Remove stains from school white polo shirts?

pollys

It's probably whiteboard marker and won't come out. Don't worry about it, most of the children are likely to have the same marks on their polo shirts, mine do!

Pollys

minimoneysaver

Carpet cleaner works a dream!

penelopedee_2

I wouldn't worry about it now until Easter, as they should be hidden under jumpers or sweatshirts until it warms up again.

Savvy_Sue

meritaten wrote: »

rather than bin them why not let them wear the shirts on 'art' days? that way it wont matter if they get a bit more stained.

does it matter if they are stained even on non-art days? and with young children most days will be art days anyway.

Nicki wrote: »

By the time you have boiled them, you have usually set the stain, so I suspect these ones are irretrievable.

true, the advice to cold soak first is good.

Nicki wrote: »

Some stains are unshiftable

especially acrylic paint, of the kind used for painting Warhammer models.

building_with_lego wrote: »

I don't worry tooooo much about stains on school clothes or work clothes- IMO they're there to save the home clothes from getting wrecked.

Indeed, and while it's true they grow out of some of their mucky habits, they grow into new ones, IMO. My lot had tippex on their blazers and trousers in secondary school more than paint, but they had at least stopped eating their cuffs. :rotfl:

Alias_Omega

Some shirts are not too bad when ironed, though others look like they could be cut up to be used when checking the car engine oil levels.

embob74

I always have a bottle of vanish spray. My DD is one of those children who seems to think the more stains the better. I don't miss the days of her playing mini-me (they crouch down and fasten their coats around them so they have to hobble along being small) as it inevitably meant mud everywhere.
I have always been complimented on the kids white shirts/ polo tops so the vanish obviously works - I also boil wash whites regularly.
Of course some stains such as ink never come out and I don't stress about it as long as nobody can tell what was for lunch last week by looking at their clothes!!
As an aside I was always told not to use bleach on whites as it actually yellows them.