you know how wet the shirt can get around the armpits? and after several use and washes, the area starts to turn yellow and smelly. tried hand washing. doesn't seem to clean it very well. short of getting a new washing machine, what else can i do to remove the smell and yellowing. theses are not white shirts.
2006-09-15 19:02:40 · 10 answers · asked by dan l 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
JubJub's answers from the old magazine are two things we old-wives still use: meat tenderizer (it's the monosodium glutamate ingredient -- you can just use plain msg, like the Accent brand) and soaking in salt water.
The other two methods are:
1. soak in vinegar (50/50 plain white vinegar and water). If this is a recurring problem, keep a filled spray bottle handy, and spray the area before washing.
2. soak in ammonia (about a quarter cup to a quart of water).
The vinegar method keeps the stains from occuring in the first place, and the ammonia is what you use to work on the stains that you already have.
Be sure, though, to rinse the ammonia out thoroghly afterward. And never to mix ammonia with bleach (toxic vapors).
These methods work not only with the yellowing armpit problem, but with ring-around-the-collar as well, or anyplace where perspiration stains my arise.
2006-09-17 10:59:07 · answer #1 · answered by Lisa G 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know whether this will apply to fresh or old stains, but here are two solutions I just found:
1. Before you wash that sweat-stained shirt, dampen the stains and sprinkle meat tenderizer on them. Then go ahead and wash as usual.
2. Add a handful of kitchen salt to a quart of water, then soak the offending item for an hour. Wash as usual, and you'll never know which outfit you broke a sweat in.
I just thought about this one: add 1 cup of white vinegar to your clothes in the washing machine - launder as usual.
(It's known for removing baby's acidic urine.)
2006-09-16 02:21:15 · answer #2 · answered by JubJub 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make a paste with water and BIZ. Apply to armpits and rub in. Soak in washing machine with more Biz and Laundry soap for overnight. Wash and rinse and rinse again.
2006-09-16 02:12:16 · answer #3 · answered by kitkat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can get a product in the grocery store - laundry aisle that is called "Yellow Out" - use as directed. However, some colors will change. Another product "DiDi Seven" has also said that it will take out body oil stains. You could try Oxy Clean - but it has never worked for me.
2006-09-16 02:12:13 · answer #4 · answered by PP4865 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oxyclean is the best. make a paste, put it on the area, and let it soak over night. Then wash as usual.
2006-09-19 15:20:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use a combination of Bleach and Shout!
2006-09-16 02:12:14 · answer #6 · answered by Ms. Progress 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drink plenty of water and consult a physician. Laundry may not be your biggest problem.
2006-09-16 02:13:56 · answer #7 · answered by always a friend 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Get a better anti perspirant and buy some new shirts.
2006-09-16 02:03:58 · answer #8 · answered by Blunt Honesty 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dont know but I Have the same problem.
2006-09-16 02:18:54 · answer #9 · answered by Diana 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
new deodorant maybe??? yeah two pts, ty
2006-09-16 02:08:29 · answer #10 · answered by ricie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