How do I get the smell out of my jacket?

Question

Help! This weekend I attended a rather raucous festival in an outdoor biergarten and I was spilled upon several times. This being February in snowy Wisconsin, I wore my good ski jacket to the beer-fest event. The jacket is a typical ski jacket, with a wind-proof, water-proof outer shell. The inner shell doesn't smell. It's just the outside. I have washed it once and it still wreaks like stale beer. Does anyone have any good suggestions of how to remove said stench from a ski jacket? The jacket is machine-washable, so if you know of any good detergents, please enlighten me. Tide does not work. The beer that was spilled on me was mostly of the doppelbock (very strong in both alcohol content and odor) variety, if that helps you with your answer.

Answer 1

Two words:

Vinegar

Baking Soda

First, wash the jacket on the longest wash cycle you can. No "mini-wash" or anything like that. Also make sure you wash other items with the jacket so it gets fully agitated and pushed down into the water.

Use the regular amout of Tide, then add 4 cups of white vinegar to the wash water and then in the rinse cycle add 2 cups of vinegar.

There should be a slight vinegar smell after it comes out of the washer. Don't dry it.

Put it immediately back in the wash, regular amount of Tide, blah, blah, blah but this time add 2 cups of baking soda to the wash water.

Put it on a long wash and a double rinse and then the smell should be gone.

At least it works with my jackets when I wear them to our cabin...and the deep smoky smell gets set in...and the booze is a' flyin' there too!

Good luck. But what a better way to ruin a jacket! LOL.

Also, even if it's cold where you are. You can try hanging the coat in the sun after it's been washed and dried. The sun is a natural deodorizer. Keep it out there for hours on a sunny day.

Answer 2

I own a coin laundry, so there isn't too much about washing clothes I don't know! Wash it in warm water with a liquid detergent that has Febreze in it, and add about a half cup of plain old baking soda to the wash.Watch the machine and put some Downy liquid fabric softener in when the rinse cycle comes on (after the wash tub is full) and then dry it with 3 or 4 dryer sheets. It will smell GREAT!

Answer 3

Use the detergent which is compatible for such a jacket, they sell it in the department store and even in the store where you bought the coat. If it has down and you put it in the dryer, place a tennis ball into the dryer to help it get its shape back. You should also use the second bottle that helps retain the coating on the jackets so that they don't start absorbing water.

Answer 4

Well get the fabric softener sheets which you put in your dryer, and put it in your closet on every 3 hangers. Guarenteed to keep your clothes smelling fresh. Also stuff your pocket with it. You might also like to spray some febreeze on it for immediate effect. The earlier option is to keep your clothes smelling great all the time!
Good Luck!

Answer 5

just wash as you would anything else, but don't put it in the dryer, let it hang-dry outside or by a furnace or fire

I don't think the smell of any alcohol is present when you wash an article of clothing or coats.

Answer 6

I think your washing machine may not be big enough to totally saturate the coat. Take it to a laundromat and use one of those extra large machines... I do that with larger items.... Good luck!!!

Answer 7

Spray some Febreze on it and throw it in the dryer.

Works everytime.

Answer 8

wash it with a detergent that has a smell to it such as lavender