deodorant buildup on shirts.

**NoKetchupAllowed** · 05-02-2012, 07:35 PM

OK so I have one shirt in my collection that in all good conscience should have been tossed a decade ago but I have an attachment to it.

Never had this problem in any other shirt but I have a white powdery build-up from deodorant (or more likely the result of anti-persprant sticks at some point in the past).

Call me a noob on the subject but I have never done anything with clothes other than normal laundry and the dry cleaners... is there a good way of scrubbing it fresh??

**bjh618** · 05-02-2012, 09:49 PM

Use a product such as Napisan or Preen (powdered stain removers in AUS) to form a paste that you can apply to the specific site and let it soak, then wash as normal.

**xraygun** · 05-02-2012, 10:16 PM

borax, soda ash(washing soda) and some laundry soap.
look a the end of the soap aisle.
1/2 cup borax, 1/2 cup washing soda, 1/2 the dose of Tide, or whatever detergent you use. Throw that all in the washing machine.
That's how you really get clothes clean. Brightens colors, gets out stains, cures cancer.

**valleyrider** · 05-02-2012, 11:45 PM

There was a study done on this not too long ago and oxyclean was found to work best for these stains, soak it for a bit then wash like normal

**saf** · 05-03-2012, 06:31 AM

I had this problem and ended up just throwing the shirts out. I did figure out that if I put my deodorant on right out of the shower then do everything else it had time to dry and did not get on my shirt.

**Burkehaus** · 05-03-2012, 03:25 PM

+1 on the oxyclean soak. Also, this might be useful: http://artofmanliness.com/2012/04/03...armpit-stains/

**eliev** · 05-06-2012, 08:53 AM

Also, they now made deodorant that doesn't stain shirts. (Nivea...)

**Doc4** · 05-07-2012, 06:00 PM

Originally Posted by valleyrider

There was a study done on this not too long ago and oxyclean was found to work best for these stains, soak it for a bit then wash like normal

I've used Oxyclean with good results in the past. I would soak the shirts overnight, and then wash them ... that's a longer soak than the directions call for, but "in for a penny, in for a pound", I guess.

**Darkahl** · 05-07-2012, 11:04 PM

Originally Posted by Doc4

I've used Oxyclean with good results in the past. I would soak the shirts overnight, and then wash them ... that's a longer soak than the directions call for, but "in for a penny, in for a pound", I guess.

I definitely recommend the overnight soak as others have mentioned, it works great.