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Post by SabrinaP on May 5, 2017 21:06:54 GMT
I'm completely inept when it comes to getting out stains! My DS has white baseball pants and they look awful! I scrub with a stain stick, I soak in hot water with Oxyclean, and then I wash. They still are so stained that they look like I did nothing. I'm a total failure in the laundry department.
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Post by myshelly on May 5, 2017 21:08:31 GMT
I have always heard/read that heat sets stains.
I always use cold when dealing with stains.
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Post by SabrinaP on May 5, 2017 21:25:22 GMT
I have always heard/read that heat sets stains. I always use cold when dealing with stains. Do you soak clothes in cold water when they are super stained? Never thought about hot water setting the stains.
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Post by krazykatlady on May 5, 2017 21:26:48 GMT
I agree, use cold water!
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Post by scorpeao on May 5, 2017 21:27:36 GMT
I've always heard the same about hot water. I use oxy spray, throw in the hamper, and wash as usual. It typically does the job.
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Post by myshelly on May 5, 2017 21:30:11 GMT
I have always heard/read that heat sets stains. I always use cold when dealing with stains. Do you soak clothes in cold water when they are super stained? Never thought about hot water setting the stains. My DS had a white baseball uniform for two seasons. I would pour original Tide directly on the stains overnight. No soaking in water. Then wash in cold water with Tide and OxyClean. I don't ever soak clothes in water. I apply stain remover directly to the stain and let it sit until the stain is mostly gone. I use original blue Dawn for greasy or oily stains. Straight Tide for dirt/mud. Spray stain remover for other things. If you're soaking baseball pants covered in baseball dirt in water you're just spreading the dirt around, soaking all of the white in dirty water.
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Post by SabrinaP on May 5, 2017 21:38:08 GMT
See I knew I was doing it wrong!
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Post by sharlag on May 5, 2017 21:46:30 GMT
My 'white' socks are gray. I also manage to include a kleenex in a load at least once a month.
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Post by leannec on May 5, 2017 21:49:39 GMT
My dd's are teens now but when I used to have to deal with stains I always made the OxyClean powder into a paste ... rubbed that really in ... now I would probably just use the spray because I'm lazy Depends on the kind of stain I guess ... Always wash in cold ... it is much more forgiving if you have to do it again
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on May 5, 2017 21:56:07 GMT
I also manage to include a kleenex in a load at least once a month. I do that way more often than I would like to admit. And there is definitely a reason that I limit the white items in my wardrobe. It's like a drip and dirt magnet.
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Post by SabrinaP on May 5, 2017 22:24:22 GMT
My 'white' socks are gray. I also manage to include a kleenex in a load at least once a month. My DS leaves Kleenex in his pocket all the time. I've washed more than a few tissues.
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Post by mirabelleswalker on May 5, 2017 22:32:20 GMT
I never scrub. I think it pushes the stain deeper into the fiber.
I apply stain remover on the front and back of the stain.
I wash almost all of my clothes (except things like PJs and underwear) in cold water.
I used to be a huge Tide addict but I decided to buy Persil this last time to see what the fuss is about. I bought the German version from Amazon, which is supposedly different from the Walmart version. I like the detergent and the smell. I'm close to the point that I have to reorder, and I'm not sure if I'll get Persil or go back to Tide.
For really bad stains I soak in Biz. Sometimes for days! I've gotten out pretty much every stain with it, including blackberry juice on a pale blue sweater and that pollen dust that comes off of lily stamens.
If I put something in the wash with a stain in it, I hang it to dry to make sure the stain is gone. If I have to re-treat--same thing: it doesn't go in the dryer. Once the stain is gone I go back to machine drying.
