Secrets of experienced housewives, how and with what to wash white things from yellow stains

photo11279-1 Long-term storage in a closet, violation of washing and ironing rules are an incomplete list of reasons why unattractive yellow spots and stains may appear on white clothes.

Why do yellow spots appear on white things after washing? How can I remove iron stains?

Knowing the secrets of how to get rid of yellowness will help restore your favorite item to its original appearance.

Available Home Remedies

There are a sufficient number of products available to help quickly solve the problem of yellow spots on white clothes.

Soap

foto11279-2 Laundry, alkaline soap - ideal remover old yellow spots, unpleasant odor.

If the stain has just appeared, just rub it with laundry soap, wait half an hour, and then wash the item in the usual way.

For old, ingrained dirt, use the following method:

Dissolve 5 tablespoons of grated soap in a basin (10 liters) with warm water.
Cool the resulting mixture to 30C.
Place dirty laundry in a basin and leave for thirty minutes.
Send clothes to be washed.

Soda

Regular baking soda will help not only remove yellow stains, but also get rid of the unpleasant odor of sweat.

It is enough to dilute dry baking soda powder with water to a paste, rub the resulting mixture onto the stain and leave the item alone for thirty minutes. Afterwards, the laundry is washed by hand or in a machine.

Vinegar

An excellent product for removing yellow stains from white denim is a table bite.

It's simple: vinegar is diluted with water in a 1:1 ratio and clothes are soaked in the resulting solution for six to eight hours.. Afterwards, rub the stain with laundry soap and put the white item in the wash.

Salt

foto11279-3 A simple, fast and, importantly, cheap way to remove yellow stains from white clothes is to treat the stains with table salt.

All you need to do is sprinkle the moistened spot with salt and leave for several hours. After lightly rubbing the stain with a sponge, the clothes can be sent for washing.

A secret from housewives: rinsing in a saline solution (200 ml of water, a spoon of salt) with the addition of a teaspoon of hydrogen peroxide will make delicate, openwork tulle snow-white.

Peroxide

Hydrogen peroxide will help remove yellow stains from white clothes as quickly as possible, while maintaining the structure of the fabric fibers.

For soaking, use a solution prepared in the following way: dissolve 2 tablespoons of peroxide, 8 tablespoons of salt and 2 tablespoons of washing powder in 10 liters of warm water.

Clothes with stubborn, old stains are soaked for four hours, after which they are washed as usual. When washing by machine, hydrogen peroxide is pre-mixed with water (ratio 1:2), then poured into the washing machine compartment along with liquid powder.

Ammonia

foto11279-4 Ammonia will help remove yellow stains on any type of fabric. For this it is diluted at the rate of 5 tablespoons per 5 liters of warm water.

Soak clothes in the resulting product for at least five hours.Afterwards the items are washed as usual.

To remove stubborn dirt you can use a mixture of ammonia (1 teaspoon) and glycerin (4 teaspoons). Having mixed the two ingredients well, the mixture is applied to the stain and left for sixty minutes.

Afterwards, the product is washed off under running water and the clothes are sent for washing.

Sodium thiosulfate

Sodium thiosulfate will help quickly remove unattractive yellow stains from a white silk blouse.

Algorithm of actions:

dissolve an ampoule of dry sodium thiosulfate powder in a glass (200 ml);
With a cotton sponge soaked in the resulting solution, carefully treat the yellow stains on the white fabric;
After twenty minutes, the clothes are thoroughly rinsed in clean warm water.

Alcohol

foto11279-5 You can remove yellow stains on white clothes using alcohol.

For this it is diluted with water in a ratio of 1:1, and traces of the resulting product are treated. After twenty minutes, the clothes are washed, rinsed thoroughly with cool water and hung out to dry.

Alternatively, you can use dry alcohol. To do this, an alcohol tablet is crushed into powder, which is used to cover a yellow stain on white clothing moistened with water. Thirty minutes after treatment, the item can be sent for washing. Find general recommendations for washing white items Here.

Household chemicals

Special chemical agents—stain removers and bleaches—successfully solve the problem of yellow spots on white clothes. Liquid and gel products are suitable for light, delicate fabrics. The powder perfectly removes yellow stains from natural cotton and jeans.

When choosing a stain remover, you need to study the composition of the chemical. For white fabrics, it is necessary to choose stain removers with bleaching components, as well as enzymes.It is better to avoid products that contain chlorine.

Using the stain remover is easy:

according to the instructions, dilute the drug in water;
soak clothes;
rinse the stain remover out of the fabric and wash the clothes as usual.

Rating of the most popular and effective means for removing stains from white clothes:

Liquid stain remover Vanish OXI Action. It will remove any dirt as quickly as possible, enhance the effect of washing powder, and refresh clothes.
The fairly high cost (150 rubles) is fully compensated by the quality and effectiveness of Vanish OXI Action.
Bleach Bos plus Maximum. Gives a fresh smell, perfectly removes any dirt, and works at low temperatures.
The affordable price (60 rubles) makes Bos plus Maximum bleach popular among a wide range of consumers.
Bleach SARMA Active. The product from a domestic manufacturer is ideal for all types of fabrics and does not contain chlorine. The average cost of SARMA Active bleach is 94 rubles.

Before using a chemical for the first time, you must carefully read the instructions and strictly follow all the manufacturer’s recommendations.

Features of removal from various fabrics

Before you begin removing yellow stains, it is important to read the fabric composition information on the manufacturer's label.

Depending on what material the item is made from, a specific bleaching method is selected. Ignoring or making mistakes in choosing stain removal can cause final damage to your favorite item.

