Deodorant Build-up

By

singlefather

I had a black polyester Nike work-out shirt that had the white caked anti-perspirant in the under arms. I boiled a full tea kettle of water and poured it through the fabric, then laundered as usual and the build-up is gone now.

By

meoowmom

Make a paste of baking soda and white vinegar and place this on damp clothing (area like under arm)
or just put white vinegar on shirt then baking soda and add a bit more vinegar til it fizzes then scrub away and wash. If you can hang it out in the sunshine it will help too. They also sell "whitener" the people who make RitDye has these and use in the yellow areas to get the dingy color out.

Good luck I also will be getting one of the Rit product as my boyfriend's undershirts are yellow.

By

sigma28

I use Mean Green on the underarms of my husband's shirts and it helps with deodorant buildup. However, I have only tried this with white shirts. The spray recommends you test it on an inconspicuous area first if you are in doubt about it discoloring something. I've heard that you can drop a couple of plain aspirin in the wash with new white tee shirts to prevent buildup in the first place.

By

joycerella

I wear a lot of black. Unfortunately the antiperspirant that works best for me is a white solid kind. As Megan F. mentions, try rubbing the underarm areas with a pantyhose when damp before drying. The texture of the pantyhose works better than anything I've found so far.

How do you remove deodorant residue from t-shirts?