Fleece How do you guys wash fleece to take away smell? liners still smelling

[Simpsonspiggie8]

Hi Guys,
I have been using fleece for my 3 piggies in my 2x7 cage for three years now. I still have the same liners that I made using fleece and thick towels. I find that my fleece is still smelly after washing though. I have at least 10-12 liners and I would hate to have to throw them out. I wash them in hot water with vinegar and bleach with nonscented laundry detergent and I presoak and do extra rinse on them, The load takes about 2 hours in the washer but, I still find that they come out of the dryer smelly. Is there anything else I can do to try to get the smell out of the fleece or is it time to make or buy new liners?
Thanks in Advance for any suggestions!

 

[lissie]

I think OxiClean works better than bleach. I use a cup of OxiClean in my piggies laundry with a little bit of Tide unscented detergent. Put vinegar in the rinse cycle. It always comes out with no smell.

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[equinox96]

When I adopted my last guinea pigs the previous caretakers had them on fleece, not sure if they had anything underneath or not but I will tell you.... they STANK!!

They were "clean" but they smelled like cow manure or a really dirty barn. Even the pigs reeked, I had to bathe them. Anyways, the fleece was nice so I tried to wash to stink out.

What worked was soaking all night in bleach and unscented tide and hottest water. Next day I started the washing machine and added vinegar to the rinse cycle. When they came out of the dryer they were much better but still a little smelly so I did it again and voil?... they smell nice and clean now.

Good luck


PS don't put bleach and vinegar together since vinegar will eliminate the effectiveness of the bleach. When I was younger I liked doing tie-dye and that's how we would stop the process of the bleaching and not ruin the clothes.

 

[2piggies1]

So my advice to you is to ditch the towels as the absorbent layer. I don't think they are strong enough to soak up urine as well as not staying smelly. I use uhaul pads and my liners never smell after they're washed. I also use all free of perfumes and dyes! Hope this helps!