Blue Stains Showing Up on Washed Clothing

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RE: Blue Stains Showing Up on Washed Clothing

I have the blue stains intermittently like everyone. No blue detergent, no fabric softener ever used, have not used toilet cleaners in 20 yrs, no well water (all city water), spots show after the washer (dryer is no different), happened on old and new washer (washer hoses only 8 mos old). I use TIDE FREE HE and previously TIDE FREE 2x and had the problem, the City of Raleigh says my water PH is 8.7SU. I've had the anode (that is the device that pulls heavy metals from your water so it doesn't wreck the H/W heater) checked in the hot water heater and it appears to be working fine (only 7 yrs old) The white top that got the stains had very little contact with my skin when I wore it so I am don't think it is a chemical reaction to something on me.
Every time I try to recreate the problem testing with hot, warm, cold water, Tide, no Tide, I can not recreate the problem, it just happens intermittently until...

Then it happened while hand washing a white garment in 2 gallons of warm water with a Target brand of mild soap (like Woolite) and had sprayed spots with SprayNWash. There they were, those blue dots. The city of Raleigh is testing my water for copper and lead levels... no feedback yet. I now have little blue stains on the metal of my white washing machine.. I had wet kitchen dish cloths sitting there when they were dirty. I also tend to lay cloths out on the top of washing m/c when I spray them with SprayNWash.

So now I have ordered a replacement for the anode rod in the hot water tank..The hot water heater manufacturer says maybe the anode rod is used up because it is very, very pitted. Hopefully, that will take care of it.
There is some chemical reaction going on that making these blue dots on cotton and metal washing machines!

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RE: Blue Stains Showing Up on Washed Clothing

It is possibly caused by failure of a blue coloring in detergent, laundry aid or fabric softener to dissolve or disperse. If caused by a detergent or powdered laundry aid, add 1 cup (240 ml) of white vinegar to 1 quart (.95L) of water. Use a plastic container. Soak item for one hour; rinse.

If caused by fabric softener, rub stains with bar soap, wash.

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RE: Blue Stains Showing Up on Washed Clothing

I use gain, one person said that took them out and it didn't for me. I'm going to try the less detergent and no fabric softener and adding some vinegar. I agree with the one person who thinks its the well water. I have the blue spots but sometimes mine are just a darkish spot, i have used crud cutter from walmart but its a little costly, it does remove the spots but i didn't find that adding it to the entire load stopped the spots from ruining my clothes.

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