why do my clothes smell bad when they get wet ive tried every detergant even bleach even fabric softener?
Answers:
Could be a few things.
1. Get your water tested. You could have hard water, and there could be something leaking in to the intake pipe causing the smell (or a pipe could be rusting).
2. Putting too much detergent in can hurt too. Try doing an extra rinse cycle to get everything out and see if that helps.
3. Make sure a pen or something else isn't caught somewhere in the washing machine and is adding to the water.
If none of that is helping, try adding something to the laundry to take the odor out. There's this stuff called Approach I was usin for a while before I got a new washing machine (ended up changing half the pipes etc too and that helped). I still add it now tho and it helps. It's this stuff called Approach. You can get it at www.approachit.net it's a great odor eliminator and it's water-based so there are no chemicals or anything so it's safe.
Good luck!
Other answers:
Have your water tested - the smell could be coming from chemicals or minerals in your water supply. Your local health department can help with this.
Have your water tested - the smell could be coming from chemicals or minerals in your water supply. Your local health department can help with this.
It depends on how long you let your clothes soak...mildew and fungus can build up in the fabrics, and fungus has a pungent odor...did you wash your clothes in hot or cold water? I suggest hot, if the latter.
It may be the water, my daughter has well water and it makes her clothes smell bad no matter what she uses.
You may have hard water, try a water softener.
because u smell bad!! duh
Your body needs to be clean too.
If your clothes were left in a damp washer too long (say overnight or a day) and started to rot a little, then they will always smell bad once they warm up. Also, some foreign made clothes are sprayed with a de-louser, and can smell for a couple of washings but usually goes away.
I would recommend using GAIN detergent (very fragrant).
EITHER - there is stagnant water in the machine, remove and clean out the filter,
OR, the clothes have a lot of wool content, which always smells when wet.
you may try the arm and hammer brand of detergent if you haven't tried it and also use bounce fabric freshner strips in the dryer.
Too much detergent, etc. will only worsen the problem. Supplement recommended detergent amount along with Borax. Add a cup or so of vinegar to the rinse water.
use vinegar in your wash water. Can use from the bleach dispenser if you have one.
wash them with a cup of vinegar and a cup of borax
Outside of the great ideas others have had, maybe its as simple as leaving them in the washing machine too long before you dry them. Nothing makes me heave faster than someone whose clothes have "soured" and they dried them and wore them anyway. Another source is cigarette smoke. Even if its not you smoking its stale smoke scent gets everywhere and thus you never smell fresh and clean.
(No offense meant to any smokers!)
well water has a smell.
don't let the clothes sit soaking in the washer and after you wash put them out in the dryer,don't let those sit in the washer
don't dry your clothes in a dryer hang them out side or up in the house to dry. for some reason dryers can bring smells to clothes and if you left them air dry by hanging them it will get the smell out and smell like the soap you used. it works. i used to work with tires and that nasty smell would get in my clothes and no matter what i did or how much soap i used the only thing that worked was hanging them out side to dry.
It could be your water, but, it could be that youo let them stay in the washer too long after they wash too. Take them out as soon as they finish washing and wash them in Gain or Tide with Febreeze in it. That usually works.
when they have been washed take them straight out and dry them cos sometimes leaving them in the washer to long can make them smell also after each wash and when your washers empty leave the washer door open to get air to it
Put baking soda in with the clothes when you wash them--about a cupfull. My son's clothes had this problem and this did help.
Try washing the specific garmets with Nature's Miracle added into the wash. It's gotten some nasty chronic smells out of my laundry before! It's meant to get dog pee smells out of carpets, but it works for all kinds of smells.