Getting rid of smelly urine on clothes

SpikyHedgehog

DS2 (aged 9) has a urinary tract infection (well, got to phone the doctors back to get results of urine test on Thursday, but I'm pretty sure it is) and is wetting the bed, with really horrible smelling wee (hence the thought that he's got a UTI). He's on antibiotics, so should be feeling better soon.

I've been washing everything as quickly as I can, with work and the 'lovely' weather - nothing dries in the mist!

His sheets, waterproof mattress protector, duvet and vests are coming up fine after washing and drying, but some of his pyjamas, particularly the polyester fleece ones absolutely stink still

I don't have any biological washing powder/liquid in the house as it irritates DS1's skin, and Sainsbobs didn't have any Biotex when I went there earlier.

I use laundry gloop and for the second time I washed the pjs, used double the usual amount of gloop, plus a scoop of soda crystals, plus double the amount of vinegar as conditioner.

It didn't work.

I've got bicarbonate of soda, borax substitute, soda crystals, bleach, stardrops, steradent, glo white for net curtains, Dr Beckman's colour run remover...

What do you think could help for adding to the wash for next wash of the pjs - or am I fighting a loosing battle with polyester?

I did get some new cotton pjs today for him, though of course they need washing first too...

meritaten

I would suggest soaking them overnight in a bicarb solution! add a good heaped tablespoon to a bowl of water and soak. then wash as normal. if you can still smell wee (infections can make it smell very badly) then double or triple the amount of bicarb and soak again!

SpikyHedgehog

Thank you, meritaten, will start soaking! He'd only stopped wetting the bed this year, so I'm used to washing wee-soaked stuff, but the stench is new.

Butterfly_Brain

You could try soaking everything overnight in good old fashioned napisan

SpikyHedgehog

Thank you, Butterfly Brain, I'll certainly get a box of Napisan as well as Biotex (my mum's old favourite) when I can find them.

Butterfly_Brain

Wilkinsons do napisan and I get biotex from 99p stores

meritaten

both biotex and napisan are great - but, for emergencies if you only have bicarb then it will work!

vanoonoo

nothing helpful to add really other than I hope he feels better soon x

SpikyHedgehog

vanoonoo wrote: »

nothing helpful to add really other than I hope he feels better soon x

Thank you, vanoonoo. No wet bed last night (though he did go to the loo when I gave him his midnight dose of medicine) so hoping he’s on the mend. He’s a tricky little man, as he doesn’t feel pain well or think to tell me if he is in any pain…

meritaten wrote: »

both biotex and napisan are great - but, for emergencies if you only have bicarb then it will work!

And it did! Thank you meritaten J I soaked 2 pairs of pjs overnight in a bucket of bicarby water, and my goodness it smelt horrid this morning (ewww!). I added another spoonful of bicarb to the washing machine too and did an extra rinse, and it was all fresh and lovely when I got it out of the machine. Had to finish off the drying in the tumble dryer (not at all ideal!) and the fleecy pjs are still fine. Weirdly, the cotton pjs now have a slight whiff, so I’ll soak again. But it’s enough that I can catch up with the sheets and duvet and let the pjs wait a bit.

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

Wilkinsons do napisan and I get biotex from 99p stores

Thank you, Butterfly Brain! Will look in Wilkinson’s on Saturday for the napisan, but we have no 99p store near, so I will have to search in the shops we do have… I’ve got Biotex before from at least 1 of our local supermarkets but they don’t always have it…