This past Saturday, I took 2 of my husband’s basic cotton T-shirts and 1 of my white cotton blouses and put them to the “Men’s Health: How Can I Remove Yellow Armpit Stains From My Shirts?” test. First, I read the directions closely and began the process. I soaked all the pit stains in white vinegar for an hour. The post only suggested 20-30 minutes, but these are pretty old so I figured it couldn’t hurt tolet them sit longer. Plus, I forgot about them sitting on the sink. After I rinsed in them, I liberally applied Spray N Wash Stain Stick to the affected areas. I then followed the next step by washing them in the machine, on the hottest water setting and used the heavy soil setting for an 1 hour and 20 minutes. When the cycle was done it says to not put them in the dryer but to “hang in the sun” to air dry instead. Well, this past Saturday it snowed so I hung them in my bathroom to drip dry.
Tested: How Can I Remove Yellow Armpit Stains From My Shirt?
It did seem to lighten the stains a wee bit but it almost looks worse in this picture. I have a few questions for the International Fabricare Institute. Do you think that leaving the vinegar on the shirts longer than 30 minutes affected the results? Do you think hanging them in the sun for an afternoon rather than my bathroom would of made much of a difference? When you say “old” stain, how old are we talking? Old like a week sitting the hamper or old like 3 years old, like these shirts possibly are? I’m going to forward this request to the International Fabricare Institute people and see if they respond but for now, I took the stain challenge and lost. Here were the results:
The vinegar has not set the stain but bleach will. RAISE armpit stain remover will take this out compeltely and you absolutely can put the shirts in the dryer after treating and washing the stains. It takes out even very old heat treated stains or your money back!