Originally Posted by Kas
I cant' figure out why just washing with your regular detergent wouldn't get the smell out. My son has started handging out with a not nice girl. Both she and her dad smoke and he comes home smelling terrible! But his clothes no longer stink after being washed and dried.
But the clothes are getting washed as soon as the smoke and tar are in the clothes. The big problem is when the fabric has been permeated with the smoke and tar over a period of time. The smell is the least of the problems, the tar residue is causing the smell; not easy to remove.