Yellowing swimsuit

[Tink3815]

I normally buy a dark solid color suit, but this time I went for a white-navy stripe. I do not know if it is from the spray sunscreen or chlorine causing the white portion to yellow. I am thinkings it is from sunscreen.

Has anyone found a way to remove these stains that work?

 

[Herding_Cats]

I normally buy a dark solid color suit, but this time I went for a white-navy stripe. I do not know if it is from the spray sunscreen or chlorine causing the white portion to yellow. I am thinkings it is from sunscreen.

Has anyone found a way to remove these stains that work?

if you live somewhere with hard water, sunscreen + hard water can make yellow/rust color stains on clothing if you launder it (the usual culprit IME for those rusty-colored stains is the ingredient avobenzone in the sunscreen.) If that sounds like what you've got, you could try a 12hr soak in something like oxyclean, an iron remover, or something like "white brite" (a hard water stain remover for laundry) but I'm not sure how safe that would be for swimsuit material, or if it would affect the navy. If you won't wear it with the staining, you don't have anything to lose though.

 

[Mle8308]

Try some of the original blue Dawn dish detergent on a rag or old facecloth, just squirt some on, and toss it in with the bathing suit. I actually use this hack with regular laundry and it works great at keeping clothes bright. Still use your detergent, but add the rag/Dawn in instead of bleach or a fabric brightener. If it's gentle enough for wildlife, it should be fine on my clothes. And it does not create a lot of bubbles, you don't squirt a ton on, I usually make a smiley face and add a little extra hair! Yes, I'm weird like that.

 

[Tink3815]

Try some of the original blue Dawn dish detergent on a rag or old facecloth, just squirt some one, and toss it in with the bathing suit. I actually use this hack with regular laundry and it works great at keeping clothes bright. Still use your detergent, but add the rag/Dawn in instead of bleach or a fabric brightener. If it's gentle enough for wildlife, it should be fine on my clothes. And it doe not create a lot of bubbles, you don't squirt a ton on, I usually make a smiley face and add a little extra hair! Yes, I'm weird like that.

The Dawn dish soap worked. I rubbed on the stains and soaked overnight. Laid it outside to dry in the sun. It took 2 times but the white can back. Dawn is amazing.

 

[Mle8308]

The Dawn dish soap worked. I rubbed on the stains and soaked overnight. Laid it outside to dry in the sun. It took 2 times but the white can back. Dawn is amazing.

I agree! You can also make a spot treatment using it with hydrogen peroxide and baking soda. Definitely spot check that one first before actually using. But Dawn is great on a rag thrown into a wash cycle!

 

[EACarlson]

For anything yellowed or turned orange by the combination of hard water and sunscreen ( I thought it was Oxybenzone that did it) Works toilet bowl cleaner from Walmart, it's like 97 cents a bottle. But the clothing in a bucket and wet it down with the toilet cleaner. Let it sit for an hour and then wash it separately.

 

[TheIncredibles!]

Purple conditioner?

 

[LuvOrlando]

I normally buy a dark solid color suit, but this time I went for a white-navy stripe. I do not know if it is from the spray sunscreen or chlorine causing the white portion to yellow. I am thinkings it is from sunscreen.

Has anyone found a way to remove these stains that work?

Anything work @Tink3815 ?

 

[Mle8308]

Anything work @Tink3815 ?

Dawn dish soap, see post #4.