I care for my elderly aunt and after I wash her clothes which she leaks urine into, they still smell. I have used a combination of laundry soap, dry bleach and liquid fabric softener and still have no luck getting the smell out.
2007-12-08 11:25:32 · 8 answers · asked by bearzhere 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
to mark, I use warm water, xxtra detergent, purex dry bleach and final touch fabric softner. I have tried dryer sheets too. I think the problem is that she waits a few days to tell me she has wet urine soaked laundry. I cant get her to let me know when it happens. thanks for everyones responses*
2007-12-08 11:41:04 · update #1
Extremely surprised that they still smell - after all, urine used to be one of the main cleaning agents used in cleaning clothes - hence the people 100 years ago leaving pi55 pots in the street for the convenience of passers by - and for use in the laundry.
You mention various things you have tried - but not the poweder / detergent you wash her clothes in, nor the temperature of the wash.
Certainly the odd time I have had to assist a friend in tidying up after she has "lost control a little", a 40 degree wash with a biological washing liquid in a regualr washing machine has given perfectly good results.
I am wondering if the smell is just possibly NOT urine and is the nasty fusty "slighjtly urine-like" smell you get from a machine that has a build-up of sludge inside it. If this is the case, then you will find even "cleanish" things come out smelling "musty".
Solution is easy though. with NO clothes in the machine, put onto a boil wash, complete if possible with a pre-wash. Use NO washing powder / bleach at all - and this will usually resolve the musty smell. Most machine benefit from an occasional purge like this if they are not often doing boil washes.
If this is of no help to you, can you give us a little more info:-
Hand wash / machine wash?
Biological / non-bio powder / liquid
Temperature washed at
Rinses?
Has the problem always been like this - or a new problem?
Regards
Mark
2007-12-08 11:34:18 · answer #1 · answered by Mark T 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Human Urine Smell
2016-12-18 11:56:58 · answer #2 · answered by janzen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reply above re: white vinegar is great. Also, baking soda is another natural anti-bacterial agent as well as deodorizer. Put 1/2 cup in laundry. It breaks down extremely well, so no residue is left on the clothing. You can also try soaking it in a water/baking soda solution for a while before laundering. If it is a really tough, older/lingering scent, make a "paste" out of the baking soda and water, spread onto the offending area and let sit for a few hours (you can rub it in as well). Then launder with 1/2 cup of baking soda in the wash.
2016-05-06 04:34:40 · answer #3 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When she does this soak them immediately for a very long time & use some type of "Stain Remover". Cause' it's good on odors as well. The longer you wait to wash, the harder it is to get out.
2007-12-08 11:29:18 · answer #4 · answered by Xoxo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
wash them in vinegar then soak them for 24 hours and wash with regular soap.
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wash them in smaller loads the urine is probably so much that the water is being taken over by it.
2007-12-08 11:30:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Plain old white vinegar in the water works the best. used to take care of older persons in their homes.
2007-12-08 11:49:17 · answer #6 · answered by Aloha_Ann 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry the detergents you use are cheap... sorry. use a better detergent like tide, wisk or even arm and hammer. the best thing to use would be lestoil, use a little it goes along way.
you'll find it nest to the pine sol
2007-12-08 14:37:02 · answer #7 · answered by tiffany 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
have you tried dryer sheets
2007-12-08 11:29:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