How to wash yellow spots on white?

We all sweat with you - this is an integral biological process that happens at ease. Some sweat profusely, and some less. But regardless of whether you sweat heavily or in moderation - yellow traces of sweat on your white clothes will still remain. Therefore it is important to know how to wash yellow stains on white. From this article you will learn how to do this.

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What simple tools are used?

At home, you can use improvised substances stored in the kitchen or in the family medicine cabinet to wash the yellow spots on the white. The sweat residue is easily eliminated if you prepare a mixture that consists of:

• detergent for dishes or shampoo- 1 tbsp.l.;
• baking soda - 2 tbsp.l.;
• hydrogen peroxide - 4 tbsp.l.

Strike with a brush, soak for several hours, wash.

Modern housewives confidently say that in some cases it is possible and even preferable to use a substance that is known as "Fairy".The composition of this product includes active chemical components, they help to get rid of yellow spots.

These methods are universal. But each of us in the wardrobe has a favorite clothes from this or that material. If you decide to approach the issue of how to wash yellow spots on white, very thoroughly, we suggest that you take exactly the means that are most suitable for a certain tissue.

Cotton

In order to eliminate stains from sweat from the surface of cotton white clothes, you will have to go back to the kitchen:

1. Prepare a solution, which consists of table salt and ammonia, taken in the proportion of 1 tsp.on a glass of ordinary water.
2. Put your clothes in the solution for 2-3 hours.
3. Then wash using household soap, rinse thoroughly.
   

Collars and cuffs on cotton shirts

It is especially difficult to achieve a perfectly flat white color, at that moment when the old yellow spot decorates the cuffs of the man's shirt and its collar. Try the above composition in different proportions: 4 parts of ammonia, 1 part of salt for 1 part of water.

Important! Do not let down and the old way to boil white cotton underwear with a piece of laundry soap, which you must chop into chips. Success is guaranteed by the duration of boiling. It must necessarily be no less than 3-4 hours with constant mixing.

Old stains on dense cotton

In case if you need to wash yellow stains on white dense cotton, treat persistent yellowness with a solution that consists of 4 parts of White Spirit and 2 parts of ammonia.

Silk:

1. You can use the above method with table salt to remove yellow spots from silk white things - 50 g per 1 glass of water.
2. Another effective way is to use hyposulfite, otherwise its name is thiosulfate. Once it was used for photo printing, now it is possible to purchase this product in a pharmacy( it is used as an antidote) or in a specialized store of chemical reagents. Hyposulfite in the form of crystals, dilute in 200 ml of water, wipe the liquid with a cloth, and after a few minutes rinse with warm water. The yellow spot disappears before your eyes, and the silk will be refreshed and will get extra shine.
3. In order to wash out old stains, which are already eaten in silk fabric, use such aggressive agent as White Spirit. Mix it with ammonia in a proportion of 1: 1, wipe the mixture with a cloth, and then several times caress so that there is not the slightest smell. Silk belongs to the category of fabrics that are very delicate, so first of all make sure that the fabric does not suffer. Carry out test tests on small areas of tissue.

Important! Precisely the same methods it is possible to wash yellow stains from the surface of thin synthetic tissues. Although for some of these fabrics will be enough and ordinary household soap or detergent.

Wool

To wipe off stains woolen products will help ordinary light 72% household soap in the form of a concentrated solution:

1. Grate a piece of laundry soap on the grater and dilute with water.
2. The soap foam obtained as a result of mixing is applied to the surface of the contaminated area of ​​the fabric.
3. Maintain for several hours.
4. Thoroughly wash in a way that is familiar to you.

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When the stains have latched on

If the yellow traces are old enough and you could not eliminate them from the first approach, you can intensify the effect of soap with acid: oxalic, lemon, and acetic acid.

Oxalic acid:

1. For pre-wetted cloth, soap it with household soap, and without washing it, dilute with oxalic acid - 1 tsp.for 1 glass of water.
2. Soak the stain for a while, then wash thoroughly.

Vinegar:

1. The problem area is well soaked with 9% vinegar.
2. After a few minutes without rinsing, carefully rub the laundry soap and leave it in that condition for the night.
3. In the morning, wash thoroughly, and then rinse.
   

Citric acid

It is similar to oxalic in the way it is used. In order to wash the yellow patches on white, you can act on exactly the same technique.

Important! If there are no sachets of citric acid powder, but there is a lemon itself, squeeze the entire fruit into the contaminated area. Leave it on for a while and then wash it.

Baking soda:

1. Prepare a paste, which consists of 4 tbsp.l.soda and ¼ tbsp.water.
2. Rub the dirty area with a brush on which the mixture is applied.
3. Wait for 1 hour.
4. Wash it in your usual way.

Important! Soda though it is not an acid, but it gives an excellent whitening effect. Due to this, it is popular when removing stains of various origins from white clothes.

Efficient tool

Let's give a completely killer composition, with which you can eliminate stubborn stains on the white objects of your wardrobe. This solution is prepared and applied as follows:

1. Mix 30 ml of gasoline - purified, purchased in the department with household chemicals, 40 ml of denatured alcohol - this is technical alcohol, as well as 20 ml of ammonia.
2. Apply the prepared solution to the contaminated area for only five minutes.
3. After this, wash the cloth in the usual way.

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Useful tips:

1. No matter what method you use to remove stains - special stain removers, powders or bleach, do not wash or rinse contaminated clothing in hot running water. The high temperature will only exacerbate the situation - the spot will be fixed much more strongly and nothing can be withdrawn. Spoiled clothes can only be washed in cool water, the highest temperature that can be reached is room temperature.
2. Products made from natural fabric must be dried only in the sun - ultraviolet rays give an additional whitening effect. This method is suitable only for the following materials: linen or cotton.
3. Many try to wash yellow spots on white, which are left of sweat, with the help of chlorine bleach. This method not only does not solve the problem, but also makes the spots much more noticeable. Proteins, which are contained in sweat, react chemically with chlorine, and then make the stains much darker.

Now you know how to wash yellow stains on white. We hope that these tips, methods and recommendations will help you solve your problem and you will again look confident in your favorite blouse, shirt or dress.