Cleaning the recycled school uniform...

Baseball04,

why do you want to starch the uni? If the pants are soiled it appears you have. “Pete Rose”, Pete dirtied his uni to present his image “Mr Hustle”.

Bob

@Consultant posted:

Baseball04,

why do you want to starch the uni? If the pants are soiled it appears you have. “Pete Rose”, Pete dirtied his uni to present his image “Mr Hustle”.

Bob

Indeed, Pete Rose and his entire team have been sliding around in this uniform.   

Son usually does an excellent job dirtying his uniform, although we do try to clean in between games (so he can dirty it again).  Just thought that perhaps we'd try to START games somewhat clean.  We are very used to cleaning son's stains from game to game, but now we are working with the stains of the ghost of Pete Rose, too...

Iron Out now has a brand specifically for sports uniforms. However, that may change other colors on the uniform. I ended up using Fels Naptha on the school whites and used a soft bristle brush to scrub the stained area and then let it sit overnight. Took a few rounds of that but they are very white now. And don’t put them in the dryer, ever.

+1 for Fels Naptha. Costs like $1.50 and you can get it at ace hardware or Walmart.

@Long415 posted:

+1 for Fels Naptha. Costs like $1.50 and you can get it at ace hardware or Walmart.

This along with Shout and a power washer.  Just be careful not to blow a hole in the pants, lol

Soak in Fels Naptha (grate soap and dissolve in hot water).  Or, once you have scrubbed, simply drop in a bucket (no rinse) and fill with warm water.  These can easily soak 24-48 hours.  Also, the no dryer is improtant, especially for new uniforms.  I can only assume the old stains are pretty much set by repeated drying.  A good garden hose or light pressure washing after soak can also help.  A friend told me they went to the local coin op car wash and used to foam spray.

I got real good at buying pants on the market that were identical to the white ones.  I would buy several pair if they were identical so they would last the career.  One year we bought almost all brand new pants for the team because when my sons came out in bright white pants the rest of the parents wanted to know how that was possible.  They all were ordering a large quantity while the first game was going on.  It is hard but possible.

Iron Out is my go to but it or the others won't work if the previous parents dried the stains in in the dryer.

1000% on the no dryer and we absolutely follow this. I suspect that this, unfortunately, was part of the uni's prior care and that we are seeing baked in stains.  Definitely taking notes on all of the suggestions here to see if we can have it looking the best we can come gameday.