Originally Posted by Kas

Ok, ladies. My husband does martial arts and his gi (or however you spell it) just gets shoved into his bag while still damp. So it sits in the warm car for a day or two before he brings it in to be washed. As a result, it has that sour towel smell when it gets wet. It is just horrible! I have tried washing in hot water with Oxyclean, Trizyme (Amway product), and vinegar. It still reeks. Help! Do I need to wash it in chlorox? And if I do that, how do you neutralize it so it doesn't eat the cotton? These things are really thick canvas and cost quite a bit. Thanks!