Does anyone use regular laundry detergent?

[crazy8]

If I can smell, they can smell it. Scent free.

[D-rex28]

Yeah, it's called Tide! Works everytime.

[Cuz]

I just use regular ol tide. HUNT THE WIND. UV? Pshhh

[Delirious]

Never on my camo. Some of it has UV brighteners. I use the E3. If you guys will look sharp at Dicks sporting goods after Christmas, all the scent elimination stuff goes on sale. I picked up some of those large E3 jugs for 5 bucks a piece.

[unclefish]

I use the ALL free detergent. In my opinion no detergent will get rid of all odors. Still gotta play the wind.

There was a thread a while back on UV brighteners by an eye doctor TBH member that basically said its a myth that deer can see UV.

Sent from my Atrix

[Txjourneyman]

Purex free and clear.

Me too.

[TxAg]

cold water and baking soda. i doubt it matters much.

[Sparkles]

perfume free tide.

[cricman]

A little more research into previous threads here on this topic, which were far from scientific and conclusive, compelled me to find some info from the industry that manufactures and sells brighteners. I think one of the biggest makers of UV optical brighteners (BASF/UVITEX / CIBA) has made me see the "light" on this topic:

"Unlike dyes, FWAs offset the yellowish cast and at the same time improve lightness because their bluing effect is not based on subtracting yellow-green light, but rather on adding blue light. FWAs are virtually colorless compounds which, when present on a substrate, absorb primarily invisible ultraviolet light in the 300-400 nanometer (nm) range and re-emit in the visible violet-to-blue fluorescent light."

The link to a document that contains this info is:

https://www.mufong.com.tw/Ciba/ciba_guid/optical_brighteners.pdf

It looks like UV light is not the problem, per se, but the added blue light in the visible spectrum that the brighteners help fluoresce. Deer can definitely see blue light, and probably better than we can. Having said that, it now looks like it would take special circumstances to really be in a situation where you were glowing like a blue light bulb. The good news is that there are plenty of detergents that cost as much as Tide or All that omit the brightener, so you can get all of the benefits of the $12 per 30 load "Anti- UV Hunter" detergents for the price of $4 for 30 loads.


cricman

[BigD]

No special hunting product......I just use Cheer Free.

agree

[hammackc]

Scent free Arm and Hammer! I hand scrub my stinky hats with baking soda. Takes the stink right out.

Done this for years!

[LoneWolf007]

plain ole baking soda

[lunatic'hunter]

Does that stuff have a certain shelf life?

Never on my camo. Some of it has UV brighteners. I use the E3. If you guys will look sharp at Dicks sporting goods after Christmas, all the scent elimination stuff goes on sale. I picked up some of those large E3 jugs for 5 bucks a piece.

[Bilbo]

I use the Arm and Hammer scent free/no uv brightener stuff for all our clothes. It's even one of the cheapest at Wally World.

[chris1911]

tide hypoalergenic....