I picked up a pair of sweat pants from the nursing home while visiting my dad. He said he had pooped in them. I brought them home to wash and just put them in the washing machine with extra soap, vinegar and hot water on two cycles of wash. When I open the door, it still smells so rancid. My dad is very picky about pants and I put his best pair of pants with two shirts together in the washing machine. Now I feel like my washing machine stinks and the clothes! First, how do I get the smell out of the clothes in second what do I use to clean out the washing machine? So frustrated tonight.
Throw the clothes out and buy new ones, it'll save you a giant, nasty headache in the long run.
That is where I drew the line . I did not take home rancid smelling clothes . That smell tends to stay on the synthetic polyester type pants. I used to only take home some of Moms delicate blouses or sweaters so they didn’t shrink them . Mom used to keep them separate from her other laundry (until her dementia got worse ) .
I bought Mom cheap black sweatpants with a wider leg in Wal mart and Amazon ( whoever had them in stock ) and hemmed them to look like regular pants . ( mom was very short ) . She loved that they looked like regular pants and kept her warm and were easy to get on . She never tucked in her shirts anyway , so nobody really knew they were sweatpants . ( Mom was concerned about that because she was a fashion diva) . If some got lost or ruined at least they were cheap .