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Slightly off-topic but I clean my Gary and Leakmaster PUL pants in the regular wash. Then just hang to dry which takes a day or two for the elastic areas to fully dry. I wear them every night and some days and rarely have any leaks so I can usually get away with laundering them just once a week I've been doing this for about five years and the pants look great with virtually no signs of wear or damage. In addition once a month I'll add a bit of Clorox 2 to the wash just to freshen them up a bit and kill any germs and whiten them up a bit. Not sure they really need the Clorox 2 treatment but it makes me feel better and hasn't damaged them in the least.

Today I was washing two pair of plastic pants with a tincture of Tide Free and Gentle by hand, like I usually do. But after a couple of rinses, I could still smell the stale pee smell. I really hate pee smells.

For those that are unaware, oil/grease removal is bad for the plastics.

So I decided to try something different, taking the advice of a website claiming that just about any hand soap can be used, since hand soap is designed not to remove oils. Using our bathroom hand soap, I easily got fresh smelling pants again. So time will tell, whether this works out with our usual brand.

I've modified my hand washing procedure to include using cleaning grade vinegar (cheap) mixed with warm water for a pre-soak. Rinse and then use the hand soap soak, hand wash and rinse(s). The weak vinegar pre-soak eliminates all traces of that dreaded stale pee smell, which I found tended to build up over time.

Vinegar is a weak acetic acid, which neutralizes the ammonia (base).