I’ve got some white t-shirts that have graphic prints on the front, that are stained in the armpits. I was wondering if I could bleach just the armpits of the shirt? I was thinking if I rinsed the bleach off the pits before washing it wouldn’t damage the rest of the shirt, but I’m not sure if there’s a better way of dealing with pit stains. Thanks in advance.

Shirts are cotton if it matters

  • just_another_person@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 hours ago

    Baking soda and peroxide, OR Oxygen Bleach (Oxiclean) should be just fine for this. Just soak the affected areas for 15m on a solution of whichever, and you should see it cleaner.

    If it’s been permeated from caking agent like deodorant, you may need to boil it. Look into “Laundry Stripping” as well.

    • ashenone@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      2 hours ago

      Thanks I’ll give laundry stripping a look. It is from aluminum based deodorants, which I recently switched away from so I’m trying to bring some of my shirts back to life since it hopefully won’t be such a problem anymore