Ok, so my stinkiest laundry is definitly cloth diapers. Let’s just be open and honest about it…I’m washing material that has pee and poo on it. It doesn’t get much more stinky than that!
And I have a new washer and dryer set. I got the fancy front loaders that I’ve been oogling over for probably 6 years, now. They sure are nice.
Unless you have really stinky laundry.
And then they are sort of terrible. They use so little water that if your clothes really need to be rinsed very thoroughly over and over in order to get fully clean, you are hard-pressed to figure out the right “formula” for getting your laundry truly clean.
Every time I wash cloth diapers, I feel like a sorcerer, concocting an intricate spell the requires great concentration and a bit of luck to pull off.
I’ve added all sorts of different detergents and other potions to my routine, and I’ve tweaked the wash cycles, soil levels and spin speeds I use again and again. Just when I think I have it all figured out perfectly, the stink returns! It’s a never-ending battle.
But Febreze Laundry Odor Eliminator has now been added to my routine. I did some online research to see if others have had success with this product. A few folks out there are reporting good results, but for the most part, I think people haven’t really tried it, yet. Nobody wants to be the one who goes first and have something mess up all her diapers!
Well, I stepped up to the plate and decided to just go for it. And I’m so glad I did! Febreze works by capturing the odors that are in the water during the wash and when your water leaves the machine, so do all those trapped odors!
Here’s my method:
I add 1/4 cup of Febreze Laundry Odor Eliminator directly to the detergent section when I run my first quick rinse of the diapers. I add another 1/4 cup of the product along with my detergent when I do my long wash cycle. My diapers come out smelling nice and clean, and so far, they aren’t stinking as soon as they get soiled (which is a sign of a diaper that wasn’t fully clean). I can’t promise that my diapers will never stink, as I’ve only been using this for about a week, but so far, so good!
I also like that the scent of the product is very light, and won’t interfere with any other scents that may already be present in your detergent. I happen to prefer unscented detergents, but if you have a favorite product that smells delightful, Febreze will not interfere with that smell. In fact, your laundry may even smell better as the scented detergent doesn’t have to work as hard to mask odors!
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kATHY D says
teenage boy clothes need I say more
Lisa L says
My stinkiest laundry is my kids’ clothing..they are the messiest eaters!
Marianna says
I’m ashamed to admit this, but there are some of my son’s pajamas he left lying on the floor that our male dog peed and/or “marked” on that stink terribly! Just found them like that today and not sure how to get the stink out!!!!
Lisa says
Work clothes never smell good
susan smoaks says
my workout clothes really stink
jenny says
There is nothing stinkier than washing bibs, and baby clothes that have formula spit up on them! My poor daughter had lots of it for the first year.
Andi S says
My towels are always my stinkiest laundry. I feel like I have to wash them all the time!
Jimmy says
My stinkiest laundry is my clothes after doing yard work.
Emmy says
I forgot about my wet clothes once after coming back from the water park. They were musty and moldy 🙁
Chrissy Nestor says
After my daughter comes home from school doing PE!
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Tanya White says
my basement gets musty because i need a dehumidifier so if i leave clothes in the washer more than a hour in the summer they get musty.
Cheri Anne says
One time the dehumidifier broke in my basement and made the washing machine make the clothes all smell like mildew. It took forever to get rid of that awful odor.
Jackee says
My husbands jogging shirts!
Tom Shewbridge says
My stinkiest laundry probably came from my EMS Paramedic uniforms or my scrubs from the E.R. both equally awful.
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kathy pease says
my teen son plays basketball and soccer and his socks are enough to gag a maggot..lol
Melanie Montgomery says
Ugh..I would but it’s pretty gross. Lets just say that I thought throwing clothes for my dog to sleep on “so he could have my scent” when I was at work was a good idea…did I mention he’s not fully pottytrained yet?
Amy DeLong says
my sons football stuff
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kristy says
My hubby’s socks are the stinkiest laundry I have to tackle!
Karen says
I work in an Italian restaurant, so my clothes always smell like spaghetti. Thanks for the giveaway.
Carolyn Daley says
Gym clothes
Kate Strycker says
Oh the worst was when I threw in a cleaning rag with the rest of my laundry last minute. The whole batch smelled like cleaning solution and I had to do it again!
Chel Pay says
My spouse works in a hot, grimy environment so by the time he gets home his undies and socks qualify for a hazmat team I tell ya! They stink up my whole laundry room!!
