Remedy for yellow stains - white shirts??

A co-worker of mine mentioned that she loves to wear white shirts but will get a slight yellow-ish color under her arms after a few wears.

I have not experienced this problem myself nor do I even wear white that often because I'm so darn pale but I remember (I *think*) seeing a "remedy" for this on here. I told her I would check it out for her! I tried doing a search and nada. Does anyone know of this or remember it being posted on here? I hope I'm not losing it - I swear I read it on here.

I see her again on Thursday. TIA!

Re: Remedy for yellow stains - white shirts??

Tell her to try putting the shirt in the sun to dry.

My DD does this with the cloth diapers and it works like a charm.

Or click here for other remedies.

Message edited 6/30/2009 5:50:53 AM.

Re: Remedy for yellow stains - white shirts??

tell her to use Oxiclean when she washed her clothes....it will help get rid of the stains. She can even make a mixture of it and spray it under the arms before washing

Re: Remedy for yellow stains - white shirts??

My grandmother also used to use something called brown soap. It's a bar of brown washing soap that she would rub on the white t-shirts. they always looked good. I doubt they have it anymore, but I thought I'd throw it out there.

Re: Remedy for yellow stains - white shirts??

oxi-clean, works great! its safe for colors too. we went fishing last week and DH got blood from the fish all over a good t-shirt. he threw it in the wash and dryer on his own without treating it. (its a colored shirt) I used oxi-clean this weekend on it and it all came out!!! I took about 1/4 cup of the powder, dissolved it in a little hot water to make it like a paste, smeared it all over the set in blood, let it sit on shirt over night,the next day i threw it in and washed it, it was all gone!! I have also found it works great on grease.

But to answer your question, she can soak the white shirts in some hot water and the oxi-clean for awhile, then wash as usual, should come out. the product works best in hot water, but if she can't use hot water, do the paste thing.

Re: Remedy for yellow stains - white shirts??