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Musicman · 61-69, M
These days clothes are not made in America. You have no idea where they have been. We even had a couple of clothes smell really bad. I wore a new shirt and got a rash under my arm. The dermatologist told me that is common in darker color shirts when they are not washed first. Now I wash every.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@Musicman The fabric manufacturers can use some pretty nasty chemicals during the processing. Some of those chemicals keep the fabric from catching fire while it’s being produced on machinery that is rolling very fast. It’s good to wash everything before wearing. And some of the dyes used on textiles can be very stinky too. It’s not clothing but I’ve noticed that dyed washcloths and towels produced in Pakistan have that chemical smell and it doesn’t wash out no matter how many times it’s washed. I bought a large package of wash clothes in different colors one time and didn’t notice the smell till I got home and had them in my house. Washed them several times and the odor never came out. I gave them to Ray for the car lot to use for grease rags. I bought some white washcloths on clearance made by the same company and they didn’t have that odor. Colored towels and washcloths that are made in India don’t have that same chemical odor.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@Musicman I’ve ordered books online and when they arrived and I opened the box the smell was chemical. Some of them had to be put up for a few months before I could stand to open them up and read them. It doesn’t happen often thank goodness. They were printed in China.