Tommy Bahama Silk Shirts Care. Drycleaning after each wear is expensive. What are my alternatives for BO?

Question

Drycleaning my 20 Tommy Bahama Shirts are killing me. They aren't dirty, however picks up my Body Odor after a day of wearing in warm Hawaii climate. Is there any method to keep it fresh between dry cleaning? Is there something I can spray on or buy?

Answer 1

Purchase a home dry cleaning kit at the store and use it in between trips to the dry cleaner. It will take care of the problem. I don't blame you for asking, as dry cleaning is so expensive! The dry cleaning kit will freshen them up for you.

Answer 2

Don't use Axe unless you want to smell like a cheap bordello.

I would throw them in the washing machine with the other laundry (warm wash/cold rinse) and hang them dry, then iron them. I do this with my husband's Tommy Bahama shirts and they come out fine. No bad smell. They make several laundry detergents with Febreeze already in the now and softeners.

Answer 3

if you can afford 20 tommy bahama shirts then you can afford to dry clean them. Actually there is a Dryel at home dry cleaning kit you can use to get rid of perspiration and body smells. Also maybe use a anti-perspirant that also has a deodorant, one is for wetness the other for odor. Also a body powder like shower to shower might help. Please DO NOT attempt to cover up body smells with a spray, you will smell like someone who is trying to cover up an odor with a spray.

Answer 4

Try Febreeze... make sure it is safe for the fabric of your shirt (it will say it on the bottle). They have one that simply removes the odor without making smell like you've been dipping into the frangi-pangi.

Answer 5

Get a good Antipersperant/Deoderant and wear a t-shirt underneath.

If you use a v-neck tshirt or a sleeveless one people will not see it under your shirt.

Answer 6

use alot of deoderant and spray some axe on it the if your able to wash it like two times.