Comments on: Attack of the stinky fish shirt

By: JayMonster

JayMonster — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:28:35 +0000

Here is an overly simple idea (but just might work). Take the shirt, put it in a sealable (air-tight) plastic bag. Before sealing the bag, place a sock filled with Baking Soda in the bag, seal it, and allow it to sit approximately five days. If the odor is from a processing and residual chemical, it “should” be absorbed by the baking soda, and the shirt fresh smelling.

If not, you are out, $1 for baking soda. Worth a shot. (worked for one shirt, but not another for me in the past, so obviously your mileage may vary)

By: Roz

Roz — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:38:19 +0000

I’ve had the stinky silk problem with two shirts I bought for my hubby from a high end manufacturer (not naming names, but his intials are TB and his shirts go for over $100 a piece! You’d think they wouldn’t stink . . . )

Mr. SF didn’t say whether he’d dry cleaned the shirt yet. We found that dry cleaning seemed to take care of the smell. Tell your dry cleaner that you’re especially interested in removing the odor. They seem fine after the first cleaning.

If “Stinky Fish”’s shirt is truly linen, I’m thinking it has to do with the dyeing process used, which might be similar to what TB uses.

If the shirt is linen, then try handwashing with some detergent that has Febreze in it. Hang to dry, and it should be fine. Linen responds nicely to washing, but it does get softer each time.

By: Kay

Kay — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:22:00 +0000

Check to see if the shirt has silk in it .. sometimes in the processing of silk, manufacturers skimp and it leaves a smell (doesn’t exactly remind me of fish, but it certainly isn’t pleasant). Unfortunately, the one article I found on this said there wasn’t much that could be done since it had to do with the processing of the fabric.

If anyone has a suggestion, I’d love to hear it!