How To Remove Old Yellow Stains

This is a dry cleaner’s guide to removing old yellow stains (usually caused by sweat and body oil’s aging overtime):
1) Pretreat the soiled areas with a solution of warm water and a few drops of dish soap. This will help remove any remaining oils.
2) Handwash your hat. It CANNOT go into a washing machine as the cardboard or plastic brim WILL get messed up. I have made this mistake so please don’t do this.
3) Soak your hat or garment in the hottest water you can get and powdered oxygen bleach. Let it sit overnight (oxygen bleaches require lots of time and heat to work so please be patient).
4) Let it air dry and then inspect.
5) Repeat the process if needed
You can also swap out step 3 and spray down your garment with 3% hydrogen peroxide and let it air dry. HP is also an oxygen bleach.
I hope this guide helps you remove your yellow stains!
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[@Di-ey5ql]

I've always just put our dirty and sweaty hats in a delicates bag and tossed in machine with the clothes (cold wash) and usually into the dryer afterwards. Guess I've been lucky all these years as no hat is destroyed yet, just faded colours maybe after many washes.

[@ninjadogs3389]

you can buy a hat cage as well and it will protect your hat from damage.

[@lilinsulatorchick9665]

Didn't people used to put them in the dishwasher 😂

[@Di-ey5ql]

@@lilinsulatorchick9665 yeah I see few comments saying they use dishwasher. Each to their own ,I wouldn't use a dishwasher to clean hats though.

[@marlenafina3481]

🎉I just put them in washing machine cold water 🎉

[@SaintShion]

​@@marlenafina3481same i put them on hat form to dry no issues yet.

[@ATLfletch]

I have had great luck for years using the top rack of the dishwasher to wash these. You need to be careful how you load them so they won't move around and also so the water can hit all parts of the hat (especially from the top). And Yes, scrub any sweat stains with a scrubby brush and Dawn liquid before putting it in the dishwasher.

[@kathypants123]

Soaking them with a dishwasher pod in hot water works great as well.

[@louiseparisotto3630]

Well I've washed my running hats in the washing machine for years - or the top rack of the dishwasher and they have all be fine

[@Ksweetpea]

Ooh, I'll use this for the hat of my beekeepers suit at the end of the season

[@skinnypete-tw7yx]

Hottest water possible. *proceeds to dip his hand in water

[@NaniNinaNa]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Luggruff]

Not an issue at all if you do it enough. I always hand wash my dishes and just stopped lowering the temp from next to boiling at some point as it simply is too much work adjusting it over and over

[@MrTributes]

you can machine wash a hat, the brim will be fine unless its made of cardboard, or if you have no motor function, then you wont be able to figure out how to reshape it... the structure in the forehead is what you need to be careful of cus it can warp and theres no fixing that.

[@livefortoday2127]

there are hat frames used to keep the hats shape so you can wash it in the washing machine.

[@SaidAlSeveres]

Yes! I just found a hat on a trail. It’s really dirty but super cool and was not sure how to wash it. Now I know! I just need some oxyclean

[@kathykershner9841]

I spray white hats with Clorox Cleanup, scrub with a kitchen brush, rinse and hang to dry. Perfection!

[@Katrinabuttles827]

I used shampoo then Oxi clean for soaking .

[@illasoul]

What type of shampoo

[@kandihinshaw1870]

You actually can machine wash hats. Because they have this little apparatus that they made to put a baseball cap in that keeps its form and its shape. And you just stick it in the washing machine and wash it. Can you keep it in the app rise and stick it in your dryer.

[@BlondeQtie]

the funniest thing i have seen was that someone put their hat into a dishwasher 😂 it worked 😂

[@andrewchapman5659]

as long as it doesnt move its fine, lol and the dishes arent moving either, probably harmful to the fabric tho

[@tinydancer7426]

Yes you can wash hats in a machine. You just have to know how to do it right. I wash my ball caps when they need it and the brims come out just fine.

[@jeevesny]

plastic or cardboard brims?

[@tinydancer7426]

@@jeevesny Not plastic. And after the wash, I set the up for air drying. Some people get and use those forms that you snap the cap into ..... it protects the shape of the brin. But, I am able to clean my caps without that contraption. It's a matter of learning how to do without one of those gismos.

[@Slugbunny]

I've been washing my Stetson caps and they come out okay. Brim is fine.

[@kumaIndigo]

I did it and in one of my shirts it made the yellow brighter

[@jojokeane]

Use sodium perborate. A hat can be washed in the dishwasher.

[@fleetingreese7642]

A man that knows his laundry😮

[@jeevesny]

Crazy thought right?

[@wasco1989]

​@@jeevesny any tips for OxiClean yellowing certain synthetic materials. Example air force 1s

[@ethanjenkins4745]

Question! is this method or spraying hydrogen peroxide and air drying better for removing yellow sweat stains (after using antiperspirant) from shirt underarms?? Thank you!

[@big4headedGangster]

Who pissed on this man's hat. Must've went to an R Kelly concert once

[@elled10024]

Must’ve gone

[@JOSESBBQ]

what lmaooo

[@susanchappell6856]

😅 yes you can wash a hat in the top rack of a dishwasher it comes out sparkling clean drip-dry it

[@heartofdixieflipper9629]

I have tried soaking and washing with dawn and oxcyclean however I have had white hats turn yellow when drying.

