Do you have any tried-and-true suggestions for preventing or eliminating perspiration sweat "glow" stains from the underarms of white shirts…? I have a "friend" who asked me to blog the question ;).
Thanks.
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Try changing to a deodorant that doesn’t list petroleum based ingredients on it. It’ll take a couple weeks before the old deodorant wears off so give it a little time to work. I’m sure this isn’t an absolute answer – sometimes it’s just body chemistry, but I hope it helps.
have you tried clinical strength secret? my daughter suffers from sweaty pits, and this works really well. you have to remember to use it before you go to bed at night!
I have no answer. I just love that you know that horses sweat, men perspire, and ladies glow…lol.
I just buy new white shirts, often.
My suggestion would be to either change deodorant OR to soak the stain on the white shirts with hydrogen perioxide. I have used the perioxide soak on my hubby’s white shirts with great success. Basically put the perioxide right on the stain, let set for 5 minutes and then wash as usual. HTH!
I have not had one problem after switching to Secret Clinical Strength. It is wonderful.
I’ll have to keep checking this topic. No matter what I seem to do, I end up having to just replace my white shirts!
I’ve GOT to find out the answer to this one! We usually just have to trash Doug’s t-shirts every year or so. Drives me batty…
I have noticed that when I use Degree I have this problem and when I use another deodorants I don’t. I think it must have something to do with my body chemistry. My hubby has bad stains on his shirts no matter what. Can I give him clinical strength secret? It’s powerful enough for a man, right? 🙂
I too have this problem and am thrilled to hear about Secret Clinical Strength. I can’t wait to try it.
I wash with old-fashioned rubbing alcohol in those areas before dressing… it’s cheaper and works better than deoderant because it removes odor-causing bacteria. Just for good measure, I spritz on (non-aluminum) “crystal” mineral salt deoderant.
As for removing stains in clothing, household bleach seems to work best for me.
Good question! e-Mom