foto: Instagram/@cleo0.204
Brilio.net - Wearing white clothes does give the impression of being clean, neat, and elegant, but there are challenges that are often faced. One of the most common problems is the yellow stains that often appear on the collar due to sweat. These stains not only ruin the appearance of the clothes, but are also difficult to remove, making many people less confident when wearing their favorite white clothes.
Yellow stains on white shirt collars are caused by a reaction between sweat and chemicals in deodorants or antiperspirants. Sweat, which contains salts, proteins, and natural body oils, reacts with active ingredients in skin care products, such as aluminum, which is often found in deodorants. This combination creates stains that adhere strongly to the fabric fibers, especially in areas that are frequently exposed to sweat, such as the collar and armpits.
Dealing with yellow stains on white shirt collars requires extra effort and special care. While washing clothes regularly is an important first step, special techniques such as soaking clothes in bleach or citric acid solutions can be very helpful. But if used continuously, these two ingredients can cause the fabric fibers to become easily damaged.
Instead, you can use a trick from Instagram user @cleo0.204 when you want to clean a white shirt collar. Through one of the videos uploaded, she admitted to only relying on a few simple ingredients found in the kitchen. Reported by brilio.net on Wednesday (1/1), the kitchen ingredients in question are baking soda and dish soap.
photo: Instagram/@cleo0.204
So, prepare a bucket first. Then put in baking soda and dish soap to taste. In addition, also add liquid detergent and pour enough hot water. Stir first until all ingredients are completely submerged.
photo: Instagram/@cleo0.204
Next, put in the white clothes to be washed. Press until all parts of the clothes are completely submerged, then let it sit for at least 30 minutes. After that, lift and scrub the stained collar with a brush. Because it has been soaked, the stain will be easier to remove when brushed later.
photo: Instagram/@cleo0.204
Then if it feels clean, continue to rinse the clothes with running water. Then dry them by airing them. Avoid drying white clothes directly under the sun because it can make the color turn yellow. That way, the clothes will be bright again and of course there are no faded parts.
This combination of ingredients (baking soda, dish soap, and hot water) works synergistically to remove stains without fading the white color of the fabric. Baking soda and dish soap clean and lift stains, while hot water helps speed up the cleaning process. In this way, stubborn sweat stains can be removed, leaving white clothes clean and bright without damaging the fibers or color of the fabric.
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