Collar and cuff grime

Patchwork_Quilt

I've had some success with leaving a trail of biological washing liquid along the collar overnight and then washing as usual.

zippychick

ive merged this with an older thread asking about cleaning collars. Do let us know what works

Zip

mama67

I use laundry gloop and an old toothbrush to rub/treat the collars on my 2 ds's white school shirts; come up lovely everytime, they are also washed in laundry gloop

einsclean

Cuff and Collar always grab the stain and dust and if you scrub hard may be damage clothes quality, so try to pre wash before scrub the stain and then you should try any other detergents.

Timewarper

I got a white shirt out of the wardrobe for work later today and the collar is a disgusting yellow colour - I mean, really horrible! I think it's probably perfume that's caused it as I always wear perfume and I have a lot of different ones! So I've brought it down to wash with yesterday's shirt. So far I've used Vanish stain remover pre-wash spray, some powder similar to Vanish that I got from Lakeland (and is usually very good at a snip of the price of Vanish) and my usual detergent and softener in the water. It's still yellow! So now I'm trying Elbow Grease spray. I also considered lemon juice, vinegar, bicarb and going out to get some peroxide. I don't know what else to try! It looks like an age stain, you know how white things sometimes go yellow? I got a pack of 2 shirts a long time (probably over 10 years - I make them last!) ago. The other shirt is fine...

Olliebeak1951

Is it a white cotton shirt, Timewarper?

I had to 'sort out' OH's shirt collar a couple of days ago and used a dampened bar of ordinary soap really rubbed hard into the wet stain - left it for a while - then gave it a darn good scrub with a nail-brush ................... but this wasn't a smart work-shirt. Worked a dream for me!

Given that you've had it for over 10yrs - and that you've already tried almost every remedy under the sun - I think I'd try a Household Bleach solution to see if that works.