Help! Deodorant stains in my favorite blouse. What will i do?
Question:I bought this blouse just last month and not only this blouse, my white shirts and some light colored blouses have deodorant stains. I tried getting rid of it but to my desmay its still there. Please send me tips.
Answers:
Here some ideas to help you with your dilemmaPerspiration
Sponge fresh stain with ammonia; old stain with vinegar. Pre-soak in cold or warm water. Rinse. Wash in hottest water safe for fabric. If fabric is yellowed, use bleach. If stain still remains, dampen and sprinkle with meat tenderizer, or pepsin. Let stand 1 hour. Brush off and wash. For persistent odor, sponge with colorless mouthwash.
Deodorants
Sponge area with white vinegar. If stain remains, soak with denatured alcohol. Wash with detergent in hottest water safe for fabric.
Ammonia
Rub out perspiration, blood, and urine stains on clothing by dabbing the area with a half-strength solution of ammonia and water before laundering.
Aspirin
Before you give up all hope of ever getting that perspiration stain out of your good white dress shirt, try this: Crush two aspirins and mix the powder in 1/2 cup warm water. Soak the stained part of the garment in the solution for two to three hours
Baking Soda
Pretreating clothes with a paste made from 4 tablespoons baking soda and 1/4 cup warm water can help vanquish a variety of stains. For example, rub it into shirts to remove perspiration stains; for really bad stains, let the paste dry for about two hours before washing. Rub out tar stains by applying the paste and washing in plain baking soda. For collar stains, rub in the paste and add a bit of vinegar as you're putting the shirt in the wash.
Lemons
Avoid expensive dry-cleaning bills. You can remove unsightly underarm stains from shirts and blouses simply by scrubbing them with a mixture of equal parts lemon juice (or white vinegar) and water.
Meat Tenderizer
Tenderize away hard-to-remove perspiration stains. Before you wash that sweat-stained sweatshirt (or any other perspiration-stained garment) dampen the stain and then sprinkle some meat tenderizer on it. Then just wash as usual
Salt
Salt's the secret to getting rid of those stubborn yellow perspiration stains on shirts. Dissolve 4 tablespoons salt in 1 quart (1 liter) hot water. Just sponge the garment with the solution until the stain disappears.
Vinegar
Want to see those sweat marks disappear from shirts and other garments? Just pour a bit of vinegar directly onto the stain, and rub it into the fabric before placing the item in the wash. You can also remove deodorant stains from your washable shirts and blouses by gently rubbing the spot with undiluted vinegar before laundering.
Good Luck !
put them in warm water for some time before you wash..maybe it would help.and you can use stain removers like bleach and bleach for colored clothes
Try Aveeno bar soap, removes tough stains.
there are some stain remover that are gentle to the clothes.
Try also to soak in warm water and baking soda
Try mixing white vinegar with laundry soap and rubbing it on the stains. Let it soak for a few minutes, then wash as you normally would. Check the stains before you put the shirts in the dryer and if they are still there, try this process again. I've had pretty good luck using this method.
It might also help to change deodorant. Some deodorants seem to cause this problem worse than others.
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