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Why sweat stains yellow

Posted by / January 30, 2018

We’ve all had that embarrassing experience of raising our arms in an old white shirt, having forgotten that we’ve sweat them up over the course of months or even years. And it’s not just shirts––sweat turns white linens into a gross yellow mess. But here’s the rub: it’s not really the sweat that turns your clothes yellow. It’s the aluminum chloride that actually turns your clothes yellow. Some ways to avoid it: don’t use antiperspirant. Or you can use special laundry soap that has enzymes that’ll eat everything up.

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  • Very useful information in this article. Good for general knowledge.