Liquid Laundry Detergent

There are times when we all perspire more than we wish we did. Of course when exercising, this is expected. But it isn’t that hard to clean your work out clothes. You wear t-shirts and sweats that are made to be perspired into and you can expose them to harsher detergents and it isn’t a problem. But if you perspire a great deal into a nice dress shirt or blouse, when you get home you have a laundry problem that you need to have some special methods to handle.

The circumstances that would cause you to sweat like that are probably extraordinary. Maybe you gave a big presentation at work and it didn’t go very well. Perhaps you had a big test in college and you really had to "sweat it out". Or maybe your car broke down on the way home from work on a hot day and you filled your shirt with sweat walking to get help or changing a tire in the hot sun. Whatever the situation, you could not help it but you still have to figure out how to get rid of those sweat stains so the shirt is not ruined.

This is a case where keeping some specialized liquid laundry soaps around is in order. There are a number of good ones on the market so you should stock up in advance because the circumstances we just described don’t give you advanced notice when they are going to come up and you want to be prepared. In fact, when you get home, you should not delay in getting that shirt into the process of being cleaned. The longer that sweat stays in the shirt, the harder it is going to be to clean up.

Usually the process of removing a perspiration area that liquid detergents call for is for you to apply the detergent and then allow it to soak in for at least a half hour before you move to the next step. Now look at the ingredients and instructions on the liquid detergent to make sure it is intended to be used to remove protein based stains such as sweat. You want the right detergent for the right job. Apply it to the stain and go enjoy a nice cold shower to calm down after a hard day. Then you can look at the stains to see if things are coming along before taking further action.

In some cases, more extreme action may be called for. In those cases, you may want to take the garment to a cleaner and explain the problem and allow them to use their specialized skills to get those stains out. But in 90% of the cases or more, the commercial liquid detergents do a great job. After about a half hour of soaking, you run the shirt through the laundry on cold water and gentle and the stain will come right out. You can then tumble it dry and iron it or starch it. Before long, the stain is gone and the shirt is good as new. Then the only remnant of your bad day is in your mind and that will pass with time as well.