Looking for a smell resistant shirt

**hammock engineer** · 10-30-2006, 11:56

I read somewhere on WB but can't find it now about a smell resistant synethic shirt. I think it used a silver blend to help with the smell. Does anyone know what they are called or have a link to them?

**refreeman** · 10-30-2006, 12:11

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**Gaiter** · 10-30-2006, 12:15

add a little clorox2 to your wash, it will help get rid of the smell, no point in worring about smelling while hiking, just don't inhale to deeply when around other hikers, or if ya lift up your arms.

**hammock engineer** · 10-30-2006, 12:20

Originally Posted by thickredhair

add a little clorox2 to your wash, it will help get rid of the smell, no point in worring about smelling while hiking, just don't inhale to deeply when around other hikers, or if ya lift up your arms.

I'm not a fan of bleach. On my last hike my smartwool top that I wore daily didn't have a noticable smell after a few days of use. My synthic shirt I wore to sleep had a funk after one night. The short sleve shirt I hiked in had a funk that I could live without after a couple days.

I was looking at smartwool shirts, but wanted to find something cheaper.

**Gaiter** · 10-30-2006, 12:35

i guess i should clarify sorry for not speicfing earlier... for my synthetics i add a little clorox2 (color safe bleach) and i don't use a lot, just a little.

**Frolicking Dinosaurs** · 10-30-2006, 12:49

http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/show...8&postcount=37
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/show...6&postcount=13

As for de-stinking my synthetics - presoaking 30 minutes in Oxyclean before washing gets most of it out.

**hammock engineer** · 10-30-2006, 13:08

Thanks, that's what I was looking for.

**weary** · 10-30-2006, 13:24

Originally Posted by hammock engineer

I read somewhere on WB but can't find it now about a smell resistant synethic shirt. I think it used a silver blend to help with the smell. Does anyone know what they are called or have a link to them?

No. But I find that ordinary cotton is both inexpensive and very smell resistant. During the summer hiking season it is also the most comfortable shirt.

Weary

**max patch** · 10-30-2006, 13:28

Originally Posted by weary

No. But I find that ordinary cotton is both inexpensive and very smell resistant. During the summer hiking season it is also the most comfortable shirt.

Weary

Weary is correct.

**hammock engineer** · 10-30-2006, 13:31

Good points on cotton. I am looking for the other 3 seasons right now. Plenty of cotton shirts in the dresser.

**Footslogger** · 10-30-2006, 13:35

Whichever one(s) you end up with please let us know the outcome after the shirt(s) have been used. I have yet to find any shirt of any material that does not retain and regain odor, even after thorough washing.

'Slogger

**khaynie** · 10-30-2006, 13:37

Weary,

I agree with you on a cotton shirt being the most comfortable to wear; however, the only problem w/ it that I see is that it takes forever to dry. That's why I like having a synthetic to hike in and a cotton T to lounge around in at camp.

**Frolicking Dinosaurs** · 10-30-2006, 13:45

I wear a washable silk shirt (mens) during the summer. It is more comfortable than cotton for me, doesn't get too stinky and drys quickly.

**Lanthar Mandragoran** · 10-30-2006, 14:07

Duofold makes a, relatively, inexpensive wool shirt (Campmor occasionally has them on sale).

Duluth Trading (www.duluthtrading.com) also makes one that I plan on getting. It has the bonus of having integral thumb holes...

**PJ 2005** · 10-30-2006, 15:17

I've never seen a shirt that didn't smell after a few days of hiking... luckily the people around you are in the same boat!

**Footslogger** · 10-30-2006, 15:24

Originally Posted by PJ 2005

I've never seen a shirt that didn't smell after a few days of hiking... luckily the people around you are in the same boat!

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Amazing too, that when you wash them the odor fades but withing a hour or so of hiking it returns ...with a vengance !!

'Slogger

**Frolicking Dinosaurs** · 10-30-2006, 15:29

The smell is from bacteria breaking down sweat. Normal washing does not kill the bacteria, but bleach, bleach alternative and oxyclean will kill most of them.

**Footslogger** · 10-30-2006, 15:31

Originally Posted by Frolicking Dinosaurs

The smell is from bacteria breaking down sweat. Normal washing does not kill the bacteria, but bleach, bleach alternative and oxyclean will kill most of them.

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Tried em all ...and still IT returns.

IT LIVES !!

'Slogger

**max patch** · 10-30-2006, 15:32

Originally Posted by Footslogger

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Tried em all ...and still IT returns.

IT LIVES !!

'Slogger

This could be a Seinfeld episode.

Never mind, it already was.

**Frolicking Dinosaurs** · 10-30-2006, 15:37

Slogger has MRSA - multiple resistant stink affliction

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