26 Apr How to Take Care of Sportswear?

Choosing and caring for sportswear is one of the most critical points of exercising. You need to spend time and money to buy sportswear. Therefore, proper and conscientious caring for sportswear is essential. By washing them regularly, you preserve your skin health and hygiene, and with incorrect caring, you will shorten your sportswear’s life. If sports clothes aren’t washed regularly, your sweat will settle in the clothes and provide a good breeding ground for bacteria. This can lead to yeast infections and other nasty conditions such as acne or even an infectious disease.

Sportswear can include sports pants, jackets or sweatpants, sports or team shorts, shirts, sports socks and sportswear, each of which has its wash according to their quality. New sportswear is made from unique fabrics and fibres that direct sweat out of the body and control body temperature. However, this doesn’t mean that these clothes don’t get dirty and don’t need to be washed. To be really clean and not deteriorate their textures, the following points should be observed in washing.

How often should we wash sportswear?

Sweaty sports clothes should be washed after each workout. When you sweat, your sweat glands release protein and lipids. The bacteria that live on your skin feed on these lipids and act on the proteins to produce the odour. If you don’t wash your sports clothes after each workout, you will reduce your skin pH level. It can put you at risk for yeast or bacterial infections and other unpleasant problems. In addition to the possibility of bacteria growing and conditions that dirty clothes can cause, you may smell bad or itch. You can also wash your shoes once a month.

How should we wash sportswear?

Sportswear is made of synthetic which are plastic. Older detergents are mainly made to wash natural fibres such as cotton and aren’t suitable for today’s fabrics. Cotton is easy to wash; Because it has many pores. Synthetic fibres are a newer type; Therefore, they need new detergents to remove stains, sweat, body fat and odour. Sport clothes and polyester materials need a solid and unique wash. The best thing you can do is checking the label on the clothes and follow the written instructions because the washing requirements are different for every material.

Don’t use scented detergents when washing sportswear, as these detergents can cause itchy skin. Any scented detergent or containing irritants will reduce the skin’s pH level and all the factors that destroy the acidic pH, thus increasing the risk of bacterial vaginosis and candidiasis. The colours and perfumes usage on sportswear can also cause skin irritation and itching, especially in the lower areas. The groin is often affected because it’s where the garment is in close and direct contact with the body for hours. That’s why we advise women to change their sports clothes soon.

• Separate white, black and coloured clothes.
• Wash clothes with cold water and don’t use hot water; it may damage the sponsor, number, and other marks on the clothes engraved with hot press.
• Use laundry detergent or liquid that prevents the fabric from getting rough.
• The softener prevents the sports clothes from being completely clean. If you want to use a softener, you should use it much less than regular clothes.
• Don’t use too much detergent. You can use detergent, especially for sportswear.
• If the sportswear smells bad, soak it in a solution of water and vinegar for half an hour. The ratio of vinegar to water should be one to four. Then wash the clothes.
• If your sportswear has buttons, be sure to hold them open to prevent buttons from breaking during a fast washing.
• Don’t store sportswear in a very hot or freezing place, as both environments will damage the clothing tags.
• Don’t wash sneakers in the washing machine. It destroys the shoe lodge and reduces the protective power of the shoe.

How to dry sports clothes?

Sportswear is very sensitive and can be easily pulled, so you shouldn’t throw it in the dryer as it may shorten its life and tear faster. Sports clothes, depending on their fabrics, can cause allergies. Spandex sportswear will probably wear out sooner. If you put the spandex in the dryer, it will lose its elasticity sooner due to the high heat. Instead of drying, spread your sports clothes on the clothesline to dry. Although the clothes should be dried 100% natural, using low heat doesn’t cause much damage, and your clothes last a long time. First-class sportswear mainly has the technology to keep the clothes dry and cool, and they remove moisture quickly. Therefore, after the automatic drying of sportswear in the washing machine, don’t use direct sunlight. Dry the clothes in the open air away from direct sunlight.

How to iron sportswear?

Avoid ironing clothes as much as possible and try to eliminate wrinkles by placing sports clothes between a smooth object. If you have to iron your clothes, be sure to spread a relatively thick cotton cloth such as a scarf on the clothes to prevent direct contact of the ironing surface heat with the clothes because direct heat will damage the clothes number and tag.

Hygiene after exercising

The important thing about taking care of sportswear is that you should wash it as soon as it gets dirty. As soon as you have finished exercising and walking, please take off your sweat-soaked sports clothes and hang them to dry. Never let these clothes soak in sweat and expose them to the air immediately to allow the sweat to dry on them. If you put sweat-soaked sports clothes in your sports bag and keep them in it for a long time, the sweet smell will hardly disappear. Immediately after arriving home, expose the clothes to the airflow so that they don’t smell bad.

Sports clothes are usually made in such a way that they don’t wrinkle. On the other hand, sportswear is constantly in contact with the body, sweat and the gym ground, contaminating the clothes and ending the skin’s health. So if you are back from training, you don’t have the patience to wash your clothes, and they’re supposed to be postponed for more than 2 hours, take them out of the bag and hang them in the bath hanger. This prevents bacterial accumulation and fungal contaminants in sportswear, skin allergies and odours in sportswear. Never put contaminated sportswear in the closet, on the bed or hang it on a hanger next to other clothes; Because it will transfer odours and contaminants to your other clothes.

People who are more prone to sweating; are more likely to experience itchy skin and infection. Sweating increases the chances of bacteria and fungi forming and accumulating, opening the way for them to penetrate the clothes’ fabric. Only washing can remove them from the material and prevent foul odours. If you don’t wash your sports clothes regularly, you are more likely to get bacteria and fungi and a foul odour that doesn’t go away with washing. If you don’t have enough time to wash your sports clothes, you can ask the NeatEx specialised team to deliver your clothes with the best quality and durability.