Synthetics

Elastane, polyester, spandex and other synthetic materials can be removed from yellow stains in several ways:

Hydrogen peroxide solution (the product has an instant whitening effect).To clean using this method, treat the stain with a solution of hydrogen peroxide, wait ten minutes, and then put the item in the wash.
Aspirin tablets. To evaluate the positive, whitening effect of this method, the problem area of the fabric is generously moistened with water and sprinkled with powder from crushed Aspirin tablets. The treated item is left for three hours, after which the item is sent for washing.

A secret from housewives: this product perfectly washes clothes from yellow sweat stains.

Fur

Treating a white fur item with bulk absorbents (for example, potato starch or semolina) will help quickly remove yellow stains from your favorite item.

Everything is very simple: just sprinkle the dirt with absorbent powder, lightly moisten it with a spray bottle, and then comb the fur, removing the powder particles along with the dirt.

Silk

Delicate silk fabrics require special attention. A solution of vodka and water will help remove yellow stains from white silk.

Algorithm of actions:

Stir water and vodka in a glass (ratio 1:1);
Use the resulting solution to gently wipe off the dirt;
After two hours, the clothes are washed as usual.

Wool

foto11279-8 Laundry soap will help remove yellow stains from white woolen clothes; to do this, rub it on a grater.

Then mix with a small amount of water and apply the resulting product to the stain. After three hours, the woolen product is washed as usual.

Also eliminate yellow marks on white wool clothes a mixture of glycerin, ammonia and water will help. To prepare a solution for 200 ml of warm water, you need to take 20 g of glycerin and 10 g of ammonia.

Cotton

The boiling method will help remove yellow stains from white cotton fabric.

Algorithm of actions:

pour two or three tablespoons of grated laundry soap into a large saucepan, fill the container with water, bring to a boil and the soap is completely dissolved;
clothes are dipped into the resulting hot solution and boiled for half an hour;
Afterwards, take out the white items and rinse them thoroughly in clean, cool water.

In order to remove very old, stubborn stains, the boiling process is extended to two hours.

Linen

Ammonia and salt will help remove yellow stains from white linen fabric as quickly as possible.

Algorithm of actions:

Dissolve a teaspoon of ammonia and salt in a glass of warm water.
The yellow stain is generously moistened with the resulting solution, after which the item is left alone for three hours.
The final step is to wash white linen clothes as usual.

Jeans

foto11279-9 Hydrogen peroxide and vinegar will help remove yellow stains from thick denim.

Algorithm of actions:

hydrogen peroxide and vinegar are diluted in a small container (ratio 1:1);
the resulting solution is carefully applied to the stain and left for sixty minutes;
Afterwards, the denim clothes are washed as usual.

The nuances of removing different types of traces

The choice of method for removing yellow stains from white clothes largely depends on the nature of the origin of the stain.

From sweat

Remove yellow discoloration from sweat citric acid will help. To do this, you need to dissolve a sachet (150 g) of citric acid in a liter of water, heat the resulting solution to 70C and dip the stained clothes into it. After five minutes, the clothes are removed and washed as usual.

Alternatively, citric acid can be spotted with a slice of fresh lemon. The cut is rubbed onto the stain on the clothing, and after fifteen minutes the item is sent to the wash.

For very thin, delicate fabrics, the citric acid solution must be softened with 3-4 tablespoons of soda. You can learn about other ways to remove sweat stains from white clothes here.

From the iron

Boric acid will help revive white clothes that have been slightly scorched by an iron. For this The iron mark on the still hot fabric is wiped with a cotton pad soaked in boric acid..

The procedure is repeated until the aesthetically pleasing rusty stains from the iron completely disappear.

This video will show you how to remove yellow iron marks from fabric:

After washing

Large amounts of powder, hard water, high water temperatures, or improper use of bleach can cause yellow stains to appear on white clothes after washing.

There are several ways to fix the problem:

Repeated washing of items using oxygen bleach (it is added along with the powder to the washing machine).
This method is especially relevant in a situation where the cause of yellow spots is washing in very hot water.
Treatment of yellow spots with a solution of hydrogen peroxide (take two tablespoons of peroxide per glass of water).
The dirt is generously moistened with the prepared product, after fifteen minutes the clothes are sent for re-washing.
Consistently treat the stain with vinegar and alkaline soap. Yellow stains on white fabric are first moistened with vinegar, and then rubbed with alkaline soap (laundry soap). After twenty minutes, the clothes are washed as usual.

Why do they appear after long-term storage and how to remove them?

Often, a washed item that has been stored in a closet for a long time becomes covered with unattractive yellow spots. Boiling it in a soda solution will help you cope with the problem.

To do this, add a few tablespoons of soda to a bowl of hot water and, bringing the water to a boil, boil the white items for twenty to thirty minutes. After boiling, the item is washed as usual.

The boiling method is not recommended for thin, delicate fabrics, wool, and knitwear.

Adviсe

It is strictly prohibited to bleach fabrics with chemicals that contain chlorine.
Ignoring this rule leads to the fact that a white item loses its purity of color and acquires a gray tint.
Do not use gasoline or solvent to remove stains from synthetics (aggressive chemicals destroy fabric fibers).
Acetone and vinegar solutions are destructive to delicate silk fabrics.
Do not wash white clothes with yellow stains in hot water. Under the influence of high temperatures, pollution eats into the wolf, which greatly complicates the process of its removal.
Before you begin removing stains, you must turn your clothes inside out.
Timely washing minimizes the risk of stubborn yellow stains appearing on white clothes.

Conclusion

With a little patience and having previously studied ways to remove yellow stains from white fabric, you can preserve your favorite item and return it to its original shining whiteness.