Commercials claim that modern deodorants remove the smell of sweat for 48 hours and do not leave marks on clothes. In practice, the opposite is true - the armpits sweat, an unpleasant odor appears, and yellowish spots remain on things. Therefore, the question of how to remove stains from deodorant is still relevant. In this review, we will discuss with you all the ways to get rid of stains, give detailed recipes and offer general recommendations for washing clothes.
Choosing a Good Powder
A good laundry detergent will help remove white spots from deodorant. Entering the department of household chemicals, we will see a huge amount of various synthetic detergents from domestic and foreign manufacturers. Despite the assurances of advertising, not every cheap powder can boast the same efficiency as its more expensive counterparts. Therefore, we give the first recommendation - in order to remove deodorant stains, you need to use a good powder, and not a cheap one from a supermarket with fixed prices.
Consumers too often see cheap products as a great alternative to expensive products. In some cases, there really is no difference - for example, when you need to freshen up your laundry or wash your jeans, which got dirt from a nearby puddle.With simple pollution, you can even cope with baby soap - the main thing is to make the dirt soak and move away from the fabric. But when the task is to wash off something more serious, cheap powders frankly give in. And yellow stains from deodorants are no exception.
General recommendations for stain removal
Suppose you use a good expensive washing powder without our advice. But even this is not a guarantee that you will be able to remove stains from your deodorant with it. Therefore, we will give some other tips:
- Removing stains from deodorant will be easier if you use a laundry detergent booster - for its penny cost, it will improve washing efficiency;
- Do not put off washing in the long box - remember that fresh dirt is always removed faster than old ones. If you use deodorant and sweat a lot, when you get home, immediately throw things into the washing machine, and not into the laundry bin. Also, no one canceled a light hand wash;
- Deal with severe sweating - this may be the result of any disease;
- If deodorant stains appear on clothes made of delicate and expensive fabrics, do not try to wash them yourself - use the services of dry cleaning;
- Do not send clothes to dry until the yellowness of deodorant stains has disappeared;
- Use aggressive preparations and substances as carefully as possible - only after testing them on inconspicuous areas of the tissue.
Using these tips, you can remove deodorant stains without damaging your clothes.
Popular Recipes
Let's see how to wash the armpits from deodorant and sweat - after all, it is in these places that white and yellow spots form. We will give recommendations for removing stains from black items, as well as from colored and white fabrics. The presented recipes will not require you to spend a lot of money and allow you to quickly remove traces and stains from deodorant.
Antipyatin and pre-soaking
Means Antipyatin allows you to wash off any kind of stains, including those from deodorant.It is presented on the Russian market in several versions - in the form of soap, gel, foam and powder. In any case, it will help us achieve our goal. Containing active oxygen in its composition, Antipyatin will allow you to remove stains from deodorant within one machine cycle. It has a pleasant smell, removes well from clothes and does not leave streaks.
It is very easy to use Antipyatin - we take a gel product and apply it directly to the spots, let it lie down for 10-15 minutes, as indicated in the instructions. After that, we send the thing to the washing machine or to the basin for hand washing. To enhance the effectiveness, add one measuring cap of the product directly to the drum - in this case, Antipyatin will act as a laundry detergent enhancer and help get rid of many other contaminants.
We recommend trying to remove deodorant stains using pre-soaking - for this, we perform the following steps:
- We apply gel Antipyatin on traces of deodorant-antiperspirant, wait 10-15 minutes;
- Pour the soaking powder into the tray and add Antipyatin powder to it;
- Pour a portion of the powder into the tray for the main wash;
- Activate the pre-soak and turn on the washing machine.
Now it remains to wait for the results and evaluate them.
The special Antpyatin foam, which is available in the form of spray bottles, will also help to remove stains from deodorant. You can also use alternative stain removers from other brands.
Liquid powders
Modern liquid powders can easily remove underarm stains from deodorant on black clothes and on colored clothes. They differ from their dry counterparts in their ability to quickly penetrate tissues and more effectively remove impurities. They are more expensive than traditional powder products, but the results are worth it. On sale you will find separate products for colored and white fabrics, there are also specialized products for black things.
