How to remove deodorant/sweat stains from shirts?

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Justin Culpeper - 09 Sep 2005 04:15 GMT

I have always had a problem with under arm sweating, why I dunno but
it's really annoying. Recently I have started to use a product called
"Drysol", you apply it at night, remove it the next morning and your
sweating problems are over, usually only have to do this once a week to
maintaine the problem from happening. OK, that part I have down solid.

I have a emerald green sleevless shirt I just bought a few weeks ago
and wore it last week for the first time (before using Drysol) and I
have pit/deodorant stains where the shirt lies under the arm pit. I
washed the shirt but it didn't come out, it faded a bit but didn't
totally come out.

PLEASE, does anyone here know how to get this crap out? It's really
frustrating and I don't want to trash the shirt, it's a hot shirt:)

Thanks.

P.S. I'm a guy and I have tried EVERY deodorant on the market, they
all stain (especially if you sweat)! If anyone can recommend one that
maybe I have not tried, I'm all ears:)

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chris - 09 Sep 2005 07:22 GMT

> I have always had a problem with under arm sweating, why I dunno but
> it's really annoying. Recently I have started to use a product called
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> all stain (especially if you sweat)! If anyone can recommend one that
> maybe I have not tried, I'm all ears:)

googled and found this
www.cce.cornell.edu/yates/8020.htm

hope it helps

chris

:-)

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Mitchum - 09 Sep 2005 08:26 GMT

> googled and found this
> www.cce.cornell.edu/yates/8020.htm

You can always shave off the hair under your arm, so the sweat and deodorant
in your pits doesn't come into contact with the shirt. Also, don't put your
shirt on till the deodorant is fully dry. And buy cheapish shirts so you
don't mind binning them after 6 months and buying a new lot.

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DrClean - 09 Sep 2005 08:30 GMT

>I have always had a problem with under arm sweating, why I dunno but
> it's really annoying. Recently I have started to use a product called
[quoted text clipped - 16 lines]
> all stain (especially if you sweat)! If anyone can recommend one that
> maybe I have not tried, I'm all ears:)

Hi,

Try a weak solution of ammonia (say 20% household ammonia with 80% water)
leave on the stain for a while then clean normally.

You can take a look at the stain section on www.DrClean.co.uk where there
are more instructions from the stain picker on the first page of the stain
section.

Hope this helps

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DrClean
www.DrClean.co.uk
The Best Fabric Cleaning Resource on the Web

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Justin Culpeper - 09 Sep 2005 19:19 GMT

LOL, I'm not a girl, I don't shave my pits, that is nothing short of
disgusting! Letting the deodorant dry before putting on a shirt is not
the answer. People sweat during the day (at least I do) so that
doesn't exactly solve the problem:) However Drysol does. I just need
to get the stain out of this one shirt:).

Thanks.

P.S. I heard "Greased Lightning" works well, I'm going to give it a
try today.

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Choreboy - 15 Sep 2005 13:49 GMT

> LOL, I'm not a girl, I don't shave my pits, that is nothing short of
> disgusting! Letting the deodorant dry before putting on a shirt is not
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> P.S. I heard "Greased Lightning" works well, I'm going to give it a
> try today.

Eureka! Remember M C Hammer's trousers, with the crotch at knee level?
Get his tailor to make you some shirts with the armpits at elbow level!

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