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Useful Useless Fact: Deodorant Stains and Odor

July 26, 2006 by in UUF with 4 Comments

Todays Tip: With summer here so are the yellowish stains under the armpits of your shirt. The solution: Mix 1 quart warm water, 1/2 tsp liquid detergent and 1 tbsp ammonia, then soak the stain with this for 30 minutes and wash as usual. If stain remains, allow to air dry and blot with alcohol. Cover the area with a clean paper towel or disposable muslin that has been dampened with alcohol for 30 minutes, changing the pad with a fresh one as it absorbs the stain. Keep the spot and pad moist with alcohol.

BONUS TIP: If you forget to apply deodorant you can moisten a tissue with an alcohol-based mouth wash, which is common in hotel rooms. The alcohol kills the bacteria, and the mint cover the odor.

As always, you can see all the previous tips and read the disclaimers here.


  • Colin

    or buy a new $0.15 white undershirt.

  • rak

    i had heard this ammonia story before, it found it didn’t work that well.

    the best method (IMO) is:

    detergent + bleach + OxiClean Versatile Stain Remover
    (http://www.oxiclean.com/151616A05products.asp?MainNav=Products&SubNav=Versatile)

    add to warm water and let tshirts soak for a couple of hours (or longer) in the washer, then run the wash cycle.

    works everytime(!)

  • adam

    rak, my cousin did that a while back………the oxyclean reacted to the bleach and started smoking lol. are you sure it works?

  • Brian

    oh yeah, i had a friend’s mother-in-law’s daughter’s ex-boyfriend who made methamphetamines the same way. it doesn’t work. =/

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