To remove deodorant stains from clothes, throw them in the washing machine, add liquid detergent to the appropriate compartment or directly into the drum, perform a full wash cycle. Try boosting your effectiveness with additional liquid bleaches.
Laundry soap
This almost forgotten remedy will help remove deodorant stains from white clothes, dark clothes, and colored clothes. You can buy it at any hardware store. The darker and scarier looking soap, the better the end results. Moreover, modern light laundry soap, according to reviews of housewives, is not highly effective and is more similar in its properties to traditional soap.
Removing deodorant stains with laundry soap is very easy - to do this, you need to moisten your clothes and rub the places with traces of antiperspirant with a bar of soap. If you bought real laundry soap, then you may be confused by its smell, but then it is completely washed out with washing powder. Moistened and rubbed with a soap bar, clothes should be left for 1-2 hours. Then we fill things with water, wash them by hand, and then send them to the washing machine for the final wash.
Hydrogen peroxide and soda
Before us is another penny remedy, optimal in order to remove deodorant stains on white clothes. The thing is that hydrogen peroxide has a good whitening effect and allows you to relatively quickly remove many contaminants, including those that are difficult to remove. And in order to get the maximum effect, it is necessary to supplement it with the most ordinary baking soda.
The recipe is unusually simple - we moisten places with stains from deodorant with ordinary water, pour hydrogen peroxide, sprinkle with soda. Leave for 20-30 minutes, after which we check for traces of sweat and antiperspirant. If you are completely satisfied with the results, send things to the washing machine with detergent. If traces remain, try the procedure again.
Lemon acid
Another tool that allows you to remove sweat stains and deodorant from clothes is the simplest citric acid. It does not harm fabrics and does not harm paints. It is very easy to use - dissolve in warm water, achieving saturation of the solution. After that, we apply to the pollution, making sure that the clothes are properly soaked. Leave things for 10-15 minutes, then rinse in clean water. Next, we check the effectiveness of the impact and send the clothes to the wash.
An ordinary lemon will also help to remove yellowish and white stains from deodorant - cut off a half and squeeze the juice directly onto the contamination. After 10-15 minutes, send the laundry to clean water, make sure there are no stains and continue further washing already in the washing machine. Please note that lemon and citric acid can cope with many other contaminants.
Vinegar, salt and ammonia
To get rid of yellow deodorant stains, use the following remedies:
- Table vinegar 9% (not to be confused with acetic acid!) - apply to dirty places, leave for 5-6 hours, after which we try to wash clothes in a washing machine;
- Vinegar and salt - make a gruel, apply it to the treated areas, wait 1-2 hours, rinse in clean water, make sure there is an effect;
- Ammonia - will help to remove even the most severe pollution.Pour a spoonful of ammonia into a glass of clean water, dissolve 10-15 grams of table salt there. Moisten clothes with water, rub deodorant stains with laundry soap, then pour with the above solution. The smell of this mixture will be hellish, but the effect is heavenly. We leave it all for 3 hours, after which we rinse and make sure that there is a positive result.
If soap, ammonia, and vinegar odors bother you, remove antiperspirant traces in ventilated areas.
Dishwashing liquid
To remove deodorant from the armpits on men's shirts, T-shirts, any women's sweaters and other items of clothing, the most ordinary dishwashing detergent will help. Pour warm water into a basin, add detergent there (for example, Fairy or AOS are the most effective products according to housewives), shake until foam is obtained, place soiled clothes in the solution, leave for 1.5-2 hours. After that, rinse things with clean water and try to wash them in a washer - the result will be excellent.
Amway stain remover
Nobody likes representatives of network marketing for perseverance, assertiveness and a suspended tongue - it seems as if they are trying to sell you some newfangled nonsense. However, we recommend using Amway stain remover. It is sold in a metal can with a spray (in the manner of a deodorant). In order to remove any stains, apply this product on them and wait until it works - the instructions are printed on the package.
After treatment with a stain remover, send things to the washing machine. As soon as the cycle is completed, you will have perfectly clean things at your disposal. The tool effectively deals with many contaminants, and one jar will definitely be enough for you for a couple of years of use - provided that you do not stain things with tons and do not fill them with liters of hard-to-remove fruit juice.
