Entry FeedI just got home from hockey. I emptied my hockey bag of all of my equipment and spread it out all over the living room to "air it out" as my Husband has told me to do on many occasions.
Here's the thing - IT DOESN'T WORK!!!
My equipment is starting to get that gross locker room jock smell. I wash my socks, undershirt, bra and "jill" regularly, but it is the equipment that smells. You know, if women had designed hockey equipment, you could throw it into the washing machine.
My kids equipment smells. I've been told that kids don't start to stink until puberty. What a lie! If they sweat in hockey equipment, they smell (Son One actually came home last week really upset because one father / son in the locker room had commented on his scent. I told him that he must just be working that much harder to sweat more!)
I don't know what to do. My equipment was all brand new less than a year ago, so I can't really justify getting new stuff (Husband would actually leave me if I got new equipment because of a smell). I shower, wear deodorant, wash the inside clothes. "Air it out" as per Husband's expert advice. Still, I stink. (Honestly, I am afraid to venture into the garage. If mine smells this bad after a year, what would Husband's be like? I've known the man 16 years, I he hasn't bought any new equipment.)
Daughter tried Fabreeze on the equipment once when she thought it was smelling up the living room. Then, it just stunk and had a strong scent of lavender or cotton blossoms or something.
I am really starting to love hockey, but if I can't figure out this smelly issue, I may have to switch to knitting or scrapbooking or something.