weird stains, how can I get rid of them?

lamplighter

Tue, Aug 21 2007, 9:54 pm

for some reason I keep finding these small stains that look like urine stains on my shirts. ( I don't pee on my shirts)
what could they be?
how can I get rid of them?????

Tefila

Wed, Aug 22 2007, 10:05 am

Are they perhaps rust stains? If so could be your washer or something inside. First find out and there is a solution to get out the rust though can't guarantee how the quality of the shirt after that Confused

chocolate moose

Wed, Aug 22 2007, 10:07 am

I have seen such over the years. It could be your closet leaking. It could be the age of your shirt. Or it could be that you didn’t pretreat.

Try washing them again.

chen

Wed, Aug 22 2007, 6:30 pm

If something nearly colorless but containing dissolved sugar, protein or other compound spilled on it--e.g. ginger ale or colorless lemon-lime soda--, the sugar or other compounds remain in the fabric and eventually oxidize to a yellow or beige color. They can be bleached but will come back with time or exposure to heat. Ever have a stain bloom on a garment just when you iron it? that's what's happening.