Jammie says
when my lovely daughter leaves her wet clothes on the bathroom floor and they get dry dirty clothes piled on them.
jara Christensen says
My stinkiest laundry is any laundry that involves my cute but stinky doggy!
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Rebecca Peters says
stinkiest is my kids socks!
Lucy Schwartz says
My worst and stinkiest laundry load was when our cat mistook my son’e hockey bag as her litter box. It thankfully happened only once. We had a change in litter because another kitty had surgery. Maybe Missy Lou had a grudge – who knows.
Mary Cloud says
My stinkiest is my husbands socks LOL
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Amanda K. says
When we had a cat that was getting sick in our laundry hamper.
Harold D says
My running clothes is my stinkiest laundry problem.
Nicole C. says
My stinkiest laundry is when my son brings his laundry home from college.
Amy Lee says
My boyfriend’s running clothes!
Erica C. says
Our worst laundry is the sweaty workout clothes.
Ginger b. says
My stinkiest laundry is when kids come home from camp, yuck!
Ruth V. says
My husband’s gym clothes!
s riches says
My worst clothes are the gym clothes!
stephanie fletcher says
I can’t ever get the smell of diesel out of my hubby’s clothes.
Wendi says
It has to be my husbands sweaty work clothes and it has been hot this summer! Ewwwww
chadro says
usually just dirty smelly underware not that interesting but thats all I got
Chloe S says
Work clothes
Aimee Fontenot says
My stinkiest laundry is pet beds and toys and my fiance’s clothes after he cuts grass. Gross…
amanda says
i have the hardest time with my husbands work clothes hes a welder and the clothes smell burnt all the time
Brutus Duffy says
I have 13 pets and i do a lot of pet laundry-beds,blankets,rugs, etc. Febreeze might make it smell fresher longer. Thanks.
Sue H. says
I have a hard time getting the funky smell out of my towels after I wash and clean my truck so this would be perfect. I’ve been wanting to try this. Thanks for the cool giveaway!
Terri P says
My Husband is a Land Surveyor — he often has to set points or find benchmarks / corners in swampy, stinky muck and mire. I always wash his work clothes separately to keep the stench out of MY clothes!
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Julie P says
Gym socks!! They stink
Stacy M. says
My stinkiest laundry is anything my dogs end up laying on!
Diane says
My fiance’s clothes STINK after he works out! He gets so sweaty it is gross!
Cody Anderson says
My husband’s workout clothes stink the worst. I make him keep them in his garage until I am ready to clean them.
Tamar says
The exploding diapers on clothes smell.
DJ says
The stinkiest laundry has to be my husbands work clothes… especially his socks!
christine jessamine says
my stinkiest is my old towels we use for my dogs after giving them baths
Shelley P says
My stinkiest laundry is sports clothes and the dog blankets and beds.
crystal u says
My work socks.
Gianna says
Work clothes and pooped onesies.
Missy L says
Probably my husband’s work uniforms!
Misses Giveaways says
My gym clothes can get pretty gross and stinky.
Virginia Rowell says
My husbands workshirts, he’s outside all day and the sweat is horrid!
Cheryl Reinhardt says
My husband wearing the same t-shirts a couple of times!
Jeni Mitchell says
My dear puppyschmup’s bed. Stinky.
Jenny O says
Dirty socks or my dog’s bed.
Kyl Neusch says
workout clothes
amy marantino says
my throw rugs are nasty. my dog is very old and has many accidents
dani marie says
my work socks. my shoes smell foul.
susan says
Stinkiest are the little one’s dirty clothes!
Claire says
Workout gear never smells pleasant!
Jennifer M says
Our kitchen towels! We don’t use paper towels, we use cloth and we have a little bucket near the sink to put the used towels in and when it gets full we wash them. WOW. They get stinky!
Kim W says
My dogs blanket, it gets pretty stinky
Kathleen says
My socks because my feet sweat bad
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Christy Weller says
My stinkiest laundry is hubbys socks
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Michelle W says
Mine is after a few hours of playing tennis
Cindy Lupton says
My son’s socks (mine don’t stink at all, I swear!)
Jean F says
gym socks
Sarah S says
Sometimes I have to clean up pet messes, so my laundry can be pretty stinky.
Chelsea r says
Hubby’s work clothes and socks are the worst.
Courtney Tucker says
I hate stinky laundry, once my power went out for over a week while washing when bad weather came! I left and stayed with family out of town, forgot about the clothes, came back, it was awful, usually just throw it away if it’s nasty!
