Most of these stains are formed by the combination of sweat and deodorants containing aluminum. So it is important to look at the composition of your deodorant before you purchase it.
How can you prevent sweat stains?
As always, prevention works better than resolution. But how do you do that? We will give you some tips to prevent sweat stains on your clothes:
- Ox gall soap: T-shirts and shirts in light colors can be preemptively treated with ox gall soap before they go into the washing machine.
- Choose the right deodorant: preferably buy unscented deodorant without aluminum. Also be sure to let deodorant dry before putting on your clothes.
- Wash immediately: be sure to wash your garments immediately after a heavy sweat session. This will ensure that the stains do not become stubborn.
How to remove sweat stains?
Still can’t manage to avoid sweat stains? We have collected for you the best tricks to get the stains out of your clothes.
- Water and vinegar
Pour a splash of kitchen vinegar into a bucket of lukewarm water. Soak the stained garment in that solution for at least half an hour and then wash it in the washing machine as usual.
- Water and salt
Clothes made ofwool, cotton, silk, colored linen and synthetic fabricsare best soaked in water with salt.Caution! Too much salt is not good for your clothes so be sparing.
- Water and sodium bicarbonate (baking soda)
Mix about four tablespoons of sodium bicarbonate with 50 ml of warm water and stir to form a paste. Coat all sweat stains with the paste and leave for about two hours. Then wash as usual in the washing machine.
- Ammonia
Caution! Ensure good ventilation when working with ammonia.
Dab a small amount of ammonia on a clean, dry cloth and dab on the stains with it. Leave on for about an hour and then machine wash as usual.
- Hydrogen peroxide
Immerse the clothing in a bucket filled half with water and half with hydrogen peroxide. Soak for half an hour and then rinse well with cold water.
- Lemon
It seems contradictory, but the juice of a lemon can also remove yellow sweat stains. Use an equal amount of water and lemon juice and dab it on the stain. Leave on for an hour and then wash in the washing machine as usual.
Caution! When you put clothes with sweat stains in the dryer, stains often become even more stubborn and difficult to remove!
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