washing at 30 but clothes still smell!

Fizog

dessert spoon of 'napisan' solves all my boys smelly clothes in the prewash drawer. You'll find it in the baby section of supermarket or chemist.

mellow2

For my husband's really smelly shirts, I soak them and then rinse them out in the machine and they come out smelling great.

I found out even if I washed his shirts 3 times, it still came out stinking but soaking them worked a charm.

kaya

More Political correctness rubbish in action, has nobody thought that a 30deg wash is simply not hot enough to kill off the bacteria and germs that causes the smells? i forecast a country full of rashes,skin infections and bugs soon, would you wash your cutlery and crockery in 30deg water then eat off of it again? A dishwasher has to rinse at 55deg in order to sterilise properly, its called "hygene" whilst "new borial 30 deg wash powder" is a sales tactic based on all the current climate change scaremongering and nothing else

FBThree

When I have smelly towels to wash I put a dose of bicarbonate of soda in the washing powder drawer and that seems to work.

AussieLass

kaya wrote: »

More Political correctness rubbish in action, has nobody thought that a 30deg wash is simply not hot enough to kill off the bacteria and germs that causes the smells? i forecast a country full of rashes,skin infections and bugs soon, would you wash your cutlery and crockery in 30deg water then eat off of it again? A dishwasher has to rinse at 55deg in order to sterilise properly, its called "hygene" whilst "new borial 30 deg wash powder" is a sales tactic based on all the current climate change scaremongering and nothing else

We wash in cold water here. I vaguely remember my mother & gran boiling up the copper in the back yard but since the invention of washing machines Australia just doesn't use hot water to wash our clothes. Your forecast of a country full of rashes, skin infections and bugs hasn't materialised as yet. :rolleyes:

skyepark

add soda crystels to your wash this cleans clothes and your machine at the same time

katskorner

I wash nappies but I do use a 60 wash for these as I need to kill the bugs off.

DebtphobicDeirdre

When I was a Midwife, Infection control told us to wash uniforms at 60 degrees to remove bacteria so I guess it depends on how dirty they are. We need to use common sense- different stuff needs different temperatures and different stains need different treatments

nzmegs

I am from NZ and we always washed in cold water too . I was amazed when I got here and my husband told me I had to wash my white at 95 degrees to get them "clean". Hmmm. I tell him thats what i do but actually they are washed at 30-40 along with everything else. My machine doesn't give me the cold option. Hanging whites in the sun gets them nice and white too.
Using a biological powder is essential though at the cooler temp. the non bios don't seem to work well. I do soak really really dirty stuff though.

barrymung

kaya wrote: »

More Political correctness rubbish in action, has nobody thought that a 30deg wash is simply not hot enough to kill off the bacteria and germs that causes the smells? i forecast a country full of rashes,skin infections and bugs soon, would you wash your cutlery and crockery in 30deg water then eat off of it again? A dishwasher has to rinse at 55deg in order to sterilise properly, its called "hygene" whilst "new borial 30 deg wash powder" is a sales tactic based on all the current climate change scaremongering and nothing else

You are right. Think about it...normal body temperature is around 37 degrees C and bacteria obviously thrives at that temperature, otherwise the human body wouldn't get infections!

Ever wondered what makes your armpits smell? It's the waste that bacteria produce!

Sweaty clothes containing live bacteria are smelly! If you fail to kill/remove the bacteria the clothes will remain smelly. Get rid of the bacteria and there's nothing to make a smell.