Brittani says
My brother comes from home from basketball and his clothes are nasty!
debbie says
my son’s stinky very heavy judo uniform
tami p says
hubbies work clothes and sons baseball clothes
dario says
that would have to be the gym clothes
rachel says
we went on a week long vacation and I left a load of clothes in the washer. the whole house was a stinking when we got back. yuck
Charlene S says
My husbands work clothes in the summer.
Lindsay H says
The stinkiest is actually when I forget it is in there for lets say 2 or 3 days. That is bad!! Today I had a prefold come out in pieces – a big hole in the middle!! So although the laundry isn’t stinky, it is really messy! Yikes!
laura ari says
Anything that has been anywhere near my son’s stinky soccer bag! It smells horrible!
brandy says
My husband works as a chemical engineer and believe me when he comes in, his jeans are messy and smells like oil and gas!
chris z says
gym clothes
renee says
My husband’s yard work clothing is stinky!
Paula Lee says
My husband fuels airplanes all day. Jet fuel STINKS!!
Dee S says
All our work out clothes and the kid’s gym clothes!
Janna Johnson says
workout clothes
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Christine says
dirty socks
Kimberly Hilbert says
My husband works as a janitor. It is not a pleasant place. He puts his clothes in a separate area they’re so stink-ridden.
elven johnson says
My roommate works on a fishing boat. Enough said.
Breanne says
My husband and his uniforms smell like Amine aka “boat smell”. It’s awful!
Jessica To says
My son’s socks are really bad.
rachel b. says
the gym clothes
casey says
my husband works 12 hour days in a factory. his cloths are stinky
Katharine D says
I have boys who play sport … nuff said lol
CATHY TRUMAN says
My husband clothes from working on his truck and working in the yard,
Amy Wels says
my husband’s workout clothes
Valerie Taylor Mabrey says
My son makes pizza for a living trust me all those toppings may be good on pizza but not on clothes
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maria says
hubby’s work clothes. and then we wash them and forget so they sit wet for a while! gross!
sunnie says
Id say my oldest kids sweatiness, or my husband greasy work ones.
april yedinak says
My kids socks…they smell like corpses wrapped in corn chips….horrible
Kristie says
Are you sure you want to know? LOL! The stinkiest laundry around here usually is sweaty, has cow manure on it or it’s smoky from a fire (my husband is a firefighter.)
Maria Kiguthi says
My son’s socks after a soccer game.
susan varney says
that would be my twin granddaughters diapers (i babt-sit eor them)
Jennifer Winchester says
husbands work clothes
Katie L says
my stinkiest is my husbands work clothes and the diapers
Lindsey G. says
Our towels – I hate that mildew-y smell that I get sometimes. I think our FL makes it worse too!
Amy W. says
My husbands work clothes are the stinkiest.
Tari Lawson says
I would love to try this on my son’s stinky work clothes.
Tamara Sz says
Other than diapers, probably our sheets!
debbie jackson says
stinky sports uniforms
Lori Coupons says
My stinkiest laundry is my husbands work uniforms. He works outside in the hot South Florida sun all day. Talk about sweat! Whew!
amy says
I absolutely love febreeze! My husband is a mechanic and the washer gets that oil smell, febreeze takes it right out when I use it!
Janet F says
My son’s work clothes are always stinky.
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Jenna M Wood says
By far, socks.
soha molina says
it’s my own after exercise.
LaTanya says
my husband dirty socks
Ms. T says
Like to try this sometime..
Tyla Elam says
My dads an outside carpenter, so i never know what he will come home covered in…
sharon says
always my husbands t shirts…hard to get rid of that manly smell……:)
Shannon Baas says
the smoke odors from work
kristen m says
We do a lot of aerobics and whew! those are definitely the stinkiest things, workout clothes!
MAMOTTS says
football…sweat gardening
Sharold says
THe clothes my daughter runs track in.
Sumer says
My fiance’s socks that he wears working outside in the heat. gross!
melissa n says
i would say my husbands work clothes are the stinkiest
Amanda Hoffman says
my mopping towels smell like cat odor yuck
melissa Resnick says
our farm clothes smell bad
ELIZABETH C. says
My children play soccer & baseball. Needless to say, I have a handful when it comes to laundry!
Katherine says
My stinkiest laundry is my husbands work clothes and my childrens sport uniforms.