Just been getting ready, the other half’s just pointed out that loads of my shorts/t-shirts have a build up of deodorant on them, under the arms.

A quick google tells me I’m not the only one. Seems like deodorants contain some wax type stuff.

1. how do you remove it / dissolve? googling it links you to loads of non proven answers by USA housewives.
2. what do people do to stop this? any brands/types better. I do live in hard water area, if that makes a difference.

ta.

How to stop it? Don’t use deodorant.

On your shorts?!

Deodorant?

crikeyu, if you’re using that much I’d be more worried about getting the aluminium out of your blood first!

I dry my arm pits with a hair dryer before putting formal shirts on – that prevents the problem. With T-shirts I don’t need to bother; it doesn’t seem to affect them.

Tell us more about the USA housewives.

I get this too.

Not investigated it yet.

Shorts sound a bit odd, but each to their own.
White vinegar works when I’ve tried it on t shirts. Takes a long time – think day rather than hour, stinks the place out.

buy one of the green fairy bars of soap. Give it a scrub with that before washing, worked for some of mine.

I can put the ladies from How Clean is your House to shame but – getting deoderant stains out of clothes is even beyond my skillz….

Once they’re stained they usually end up being relegated or binned.

Buy deoderants that are formulated to minimise staining – they do seem to help.

I use roll on antiperspirant and a separate deoderant or aftershave. Never had a problem with it. Using a spray on antiperspirant/deoderant combo is a mugs game.

A simple typo. It was an issue with shirts, not my perspiring shorts 😉

Sorry I have no experience of USA housewives, but I have a story about my mate in whistler and a cougar…

Only wear vests.

Get and learn to use one of these and cut down on the deoderant?

A lot of t’interweb searching a couple of years ago came up with the answer – citric acid like they use in home brew kits.

Rub it into damp shirts if badly marked and soak the pits in a solution of 3 teaspoons to a litre of warm water before each wash after.

Don’t forget to thank me when all your clothes are pong free!

FTFY