You should see my Practical/Useful Pinterest Board! It quickly turned into a mass of vinegar, baking soda, lemon, essential oils and hydrogen peroxide cleaning recipes. And it's official. The next obsession has begun.
Don't even get me started with DIY green house cleaning tips, or I'll have you here til midnight, so lets save that for another post.
Today, I'll share a whitening non-bleach alternative laundry tip that saved us $200 in men's dress shirts! It's truly a miracle cure for removing yellow shirt stains and ring around the collar from my husband's dress shirts. They are like NEW!
BAM!
It's totally real. Not just photoshopped. It will change your life. It will save you money. Let me tell you how its done.
I stumbled upon this miracle cure for removing yellow shirt stains on One Good Thing, by Jillee. If I could hug her, I would. She has a great blog with lots of fantastic tips.
Small bowl to mix
Scrub brush (mild enough for clothing)
Surface to scrub (inside kitchen sink works well )
Ingredients:
1 part blue Dawn liquid dish soap (*I used 1 Tbsp)
2 parts Hydrogen Peroxide (*2 Tbsp)
1/2 part Baking Soda (*1/2 Tbsp)
Instructions:
Mix together Dawn, Hydrogen Peroxide, and Baking Soda
Gently spoon/pour mixture onto yellow areas
Scrub mixture into shirt with scrub brush
Leave untouched for about 2 hours (that worked for me)
Launder as usual
My husband was shocked and amazed when he came home to see his "new" white dress shirts!
I didn't spare him any details on how I had miraculously saved the day. ha!
*Update: FOR COLORED SHIRTS: I tried it on my husband's light blue shirt and it worked about half as well as it did on white. However, it did remove enough of the stain to make the shirt wearable, so good enough for me!
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Remove yellow stains + ring around the collar
Okay, lets give you the before and after again. Just for the shock effect.BAM!
I stumbled upon this miracle cure for removing yellow shirt stains on One Good Thing, by Jillee. If I could hug her, I would. She has a great blog with lots of fantastic tips.
Non-Bleach Alternative for removing yellow shirt stains
What you'll need (*includes product links for easy access):Small bowl to mix
Scrub brush (mild enough for clothing)
Surface to scrub (inside kitchen sink works well )
Ingredients:
1 part blue Dawn liquid dish soap (*I used 1 Tbsp)
2 parts Hydrogen Peroxide (*2 Tbsp)
1/2 part Baking Soda (*1/2 Tbsp)
Instructions:
Mix together Dawn, Hydrogen Peroxide, and Baking Soda
Gently spoon/pour mixture onto yellow areas
Scrub mixture into shirt with scrub brush
Leave untouched for about 2 hours (that worked for me)
Launder as usual
My husband was shocked and amazed when he came home to see his "new" white dress shirts!
I didn't spare him any details on how I had miraculously saved the day. ha!
*Update: FOR COLORED SHIRTS: I tried it on my husband's light blue shirt and it worked about half as well as it did on white. However, it did remove enough of the stain to make the shirt wearable, so good enough for me!
*This post contains product links through Amazon.com and as an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
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What a great Stain Removal Recipe and Tip. I hate when I get a yellow stains on my clothes. I bleach it, I wash it like million times and nothing works. I can't wait to try this easy tip and household recipe. Thanks For sharing :)
ReplyDeleteBlessings Shemi
Thanks so much Shemi! Hope it works just as well for you! :)
DeleteYou will still be getting these yellow stains if you keep bleaching your garments. Never use bleach unless as directed, most cotton or white garments are most likely to be stained if you use bleach
Deletewill this work for yellow under arm white t shirts as well?
Deletewill this work for yellow under arm white t shirts as well?
DeleteWow!!! That is amazing. My husband has several shirts that I need to get to work on. Thanks for your tutorial and recipe. Would you be willing to share this at our Making Monday link party? We would love it and think our readers will, too. Thanks. Have a great day. Lori @ A Bright and Beautiful Life http://www.abrightandbeautifullife.com/making-monday-22/
ReplyDeleteThanks for the invite Lori! I'll check out your party!
