Any good stain-fighting tips?

[SDFgirl]

I won an auction on eBay for my DD. The seller threw in (for free) an adorable t-shirt because it matched the other items, but she told me it had some yellow stains on it.

I love this shirt! I want to bring it back to its former glory! Hehe. I have no idea how to treat the stain.

It's a white shirt, but it has red flowers sewn on it so I'm scared to bleach. I assume the stains are set in. Anyone have any "magic cures" I can try? TIA!!

 

[JessicaR]

Get some Zout! I love that stuff.

 

[agnes!]

Some ideas...

*Oxy-Clean + water. Make a paste, put it ONLY on the white part of the shirt, carefully rinse off that part, see if it worked.

*Salt + lemon-juice. Make a paste, put it on the stains, put the garment in the sun. Check later in day to see if it worked & rinse paste off.

The shirt is basically already ruined, but I understand about bleaching the entire garment, so maybe try a
*Bleach-pen. Put shirt on some paper-towels, use the bleach-pen on the stain, carefully blotting as you are treating it. Take away the towels underneath, place the shirt on a dry towel and then blot with a damp towel to try to get the bleach-gel residue out of the fabric.

good luck,
agnes!

 

[chloe770]

I would try the oxy and water paste but leave it on overnight. I just did this for a chocolate icecream stain and it worked great.

 

[lil mermaid]

I think Zout is the best stain remover out there, but not sure if it will work on a set in stain like you are describing.

I would soak the entire shirt in oxyclean and water in the sink and then wash as usual. I would probably soak it for the full six hours (I believe on the oxyclean power package it says to soak for one to six hours.) I have done this with countless items.