HELP! Why do my dark knit shirts, golf type shirts, come out of the laundry with dark “oil” type stains?
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mike b asked:
I put dark shirts in the laundry, knit golf type shirts, and sometimes they come out with darler stained spots, that they didnt have prior. It’s not from stains from other clothing either. Please help.
NOTE: This happens fairly often, not a one time thing, that could be caused b a pen or something…it is not a substance stain, but little spots occasionally that look darker than the material…
I put dark shirts in the laundry, knit golf type shirts, and sometimes they come out with darler stained spots, that they didnt have prior. It’s not from stains from other clothing either. Please help.
NOTE: This happens fairly often, not a one time thing, that could be caused b a pen or something…it is not a substance stain, but little spots occasionally that look darker than the material…
February 13th, 2009 at 9:46 am
you probably left some sort of pen or something similar in one of the pockets. there’s no reason for those shirts to be stained from other shirts…
February 15th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
don’t know if your doing this but i have been told that some fabric softeners can have this spotting effect.
February 17th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
If it looks similar to a transparent cooking oil stain rather than a black engine oil stain, it’s probably your fabric softener. Sometimes that happens, esp with certain colors.
Just rub the spot with some bar soap ( I think Ivory works best, but just anything basic, really) and re-wash.
February 19th, 2009 at 6:37 am
I guess you most likely use liquid laundry detergent. This could be the cause of your oil stains
February 19th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
I had this problem for few weeks and I solved it by changing liquid detergent to powder.