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.
Second cycle I rewash with regular laundry pods, (leaving the lemons in the washer/mesh bag) and run it through again.
Been doing that for the last couple of years and that seems to do the trick.
Hope this helps.
She says it's a game changer--but you're dealing with a much larger and more powerful problem.
You need to clean the washer with hottest water posssible and bleach Let it sit overnight.
If you've dried the clothes--man, I don't know what tp say. That kind of 'sets' the smell.
I hope your dad is weaiing incontinence briefs. This is a problem that won't get better, sadly.