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Post by scrappinwithoutpeas on May 5, 2017 22:33:51 GMT
My 'white' socks are gray. I also manage to include a kleenex in a load at least once a month. Me too with the Kleenex. And when oldest DD was a tween/teen, she had several pairs of jeans messed up by washing them with a Chapstick in the pocket (not to mention what it did to the rest of the load, the inside of the dryer, etc. - ugh). Save
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Post by littlemama on May 5, 2017 22:37:27 GMT
A couple of tricks for white baseball pants: Take the to the quarter car wash, hang them up and powerwash the hell out of them. I never had enough turn around time for that so,
Spray with Zout, let sit for 15 minutes Then, scrub in Shout gel. Let sit for 15 minutes Then, take a bar of Fels Naphtha, a fingernail brush and a glass of hot water. Dunk the brush in the hot water, scrub it over the soap, then scrub that into the baseball pants. Let sit for 15 minutes. Wash in hot water with detergent and either Clorox 2 or Oxy Clean. Let them.soak in the hot water for 15 minutes before starting the wash cycle.
If they aren't clean coming out of the washer, repeat the Fels Naphtha and so on. I never had it take more than two tries.
If it is mud rather than dirt, well, I had a second pair of pants for muddy days because the mud is awful. A friend did the car wash on mud and said it worked.
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Post by Darcy Collins on May 5, 2017 22:44:14 GMT
White baseball pants are an abomination. Copious amounts of bleach. And convince him to be a swimmer - no stains ever.
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Post by PaperAngel on May 5, 2017 22:51:27 GMT
When our son played baseball, a friend who had two college-aged twin daughters that had played softball since they were toddlers, recommended Zout. Her advice was to treat immediately after each wear before the stain fully absorbs into the fabric. She sprayed both the front & back of the stain (usually at the field!). Wash in cold water. She specifically warned against scrubbing or soaking overnight because both would break down the fabric & led to holes forming prematurely. HTH, & best wishes...
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Post by SabrinaP on May 6, 2017 1:31:18 GMT
A couple of tricks for white baseball pants: Take the to the quarter car wash, hang them up and powerwash the hell out of them. I never had enough turn around time for that so, Spray with Zout, let sit for 15 minutes Then, scrub in Shout gel. Let sit for 15 minutes Then, take a bar of Fels Naphtha, a fingernail brush and a glass of hot water. Dunk the brush in the hot water, scrub it over the soap, then scrub that into the baseball pants. Let sit for 15 minutes. Wash in hot water with detergent and either Clorox 2 or Oxy Clean. Let them.soak in the hot water for 15 minutes before starting the wash cycle. If they aren't clean coming out of the washer, repeat the Fels Naphtha and so on. I never had it take more than two tries. If it is mud rather than dirt, well, I had a second pair of pants for muddy days because the mud is awful. A friend did the car wash on mud and said it worked. See this is why I'm a laundry failure. I'm just not willing to put this kind of time in! 😉
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Post by Zee on May 6, 2017 1:36:13 GMT
My 'white' socks are gray. I also manage to include a kleenex in a load at least once a month. Yeah, why are they grey? I wash whites alone and they're all grey after a while. At my old house they were yellowish, so I guess it has something to do with the water. I just periodically buy new white whatever.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2017 1:54:05 GMT
Personally I think every baseball mom in the country should demand that baseball pants should be dark brown or perhaps even camo colored!
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Post by tduby1 on May 6, 2017 2:01:45 GMT
I'm completely inept when it comes to getting out stains! My DS has white baseball pants and they look awful! I scrub with a stain stick, I soak in hot water with Oxyclean, and then I wash. They still are so stained that they look like I did nothing. I'm a total failure in the laundry department. Ok, I'm trying ti remember how I did it when my son had white baseball pants. I think i started with tide thinned down with water in a spray bottle. I would liberally spray all the spots- I spent a lot of time spraying. My bottle was smallish (an old spot remover spray bottle) and usually went through half a bottle per time. I always used Tide. I am not a laundry snob but this was what I found worked. I set them aside and let that dry on them over night. Luckily he was issued two pairs of pants, so I was always in the process of washing one. The next day I mixed up a mixture of oxi clean and water into the paste and spread that on the stains. Set aside to dry again. Then I sprayed with Totally Awesome Laundry stain remover after a few hours and I tossed in the washer with bleach and laundry soap. (Or by hand in the tub if we were at an out of town hotel for a tournament.) It worked like a charm and i always got comments on how white they were BUT it was also very harsh on the material. He played travel ball and had two pair to last a season so that helped.
