I am completely in love with my Kastel shirts. Currently riding in 95-100 degree temps and 4-5 horses, I soak them through. My cold water cycle just isn’t getting the sweat smell all the way gone. I wash DH work out clothes on the hottest/longest cycle possible.
Since the instructions state cold water only, how do you get your shirts smelling fresh and clean?
A scoop of oxy powder (in addition to the detergent) and cold water. It’s how I wash all my sweaty horse and tennis stuff.
Cold water, detergent, and a splash of apple cider vinegar, which I do with every load, every wash, every time. It doesn’t leave a vinegar smell and zaps all odors like musty towels, boy butts, and sweat filled sun shirts.
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Cold water, detergent, and a splash of apple cider vinegar, which I do with every load, every wash, every time. It doesn’t leave a vinegar smell and zaps all odors like musty towels, boy butts, and sweat filled sun shirts.[/QUOTE]
Ditto! Plus air dry, bonus points if you can do it outside, it gives that nice fresh, clean smell.
I have had these shirts for a long time, soak them with sweat and always wash in warm/hot water. I’ve never had a problem doing that and they always come out very clean and smelling great.
I’ve been doing Oxy Clean and a scoop of Downy Unstoppables. Not everyone likes scented stuff, but I like them. They seem to help clothes stay fresher at work as well. Sometimes when things get more intense at work, I am afraid I have that nervous sweat smell and this makes me feel a little better.
Wash them in cool water (inside a delicates bag) and hang them to dry out doors.
Warm water gentle wash, hang dry. If that’s not getting it done, add some oxyclean, let them soak and/or do a pre-wash, and don’t put too many other items in the wash with them.
I wash mine in warm water and hang them outside on the line to dry. I do that with all my sun shirts no matter what brand they are.
I use white vinegar in my rinse cycle, and that has kept the smell at bay. If I haven’t been doing that and/or a shirt has a very strong odor, I will pre-treat with the vinegar (usually just need to do the underarms). The vinegar doesn’t leave a scent behind, and they smell fresh.
Those of you who use vinegar, do you use it with a front loader? Do I put it in the bleach compartment?
You can’t hang them outside in TX as they will never dry. 
Sometimes on gentle, sometimes on a regular cycle depends on what I need to wash. But always on warm/hot wash with a cold rinse. Put in the dryer for a few minutes on low then hang dry.
I’m intrigued by the apple cider vinegar in the wash!
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Those of you who use vinegar, do you use it with a front loader? Do I put it in the bleach compartment?[/QUOTE]
Ditto this…how to I add ACV?
I soak overnight in vinegar and hot water, then wash in hot with a little detergent and as much vinegar as fits in the bleach compartment.
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Those of you who use vinegar, do you use it with a front loader? Do I put it in the bleach compartment?[/QUOTE]
Yes and yes. I use white vinegar when I wash towels, but I’m intrigued by the idea of using it when washing sun shirts. I usually wash mine on cold and hang them (inside) to dry, and the smell doesn’t linger. But I just got back from a show with a show shirt that is so horribly stinky I was considering just throwing it away. I’ll try washing it w/ vinegar and see if that saves it.
True story, I learned about apple cider vinegar when we brought home a new puppy who liked to mark our dirty clothes. I threw several things away until I realized we would soon be naked. The ACV tip from Google worked so well I use it on everything now.
Wash cold with a laundry detergent pack, oxyclean, and the scent boosters (with the rest of my dirty riding clothes). Then I hang dry.
I use the apple cider vinegar in a front loader, but I read (somewhere…who knows where) to put it in the fabric softener compartment so that’s what I do. Works well that way for me.
On COTH advice a while back on stained/stinky Talent Yarns I switched to warm from cold with a splash of detergent and OxyClean. Big improvement going to warm from cold and no damage.
I don’t have a front loader. I fill the fabric softener compartment on my top loaded with the vinegar.
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