Deletepretty impressive. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThanks Joyce! I was pretty shocked myself at how well it worked! :)
DeleteThanks Joyce! I was pretty shocked myself at how well it worked! :)
DeleteThis combination is also great for whitening grout. I thought the grout in my kitchen was actually black when we bought our current home. Imagine my surprise when, after cleaning with the above ingredients, the grout is actually gleaming white!
ReplyDeleteSounds like the previous home owners thought it was black too! :) Thanks for the great tip!
DeleteI can't wait to try this! I have a few of Dave's shirts that I thought were going in the give away bin. I'll give this a try. Thanks for the tips. Your blog is great!
ReplyDeleteHave you tried it yet? You'll be amazed! It will make Dave's shirts like new! :)
DeleteSeems great! However, I have to ask - what is Dawn? I live in Europe and I will have to find a replacement for it....
ReplyDeleteHi Mira! Thanks for your question! It seems you're not the only one wondering what blue Dawn is. Blue Dawn is a liquid dish detergent known for its "superior grease-fighting" abilities. A substitution might work - a quality dish soap that is known for fighting grease. I've only used blue Dawn so far. Good luck! I'd love to hear if another brand worked just as well!
DeleteHi, same question as Mira...Is this Dawn product just regular dish washing liquid? What can we use instead of it? Thanks a lot!
ReplyDeleteHi Dede! Blue Dawn is a dish washing liquid known for "superior grease-fighting". I'm not sure if another dish washing liquid would work as well, but it's worth a try. Just look for a great grease fighting brand that is higher quality, not the runny cheap stuff. Best of luck! I'd love to hear how it turns out for you!
ReplyDeleteHopefully Fairy liquid will be as good at fighting ring around the collar as Dawn is! Fingers crossed! :)
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ReplyDeletei live in Pakistan, where dawn dish wash is unavailable in the market. so can i use any other one ?
ReplyDeleteHi - thanks for your question! My guess would be to look for a dishwashing liquid that is a strong "de-greaser". I believe that's one of the qualities that makes Dawn work so well on the shirts. I would stay away from cheap brands that are thin and runny. Dawn is quality, thick, great grease-fighting dishsoap. It's certainly worth a try. Let me know how it goes for you!
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well, i think its a great and informative post, it help every body. my designer Cutnstitch was telling me about this and i am also using that.
ReplyDeleteThank you Shannon! I just tried this tip on a white shirt my 18-year-old son wore on the entire three days of a 3-day pioneer reenactment trek. It was pitted out beyond belief--and it was a loaner!! After washing and bleaching and despairing, I remembered this tip and it worked like a charm. It was miraculous! Thank you so much!!
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ReplyDeleteTrying this right now!
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ReplyDeleteI was totally frustrated after using a stain remover and bleach with hot water for white work shirts that came out still dingy and had ring around the collar. My friend and I decided to make our own, only we used white binegar instead of peroxide and added boraxo. Worked wonderfully well. Made me so mad that they have modified bleach so much that it no longer brightens things like it used to. Will have to try it with HP and cut out Boraxo. Our concoction kinda exploaded out of the too of the container continuously! Heheh
ReplyDeleteThe more they add a bunch of junk to things the worse products are becoming. Afterall tide pods with stain booster and febreeze?!?! Totally overwhelming with all that crap and then you add fabric softener to all that mess?!?! No womder so mamy people have more and more allergies! When I was pregnant with my second son,I had to steer clear of the fish aisle and laundry aisle! Now they have the little pellets to add scent booster to the wash! Oy vey!
ReplyDeleteOops typos, oh well...really need to trim my nails!
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ReplyDeleteI know you posted this forever ago but I just wanted to say that I tried this and it worked like a charm! My husband was amazed!
ReplyDeleteWhat if use a different soap? I only have a green ulta palmolive extra strength dish soap
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