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Post by IAmUnoriginal on May 6, 2017 2:07:46 GMT
My 'white' socks are gray. I also manage to include a kleenex in a load at least once a month. Yeah, why are they grey? I wash whites alone and they're all grey after a while. At my old house they were yellowish, so I guess it has something to do with the water. I just periodically buy new white whatever. The grey can be caused by hard water or not using enough detergent. A 1/2 cup of Borax in your whites and lights loads helps with dingy grey if you have hard water. If you have grey whites, try running a load on the hottest water temperature safe for the fabric with 2x the amount of detergent you normally use.
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Post by Zee on May 6, 2017 2:21:26 GMT
Yeah, why are they grey? I wash whites alone and they're all grey after a while. At my old house they were yellowish, so I guess it has something to do with the water. I just periodically buy new white whatever. The grey can be caused by hard water or not using enough detergent. A 1/2 cup of Borax in your whites and lights loads helps with dingy grey if you have hard water. If you have grey whites, try running a load on the hottest water temperature safe for the fabric with 2x the amount of detergent you normally use. Thanks! I no longer have hard water, but I'll try the borax and extra detergent. Bleach does nothing about the grey.
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Post by jenrific on May 6, 2017 2:44:50 GMT
Watch Happily a housewife on YouTube. Sam has a video all about how she washes her son's baseball pants and it looks like they come out perfect every time.
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Post by freecharlie on May 6, 2017 3:21:01 GMT
Never hot water, it sets the stain I pour Clorox 2 on the stain and let it sit. Then wash and check to see if it is gone.
Always wash on cold
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Post by StephDRebel on May 6, 2017 5:14:54 GMT
We always did the car wash. Hang them on the clips for mats. Perfection!
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Post by anniebygaslight on May 6, 2017 6:28:03 GMT
I also manage to include a kleenex in a load at least once a month. Me too, even though I go through pockets before I put the garments in the washing machine. You can bet that there will be a rogue tissue lurking somewhere.
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Post by FurryP on May 6, 2017 6:43:36 GMT
A couple of tricks for white baseball pants: Take the to the quarter car wash, hang them up and powerwash the hell out of them. I never had enough turn around time for that so, Spray with Zout, let sit for 15 minutes Then, scrub in Shout gel. Let sit for 15 minutes Then, take a bar of Fels Naphtha, a fingernail brush and a glass of hot water. Dunk the brush in the hot water, scrub it over the soap, then scrub that into the baseball pants. Let sit for 15 minutes. Wash in hot water with detergent and either Clorox 2 or Oxy Clean. Let them.soak in the hot water for 15 minutes before starting the wash cycle. If they aren't clean coming out of the washer, repeat the Fels Naphtha and so on. I never had it take more than two tries. If it is mud rather than dirt, well, I had a second pair of pants for muddy days because the mud is awful. A friend did the car wash on mud and said it worked. Wow, that is quite the recipe. I don't cook, so I think I won't try that.
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Post by mikklynn on May 6, 2017 12:33:47 GMT
I have the best luck with liquid BIZ. I can only find it at grocery stores here, not Target or Walmart.
Pour it on the stain and leave it a few hours or overnight.
Good luck!
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Post by sharlag on May 6, 2017 14:03:10 GMT
I also manage to include a kleenex in a load at least once a month. Me too, even though I go through pockets before I put the garments in the washing machine. You can bet that there will be a rogue tissue lurking somewhere. it's sad when you discover the Kleenex load, feverishly pick all the shreds off and then a couple loads later you include another Kleenex in another load…
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Post by myboysnme on May 6, 2017 15:23:21 GMT
My mother is the queen of getting out stains and my aunt on my dad's side has worked miracles with stained baby clothes. My mother swears a utility sink is the best way to 'work at a stain.' But I think she could do it in any sink or bowl. I really think it's a skill I never learned. Because I'm lazy. I want to spray it, and throw it in the machine.
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