How to get out deodorant stains?

zissou'smom

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My favorite t-shirt (a black Dark Side one I've had for like six years) has deodorant stains on it
They kind of come out when I wash it, but not really... it's like cumulative traces from crappy dorm / apt washing machines have all added up.

How do you get them out?!
 

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I've gotten deoderant stains out by soaking my shirts in undiluted white vinegar overnight and then washing in HOT water with an enzymatic detergent such as Tide powder. Sometimes it helps to use Zout stain remover on a second wash (with no drying in between washes.)

Good luck!
 

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Phew im glad this thread is here. I use an anti-perspirant spray and i wear alot of black clothes, it's a pain with those white marks!
 
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I scrubbed my little heart out with Tide and Shout this morning and put it through the washing machine. Seems to have come out, but I will be trying the vinegar too. It always looks like it comes out and then suddenly its back (I used to wear excessive deodorant and now I wear as much as normal people... it's not just getting restained
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