Smelly sports gear

SteamTrean · 24-07-2009 1:22pm #1

I live in a small, ground floor, one bed flat. I have a bedroom; a small, windowless shower-basin-toilet room and a kitchen-livingroom combo. I have recently moved here and I am faced with a problem that I have never had before. I do a lot of sport and, as such, I always have sweaty sports gear, runners/football boots... whatever. I share a communal dryer and washing machine which is on a meter and it's just not practical or economical to wash everything after use. It's raining a lot these days so I can't really leave stuff outside.. It wouldn't really be acceptable to my neighbours anyway I'm sure.

My problem is that my flat, where I have lived for only a week so far, is starting to smell like the inside of a gym bag. Has anyone faced this probelm before and solved it? I would like some advice.

Thanks in advance,

My name is URL · 24-07-2009 1:23pm

Either wash your clothes or put up with the stink

whadabouchasir · 24-07-2009 1:23pm

A can of lynx is your only man.

johnny_knoxvile · 24-07-2009 1:25pm

get botox and stop sweating?

bronte · 24-07-2009 1:25pm

Can you not rinse them after you use them?
Better than living in a flat that smells like crap.

Cookie_Monster · 24-07-2009 1:26pm

Are you sure it's not just you that smells after all that exercise?

3qsmavrod5twfe · 24-07-2009 1:31pm

A toilet and a box of lidl's finest washing powder can make an inexpensive washing machine for the more tight fisted. Simply use a tongs (a fireside tongs will do) to hold the offending garment in the bowl and tip an appropriate quantity of cleaning agent on top (again dictated by tight fistedness) Flush until satisfied with the result.

For tips on spin drying see my book "Laundry: It doesn't have to cost the Earth". A future Penguin Children's Classic I assure you