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When it comes to next-to-skin layers, we all have our favorites. Maybe it’s your go-to race shirt, lightest workout shorts, warmest thermal bottoms, or best yoga leggings. These choice items stay in a tight rotation, at least for a while. Then the favorites fade; the minute they gain some funk, they lose that luster. If you’ve ever bemoaned the lasting stink and short shelf life of your pricey, preferred performance wear, it’s time to rethink your hygiene habits—starting with your detergent. Yes, your laundry detergent.
Consider a conventional detergent. On a molecular level, it’s designed to clean the larger strands and pores of cotton fabrics. So what about the tighter, screenlike weave of a poly-based technical layer? It just wipes off the surface. Once the synthetic fabric does its job wicking moisture and drying, all the odor-causing, stain-creating, skin-irritating bacteria living in the oil from your sweat stays in those tighter fibers. At best, the thick, gooey stuff will only mask those odors.
