Cotton bath robe & yellow discolouring - how to clean??

kimineycricket

Hi all,

I bought a lovely thick white cotton Ralph Lauren bathrobe for the other half a few years ago (...cheap as I knew someone that worked at Harrods ).

Anyways its been in storage for a little while (living in a shared house he couldn't exactly lie around the house in it - but now we've moved into our own place he'd like to wear it around the house).

Problem is it now has some really bad yellow/brown discolourations around the neck on the inside of the robe.

Is there any oldstyle way of removing this?? I've tried washing it with detergent - will a bit of bleach get this out or does it need something else?? Its such a nice bath robe its a shame it has this stain now.

Any help much appreciated

kimineycricket

Forgot to add - I think the discolouration may be some sort of reaction with skin oils or something?!

themull1

if there are no colours on the bathrobe, i would soak it in water with bleach added for a few hours, keep checking, once stain has gone, rince and wash in washing machine.

kimineycricket

Thanks will give this a go

Pink.

Hi kimineycricket,

This thread may help:

OS way to brighter whites

Brightening whites (well, greys at the mo)

Grey laundry back to white - I've done it! (pure OS)

Can you do anything with grey clothing

keeping whites white?

I'll add your thread to the first link later to keep the suggestions together.

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