Pit Stains.

Please tell me I'm not the only woman out there who gets embarrassing yellow pit stains.  Honestly, I sweat like a guy, and my poor clothes bear the brunt of my overly-sensitive, apparently testosterone-drenched sweat glands, especially during the summer time.  I tried bleach, I tried pre-soaking, I tried Shout.  Nothing seemed to work.  I just thought that dingy whites were something I had to deal with, making sure not to raise my arms too high when I wore white clothes (if I wore white at all).

NO. MORE.

God bless the internet.  Seriously.  Because all those men and women out there who know stuff about things can share their knowledge with the rest of us ignorants.  Some brilliant mind somewhere decided to share some family secret for getting accursed pit stains out of clothing, and, good news everyone! It works! And it's simple, and takes minimal elbow grease.  Here's the recipe:

Ingredients:

1. 3-4 Tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide.
2. 1 Tablespoon of Dawn dish soap (I'm not sure if a generic brand will work or not.  I decided not to tempt fate, and stuck with the original recipe.  However, I just got a small bottle - it cost me $1.77 at Walmart).
3. 1 Tablespoon of baking soda.
4. A laundry scrub brush of some sort (I used an old hard-bristle toothbrush).

Directions:

1. Mix ingredients in a small container.
2. Pour on to stain and spend some time scrubbin'.  A few minutes of earnest work should do the trick (you may even notice as you're scrubbing that the stain is lessening - I did).
3. Let the solution set for about an hour or so, and then wash the piece of clothing like you normally would.  The solution won't bleach or stain your other clothes, so you don't need to worry about washing anything separately.

Okay, so, granted, I made too much solution.  While I was mixing my solution, I realized I misread the recipe, mixing up teaspoons and tablespoons.  You may want to go with the teaspoon version if you only have a shirt or two to do.  I was skeptical about whether this would actually work, so I piled almost all of it on to two shirts.  Hindsight being 20/20, you really don't need that much.

The results?

BEFORE:                                                               

Look at that serious grossness.  See it right there? A couple years' worth of sweaty armpits.  Nasty.

AFTER:

Clean, white, and yellow/brown-free!  Get excited.