It’s a sad fact that I think probably 50% of my t-shirts (all cotton obviously, I’m not a monster) have pit stink. By that I mean no matter how much deodorant I get on, how clean I am, if I get vaguely warm I immediately seem to have smelly sweaty pits.
Am I just going to have to throw them all out? Seems really wasteful. What do you do about this?
Finding the right deodorant has been key for me, and then using it sparingly. Shocked to find that it makes shitloads of difference. I now use a tiny bit of Nivea roll on, the stick stuff.
Though anything with lots of discolouration is probably not going to be saved.
Yeah the colouring seems fine. It seems so dependent on the t-shirt that I have just given up on the deodorant type because it seems odd that a certain shirt triggers it to work less.
I’ll have a look in the chemist but all the options we have round here are pretty grim seeming. One Sure (it’s called Radox or something down here) has a Cotton smell that I feel like should be good but makes me feel a bit sick so it’s hard to pick the right scent even.
Oxygenated bleach (NOT chlorine bleach) is supposed to be good for sweat stains so would probably work on the smell too. Look for laundry boosters like Vanish oxi action. And white vinegar is good for smells.
And make sure you’re not using too much detergent, as i have read if you use too much it doesn’t rinse out properly and keeps some of the dirt and bad smells in your clothes.
I have had to cut back on deodorant because I was applying it up to about 4 times a day and it gave me a little rash. So now I’ll apply it if I’m going to be out for a while but otherwise I go without. I thought I’d be smelly and sweaty but I still don’t smell and it’s made very little difference to sweat.