[@DLlama]

How do you keep the water hot overnight? Let it simmer on the stove? Put in in the crock pot? I'm being serious.

[@jc2386]

Or COMET + (dish soap or detergent )with some hyrdgen peroxide and hot water from the kitchen sink. Use hair dryer 15mins, air dry or tie a string to the dyer door to the hat and go one drying cycle. DONE. That takes 30mins to an hour.

[@938wilson8]

Yes, you can wash a cap in the washing machine. Just don't put it in the dryer.

[@DES.REVER.DESIGNS]

You can put hats in the washer... just don't put them on a violent spin cycle

[@mattreynolds981]

What's the difference between machine washing in a hat holder for the brim compared to soaking over night?

[@mike4402]

so clearly people don't know this but hats used to be lined with cardboard after lead, and before plastic. Baseball hats explicitly still use this old method still. If its not a baseball hat it probably has a plastic brim.

[@JoSanOng]

It didn’t cause any discoloration to the red logo! How??

[@jeevesny]

Most embroidery is polyester thread, which does not dye easily!

[@songsthatarecatchy]

I'm currently doing this.

[@sokjur]

Hi sir. Can you teach .. How to remove bleach stain from dark cloth . thankyou

[@regierbuddy2044]

I scrub mine with dawn and rinse well then shove a towel inside to retain the shape, keeps my hats going for years till they get to sun burnt Edit: works great on shoes to

[@HiNinqi]

Is the hot water kept hot on a burner/stove? Leave it boiling?

[@clothyoriginal]

Why do you use dish soap and not regular laundry detergent for the first bit? I do that too and I'm sure many others do, I'm wondering how that became ingrained in us!? Whats in it that's not in detergent? It it just the degreasing element?

[@jeevesny]

I think its a bit easier to find / readily available than dish soap but I totally agree that pretreating with detergent would work better! Great point

[@fhobbs4]

A couple hats of mine have minor rust stains from the button on the top - any tips to remove those?

[@Zechariah210]

Thank man I did this today. 👌

[@lilinsulatorchick9665]

Didn't people used to put them in the dishwasher 😂

[@jamiejam4588]

Can you soak garments in hot water even if they say to wash in cold or warm water?

[@iggysixx]

Overnight in oxygen bleach that you're not supposed to soak in for more than 1 hour... (Because it will destroy the fabric)..?

[@NewYorkCityGritty5]

Can you use the oxy clean on a colored hat though? My husband has a couple hats like this.

[@jeevesny]

Yes! Oxygen bleach = color safe bleach so you're good to go

[@717379]

Isn't there 😅glue in a hat that can be affected when soaking?

[@Robert-sq7bp]

Hottest water, boiled? Or just hottest tap water

[@peterh5485]

The red NY didn’t bleed or discolor the white around it?

[@PersononEarth-xf9tg]

How do I get my white socks that have been tanish after each wash?

[@ammmm_4803]

how do you re-harden the shell of the hat?

[@gavery5535]

Spray Starch

[@danieldurnea6029]

Thanks

[@Lurning-disability]

How dose socking it not brake it? Isnt the brim carbord

[@angelarmenta6260]

Would a shirt with make up work too ?

[@soulchorea]

"hottest water possible" does not mean "hottest water possible". It's more like "hottest water your clothing item tag says is acceptable"

[@jamesmichaellaganson2054]

Will that work on synthetic leather?

[@KAlexandra516]

Hat washing cages are available. Pop your hat in the cage, pop it in the washer.

[@ktrayan1]

Where you buying your oxi clean cuz mine doesn’t work that well

[@kevvy22]

Will the oxyxlean change the color of dark hats?

[@chrismartinez7135]

It just becomes a work hat😂, country lifestyle. Wear till they fall apart. Replace

[@nathanruiz1944]

Will this work on a vintage jacket/sweater?

[@jminkvihubyb]

I bought a big bottle of hydrogen peroxide because of KZbin. Now I'm realizing I i need some type of oxy clean 😭

[@THE_K_HOUSE]

Where can I find that scrub brush?

[@jeevesny]

cleaners supply

[@hoahiepnguyen9138]

Is this be able to apply for white backpack ?

[@angelodeasis6081]

how about old dirt stain

[@og4557]

What about white wonter coats

[@markpalumbo129]

I want to know how soak it in the hottest water in the hottest water possible overnight, I want to know that trick 🤣

[@KS-dp2rk]

I love you❤

[@PaulProvosty]

That’s a big thumb!

[@justsomeone89]

Dry cleaners guide..... uses a wet cleaning method? So sad.....

[@xPhen]

i wash mine in the dishwasher and haven't had issues for over 10 years. He's just lying to you for business.

[@jeevesny]

So glad youve had good luck! Im not sure how my FREE guide to clean your hats at home is benefitting my business lolololol

[@xPhen]

@@jeevesny if you dont know the business model behind what you are doing then i guess you aren't getting much benefit. Try not lying and promote optional ways.

[@Bmoreknowledge]

It’s a yankee hat just throw it out

[@rabbitholegirl1]

Ew

[@Cashapp909]

If you stack the hats they don't fuck up. Just a little tip