Aren't you tired of your white dress shirts not being so white after a few wears? Concerned with why the collar turns yellow, or just frustrated that you have to keep throwing your shirts away because you're ashamed of how dirty your collar has become?
Sweat is a formidable foe to collars on dress shirts, not just white ones either. Light-colored shirts are also easily stained and soiled, and restoring them to brand new can be difficult, if not seemingly impossible. Yet the typical person will believe the solution is simple: wash your clothes and cross your fingers in the hope that your color-safe detergent is strong enough to make those shameful stains go away. Do not feel like a complete outcast if you have a dirty shirt or have developed yellow collar; everyone gets yellow collar and stains on their dress shirts. Let’s face it, life’s messy and we’re messy people! You may sweat more than the average individual or you may shower less frequently, but no frequency of cleaning yourself or any extreme avoidances of sweat will stop your dress shirt’s collar from turning yellow.
It becomes extremely costly to purchase new dress shirts every time a collar is ruined, yet you refuse to give up wearing nice, crisp white dress shirts just because they stain or become yellow easily.
OxiClean and SHOUT do fairly well at getting rid of yellow collar. My white shirt, and shirt collars for shirts that were partially white, come out looking mostly new (only pure bleach and other harsh chemicals can make your whites as white as they were when you bought them) after using these products. Simply spray your stains, yellow collars, and dirty spots with the formula until the area is saturated with the solution, let it sit for several minutes, and then hurry over to the Laundromat and throw your clothes in with a normal wash. Watch your shirts come out looking (mostly) new, and save yourself the heartache of losing your dress shirt as well as having to search for one to replace it, which adds to the debt balance on your credit card.
We are not affiliates of OxiClean of SHOUT, but endorse it for your sake to avoid the trouble of washing your shirts 4 times over to see little added results with each wash, as well as throwing good money away at the store to purchase a new dress shirt, never mind the wasted time spent searching for a replacement shirt, paying a premium for a dry cleaning which applies harsh chemicals to the clothes you love (no offense to dry cleaners), or throwing away a perfectly good shirt that can be easily restored. OxiClean and SHOUT are convenient solutions that work and are color-safe too.
Does anyone else have good suggestions for how to clean stains, dirty spots, and yellow collars?
Have you had great experiences with other cleaning products or services that saved your beloved shirts? What have been some bad experiences with cleaning products or services?
Sometimes men's dress shirts just get ruined and maybe you need a new one. Design a new men's dress shirt now. I'd recommend a white dress shirt with a black collar and black cuffs.
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This was a personal experience post by our Co-creation Blog Moderator, Danny Wong, who is also a huge co-creator of custom men's dress shirts.
