Tide Sport or Tide with Febreeze. Don’t use too much or the Tide Sport makes things smell kinda weird. I put a small amount of detergent directly on the underarm part of shirt before washing. Can’t leave things in washer before drying, as has been said. If I pull it out of washer and sniff and smell a lot of odor still, I wash again. If not, I spritz with Febreeze under arms and put into dryer.
Love the ideas listed! Will try a few! 
Here is the tried-and-true Watermark Farm method for removing stink from clothing. I have two horsey girls, one football player and a mad scientist to contend with. I find that synthetic fabrics like nylon, polyester and polar-fleece tend to be the worst offenders:
To one load of laundry add: regular laundry detergent plus 1 cup baking soda and one cup white vinegar.
Wash clothes in HOT water on pre-soak setting.
Dry as usual.
Also, if you have a top-load washer they can sometimes get a stinky moldy buildup going on inside which can affect clothing. Mine has to have a panel removed periodically so I can wipe under a gasket with bleach. I have also found that running an EMPTY load using hot water and 1 cup bleach periodically helps.
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I declare you the expert!:lol:
What’s the point of adding baking soda with the vinegar? They neutralize one another, so I’m curious to know if adding both makes any difference or if it’s just a waste of baking power.
My stepson is the stinker of our family. He’s also a bed-wetter, so despite sleeping in pull-ups, his pajamas and sheets stink to high heaven. Since he puts is pjs in the dirty laundry with everything else, his entire laundry reeks. I keep a gallon of white vinegar with the laundry soap, and I don’t even measure. I just pour. Probably close to 2 cups (if not 3) goes into every load of his with setting set for extra water and extra rinse. It’s always a nice surprise when they come out non-stinky because there are times his clothes could just about gag a maggot when they go in.
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I hate giving away my secret because it makes a great stall deodorizer too and as soon as they find out we are using it for horses they will jack the price up, but Odo-ban can freshen just about anything. I once sold a used blanket and the buyer sent me an email asking me how I got it to smell so good.[/QUOTE]
Which of their products do you use? I went to their website and it seems they have a few different scents. Thanks for your trade secret:cool:
I love this board. I always learn something new:)
I use Tide, too.
What type of deodorant are you using?
One thing to keep in mind is to not overstuff your machine. With smelly clothes, I actually reduce the load so that things can move around and the water is less contaminated with smells and body oils. You might also try washing everything twice before putting clothes in the dryer. The heat from the dryer can set odors into the fabric.
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SOOOO GUILTY OF THAT!! I will try to mend my ways :lol:
Thanks everyone for their replies!
I saw Odo-Ban at Home Depot last night… going to go back and pick some up today. I am also going to try the vinegar first as it is what I have on hand. Maybe I’ll spray some Odo-Ban right to the armpits too 
I can’t wait to get my shirts back to CLEAN!
1/2 cup of peroxide in the water before adding the clothes. My husband is an ultra runner and this was in one of his running magazines. I tried it and it works.
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I saw Odo-Ban at Home Depot last night… going to go back and pick some up today. I am also going to try the vinegar first as it is what I have on hand. Maybe I’ll spray some Odo-Ban right to the armpits too I can’t wait to get my shirts back to CLEAN![/QUOTE]
If you go with the Odo-ban that comes with the gallon jug with a spray bottle of solution already mixed up attached make sure you add some extra concentrate to it. That is a pretty weak dilution and won’t stand up to real nasty odors. For stall deodorizing or pet stains the dilution is 50/50. I would spray that on the nasty spots.
OK, got the Odo-ban and the HE washer. How much Odo-ban to unstink my clothes?
I never measure anything but I would guess a cup or so should do it. Maybe run an extra rinse cycle with a HE washer.
My daughter leaves a smelly sweatshirt with her puppy when they have to leave her at home for a little while. She settles down nicely in her crate.
I mentioned Charlie’s Soap earlier in the thread, but couldn’t say much about it because I had only heard good things about it – had never tried it.
But now I have.
Long-time Tide user but I hated how my towels would come from the dryer smelling fresh and clean but after one use, a musty/moldy odor would sort of emerge from beneath the fragrance.
Charlie’s Soap took care of that problem. And it’s economical and environmentally friendly.
Thank you for the post! This is why I came to read this thread. I too use tide, and I too hate the way some of the towels smell! 
I’ll try the charlie soap.
What a timely thread. I had a houseguest this week that stayed in my very small guest bedroom (more commonly known as my walk in closet). He was doing manual labor, and had his bag of dirty clothes that stayed in a separate from his clean belongings. Now I have a bedroom that stinks like a cross between feet (ok, my 50 pairs of shoes could potentially be part of the problem), and also smell some sort of funky sweat. Looks like I have some great ideas to try. I really do love this board.
When the “stink” rod itself becomes so corroded that it can no longer do its job, the tank soon rusts out, leaks and needs replacement. However, if you replace your anode rod before it fails, about every five years, you can double the life of your water heater. Rods are made from magnesium, aluminum or aluminum/zinc alloy.
The Magnesium ones smell, replace with the aluminum rods and add hydrogen peroxide to the tank for 4 hours, it will kill the sulfur producing bacteria which is causing the smell
http://www.stevejenkins.com/blog/2015/02/fix-rotten-egg-smell-in-your-water/
I would quit using the fabric softener. That stuff coats your fabrics with icky goo and that can definitely contribute to holding odors. Also, use a powder laundry detergent instead of liquid for the same reason (I use Tide powder). This is especially important in front loaders, where they tend to get stinky if not handled correctly.
All of you with stinky towels need to go to powder detergents, no fabric softeners, and hot water washes too.
I use Downey Unstoppables . Also try drying them in the sun.
For really smelly clothes I use a concentrated cleaning vinegar (Vinegar Plus) along with the powdered detergent in my front loader- works very well. I started using a German detergent (Persil) when we got our first front loading wash machine years ago, and I swear by it. You don’t need as much as they want you to, and it doesn’t leave any perfumey smell behind. I don’t think it is significantly more expensive that North American detergents (Tide, for example) and it does a much better job. I use the stuff designed for cold water washes and wash 90% of my clothes in luke warm water with excellent results
