ASA Shirt stains
 

That's "shirt" with an "r," fellas!

I forget if I brought it up here, but last year, I had some troubles with my newer ASA shirts suddenly getting black stains around the white bands on the sleeves. I could never figure out if it was my washer machine or something that was being washed with the shirts. My wife and I tried washing them over and over again with different detergents, but nothing could get these stains out. The shirts have sat in my closet for almost a year.

Anyway, I figured these 4 stained shirts were potentially a lost cause, so I didn't have much to lose. I bought some Shout Advanced Stain gel and poured a metric crapload of it onto the stains and rubbed it in with the included brush. My wife took the shirts, put them in a bucket with Oxi Clean in it, and left them overnight.

Looked at the shirts the next day, and the stains had turned GREEN! I thought these shirts were done for, but I threw 'em in the wash one last time.

Lo and behold, those stains are GONE. Not a trace. Zip. None.

Pristine.

I just saved myself over $100 in new shirts.

Don't know if any of you have had troubles with black stains on your shirts, but that's how you get 'em out. Save yourself some money and get the Shout Advanced Stain gel stuff. It's only $5, and well worth the money.

That's a lot of gel.

Indeed. Thank god it wasn't an English/standard crapload.

Dave - thanks for the advice.

I'm now trying to figure out exactly how much a "metric crapload" is and how to accurately measure it. :)

I know what you mean. The store that sells the crapload measures around here has adamantly refused to go metric.

No problem! I figured I had nothing to lose. I don't wear dirty shirts on the field, regardless of whether it's league or a National. I'd rather retire the shirt than disrespect the uniform, the association, the players and, finally, myself. And if my advice helps another umpire save money, even better!

The bottle was only $5, and it worked on 4 shirts with noticeable stains. There were very faint stains in some of the other shirts that I hadn't noticed, and I used it on those, too. I still have about 1/3 to 1/2 of the bottle left.

I could make a joke here, but I'll just keep quiet instead. ;)

I really don't like the ASA shirts the way their manufactued. The fabric does not breathe at all, they fit poorly (I always have to buy a larger size for proper fit.), they stain easily, and once in awhile, you get the infamous pink buttons.

The buttons on two of my shirts turned pink a couple or three years ago. I called ASA and the customer service rep could not have been nicer or more apologetic. They not only sent me a couple of new sets of buttons, but also asked when I was working again and if I needed them overnighted.

Since ASA has just about died out in my area over the past few years, the only stains on my shirts are the letters ASA.

:mad:BBOOOOO ! ! :( (not batting out of order) ;)

Maybe you should stop using shirts to clean your shoes.

Well, my thought was that perhaps my shoe polish was getting rubbed off by my pant legs, then somehow getting transferred to my shirts in the wash. But all of the stains typically appear in the same location: the white band at the end of the sleeves.

Maybe it's color bleed? I have no idea. I should have taken some pictures first. I might have an older shirt in the closet that has these stains.

Oh, good, a serious answer to a nonsense post. :p :D

No, seriously, that's something that ran through my mind. "Could it be shoe polish?"

But since the stains are almost always in the EXACT same place...

Quit using your shirts as gun rags and that won't be a problem. ;)

Another good stain remove I've found is soilove. It gets stains out of my white football knickers and socks quite well.

Found this stuff at Walmart for $7, but found it online for half that.

Buy Shout Advanced Ultra Concentrated Gel Online at drugstore.com

I bought 8 bottles and got free shipping. Use the promo code "welcome15" to get an additional 15% off. Total? Just shy of $24.

So I got 8 bottles for the same price as 3 bottles at Walmart plus tax, and believe me, I know I'll use it. It got used engine oil out of my white shirt. :eek:

This stuff rocks!

Couldn't agree more. IMO their shirts are the worse.
Although to date I've avoided the stains and the pink buttons.

But wait, there's more!!! :D

Really, though, isn't Wal-Mart supposed to be the home of low prices?? Yet another reason why I am happy I never set foot in that place.

Dave....maybe you can replace this guy in your next career....:)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...it_Cropped.jpg

Yeah, by that time he should be pretty ripe and ready to be replaced.

As long as it ain't this hooker-punching d-bag...
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Hey, if I find something that saves me a buttload of money, I'm all for it, and I'm all for telling everyone else about it. I mean, I couldn't get these stains out, no matter how hard I tried. I was really close to buying new shirts (to the dismay of my wife), but decided to give this stuff a try. And holy crap, this stuff works.

I've also got great stories about Philips Norelco, as well as Maytag... :D

It could be your deodorant if you spray it while you already have your shirt on... Or during the game; rubbing the swet from the head while wearing a dark cap. The cap can give up some collour at the sleeves.

How can we all forget the original TV huckster?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_12XpBm0IMk...1a.hmedium.jpg

But wait, there's more.......................

Deodorant? :confused:

Just kidding. I don't use the spray stuff. And the stains on the edges of the shirt were definitely black, so it isn't the hat.

If you had taken my advice and gone with Soilove, you could have had 8 bottles for $8 from the 99 cent store. ;)

Wouldn't that be $7.92?

Well they actually charge a $1.00 for their items at the $0.99 cent store. Evidently they actually price things at $0.99 9/10 of a cent. Kind of like gasoline. Then you factor in sales tax so you're actually over $8 but I think my point is still valid...what were we talking about again? When's lunch? :confused:

Sales tax?!?! What the hell is that?

Only a socialist would support a sales tax..:(:rolleyes:;):D

At least you didn't call me the C word... :(

What? Conservative? :D

Ban him! Ban him!!!

I walked into that one, didn't I? :)

Communist