising and marketing would probably reduce the price of some items by half.

I don't like strong smells and I'm sensitive to enzymes, so I use organic non-bio powders. Neither DH nor I are particularly sweaty or smelly, but I wash sheets, towels, and his shirts on the 60°C programme, and add in a scoop of Ecover bleach if it's a white wash. Seems to do the job.

Adverts are there simply to persuade us that we NEED whatever they are selling.
If they can lie and get away with it, they will; if not they will be very careful with their wording or the way they present their message, and very devious.
With some obvious exceptions, newly washed items do NOT smell unpleasant. IGNORE the ADS

Doodledog

Most fabric conditioner contains rendered animal fat, which is why I prefer Tallow & Ash, as it is vegan.

I had always thought that tallow was made from animal fat! Hence in former times ‘tallow’ candles being considered very much inferior to wax ditto. (Presumably they were unpleasantly smelly).

I stopped using fabric conditioner earlier last year - instead I use distilled white vinegar in the conditioner part of the drawer. Clothes smell fresh, clean as does the washing machine. Best thing I’ve done I would highly recommend