ASA Shirt stains

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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.