A home for their hearts Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 I just went through my baby clothes and was upset to find a lot had yellowed. I'm having trouble getting the stains to come out of some really cute clothes! UGH. Anyone know of any good tricks that work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 I used to get the yellow out of my Navy whites by washing them with Simple Green all-purpose cleaner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 I have soaked these in oxi-clean before with success. What I did was put HOT water in my washing machine with oxiclean (I don't remember how much, but I know I didn't skimp on it...)...let them soak overnight or all day long and then drained then I added soap to the machine and finished washing. Before drying, check to see if the stains were removed...I have had to do this for a second day before...but never any more than that. Good Luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A home for their hearts Posted April 8, 2010 Author Share Posted April 8, 2010 I forgot about oxiclean! I used to use it to get out the breastfed baby poop stains lol and it worked wonderfully! I'll have to give it a try. I've never heard of simple green all-purpose cleaner. Does it work well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Oxiclean, love it!! Use hot water of course. It also gets rust out and I've had great success with getting blood out of my sheets. Lara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaLisa Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Tightwad Gazette ran this which is best solution I've ever used to get yellow stains out of baby clothes. I used to use it regularly, when I had lots of littles. I googled for the recipe to make sure I remembered correctly. I just used the hottest water in my wash machine, added the chlorox and dishwasher detergent, put the garments in and let them sit for a while and then washed. I double-rinsed for baby clothes. HTH, Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Becca211 Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 One more thing I heard about once was making a paste out of meat tenderizer and putting in on the stain to sit for a while. The tenderizer is an enzyme to break down proteins and that is what is in the stain. If the oxyclean doesn't work, it is worth a shot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieZ Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 I used to just throw everything in a hot water - chlorine bleach load once a couple of regular tries had failed to remove the stains. No matter the color/print/etc, I'd say that 80% came through the bleach with NO damage and NO stains --- as good as new, 10% faded but were useable, 10% were so faded that I didn't want to use them and threw them out. Hth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Jessica* Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Tightwad Gazette ran this which is best solution I've ever used to get yellow stains out of baby clothes. I used to use it regularly, when I had lots of littles. I googled for the recipe to make sure I remembered correctly. I just used the hottest water in my wash machine, added the chlorox and dishwasher detergent, put the garments in and let them sit for a while and then washed. I double-rinsed for baby clothes. HTH, Lisa This!!!! It's the best stain treatment I've found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samba Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Tightwad Gazette ran this which is best solution I've ever used to get yellow stains out of baby clothes. I used to use it regularly, when I had lots of littles. I googled for the recipe to make sure I remembered correctly. I just used the hottest water in my wash machine, added the chlorox and dishwasher detergent, put the garments in and let them sit for a while and then washed. I double-rinsed for baby clothes. HTH, Lisa This is the stain treatment I use for tough stains. It has worked for almost everything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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