How to remove deodorant stains from clothes?

Even in cold weather, a person sweats, what can we say about summer, when sweat is pouring in hail. And here antiperspirant deodorants come to our aid, which effectively fight against excessive sweating and unpleasant odor. But solving one problem, they create another - very often after applying them yellow spots appear on the clothes, which are difficult to remove. Let's look at how to remove deodorant stains from clothes and how to return your favorite things to an attractive look.

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How to prevent the appearance of stains from deodorant on clothes?

If you follow a few simple rules, then the appearance of traces of deodorant in many cases can be avoided:

• Apply deodorant to dry, clean skin.
• Spray aerosols at a distance of 15-20 cm from the body.
• If possible, wear clothing a few minutes after you apply your deodorant to allow your skin to dry.
• When buying sweat products, carefully study the composition, since the presence of components such as alcohol, aluminum salts, triclosan is undesirable. Moreover, now products from environmentally friendly raw materials (white clay, rice starch, etc.) are produced, and there are also non-leaving deodorants.

Important! It is more difficult to remove stains from a mixture of deodorant and sweat. If you suffer from excessive sweating and it is inconvenient for you, use our tips to help you figure out the reasons for this sweating and how to eliminate it.

But if stains nevertheless appeared, then what to do and how to remove stains from deodorant from clothes?

Important! Try to remove the stain while it is fresh, if it is eaten into the fabric, it will be even more difficult to remove it.

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Stain Removal Methods

There are many home remedies for dealing with traces of various deodorants.

Lemon juice

Squeeze the juice from half of the lemon onto the stain and leave for a few minutes, and then rinse thoroughly. This is enough to remove deodorant stains from clothes as soon as they form.

Important! Lemon juice removes exceptionally fresh dirt.

Salt

Mix a small amount of salt with water until gruel forms, then apply this mixture on a stain. After a few minutes rinse with warm water. Such simple manipulations will allow you to quickly solve the problem.

Dishwashing liquid

Pour liquid on a contaminated place, leave for 10-15 seconds (you can’t keep it for a long time, otherwise this area will brighten strongly), wash it off, and then wash your clothes.

Vinegar

With it, you can remove stains from deodorant from colored clothes, wipe the contaminated area with a cotton swab. Soaked in vinegar and leave overnight, and wash in the morning as usual.

Important! This method is not suitable for white or light clothing, as it may turn yellow.

Vodka

This affordable product removes stains from black clothes well. Pour vodka on the desired site, leave for a few minutes. Usually this time is enough for the spots to disappear.

But if this did not happen, then you can soak it for another 30-60 minutes, and then wash it as usual.

Important! Vodka can be replaced with medical or denatured alcohol diluted in water in a proportion of 50:50.

Baking soda

Mix soda with water and apply this pulp to the damaged area, leave to dry, and then shake off the remaining soda and wash. This is all that is needed to remove deodorant stains from clothing.

Aspirin

Grind 2 tablets and dissolve them in water, you need about half a glass of water. This solution should be rubbed into the contaminated area and left for 2-3 hours, and then washed.

Hydrogen peroxide

There are several ways to use hydrogen peroxide if you need to remove stains from deodorant on clothes:

• Apply a 3% hydrogen peroxide solution to the stains, leave for 2-3 hours, and then wash.
• Dissolve 1 tablespoon of hydrogen peroxide in 1 liter of water and soak clothes for 30 minutes, then rinse in cool water.
• Prepare the mixture: 2 tablespoons of soda, 1 teaspoon of dishwashing liquid, 4 tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide. Apply the resulting mixture to the problem area, wash in 1.5-2 hours.

Important! It should be noted that hydrogen peroxide, soda and vinegar are a universal cleaner for home.

Ammonia:

1. Dissolve 1 teaspoon of salt and 1 teaspoon of ammonia in a glass of warm water.
2. Rub the resulting solution into contamination.
3. Wash in 15 minutes

If the spots are stubborn, then ammonia should be diluted with water in a proportion of 50:50 and poured onto a cloth, left for 2 minutes, and then washed.

Important! You need to work with ammonia with gloves and keep the bottle away from the face, as this is a toxic substance with a pungent odor.

Laundry soap:

1. Grate a bar of soap and dissolve in hot water, stirring until a foam forms.
2. Then lower the item into the solution, after rubbing the spot with spots with the same laundry soap.
3. Wash after 1.5 hours.

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How to remove white spots on different tissues?

When removing traces of deodorant from black clothes, you need to remember that different means are suitable for different types of fabrics:

• Cotton and linen fabrics are treated with a mixture of water, salt and ammonia. For 1 cup of warm water is 1 teaspoon of salt and 1 teaspoon of ammonia. Soaked for 15 minutes, then washed off with water.
• If the spots remained on the silk thing, then proceed as follows:
  • first, soak the thing in soapy water and leave it for 15 minutes;
  • then apply to the places where the spots appeared a solution of salt in water (1 teaspoon of salt goes to 1 glass of water);
  • leave for another 20 minutes, then erase.
• If the product made of wool is damaged, then only soap solution can be used so that the thing does not deform. If this does not help, then you should consider dry cleaning.

Important! After removing stains, processed items must be washed. Check out our article and find out useful information about than washing clothes from different fabrics.

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What is not worth removing stains from deodorant?

Some products may not only not help in removing stains, but also spoil the fabric. In the end, you’ll just have to throw away your favorite thing. To avoid this, you need to know the following:

• Fabrics that require gentle care - wool, rayon or silk, can not be treated with acetic acid or acetone. Alkali is also contraindicated for them. It is best to use a concentrated salt solution.
• Synthetic fabrics should not be applied with gasoline and various solvents, aggressive pharmacy products, including hydrogen peroxide.
• When washing colored or white items, bleach with chlorine is not recommended. Colored items will fade, and white spots from sweat will become even darker from the interaction of chlorine with sweat. Colored clothes can be removed from stains with an egg yolk (mix it with 10% methylated spirits) or a little warm glycerin.
• Cotton fabrics cannot be cleaned with nitric or hydrochloric acid.

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Practical tips:

1. Do not wash in hot water - the optimum washing temperature is 30 degrees.
2. Before using any stain remover, test it on a small, inconspicuous area of ​​tissue.
3. Apply the product on the wrong side.
4. For dense fabrics, use a brush, and for delicate fabrics, it is better to take a sponge so as not to damage the structure of the fabric.
5. After removing stains, you need to rinse the thing properly, and then wash it several times to get rid of the remnants of the cleaning agent.
6. If hydrogen peroxide is not washed off properly, the fabric will subsequently turn yellow
7. It is undesirable to dry things in direct sunlight or on a battery - this can adversely affect their color.

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In this article, we told you how it is possible and how it is impossible to remove stains from deodorant from clothes. Use these tips in practice when a problem occurs, or even better - choose the hygiene product that will definitely not cause you problems with sweat or stains from it.