It's not as obvious in the pic as it was in real life, but you can see the dark area on the left side. I used the concoction on the right side and it removed it completely!
I've seen a few different ratios floating around, but I like to use:
1 Tbsp. baking soda
1 Tbsp. hydrogen peroxide
1 tsp. blue Dawn detergent
I mix up a triple batch (3 Tbsp. + 3 Tbsp. + 1 Tbsp.) and store it in a 1/2 cup tupperware. Be warned ~ the mixture does need a while to breathe, so do not put the top on for several hours or it will pop the top & you will have a soapy mess dripping down the side. Before using, stir it up well with an old toothbrush and scrub it on the stain. I like to let it sit an hour before washing but don't know if that really makes a difference or not.
After that success I decided to Google a cure for my big laundry foe ~ grease spots. My old strategy was to treat the area with stain remover and re-wash, hoping it would come out the 2nd time, but I had a few shirts that just would not get clean & were close to getting tossed. My husband had a particularly bad one ~
I found several suggestions & ran some experiments. First I tried baking soda, and while it does mask the stain temporarily (you could probably hide a spot on clothing you want to wear right away), once it went through the wash the stain returned. Then I tried rubbing the stains with chalk ~ no luck. Finally I read to use a combination of baking soda and blue Dawn. I gave the armpit mix a try and behold!!
I could not believe my eyes!
Since then I have tried this on all kinds of stains and dubbed it my "Stain Magic". I don't bother pre-treating anything, I just use it on anything that didn't come out in the wash. It has worked miracles around here & saved many pieces of clothing!
And if that fails...
The Stain Magic almost always works the first time, but occasionally I have to treat & wash something again. I did have some old baby clothes with some particularly stubborn yellowing that it did not fully remove, so I turned to my other powerful stain fighter ~ the sun!
Believe it or not, the sun is pretty awesome at removing stains and odors. We use cloth diapers and I learned to take any stained diapers, wet them down, and sun them to get them bright white again. I finally tried this with the stained baby clothes and it bleached the remaining yellow out in a day or two of sunning. Just make sure to wet them first, because it does not work nearly as well dry.
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