Comments on: Sweaty Sheets: Dealing with Sweat Stains

By: AK

AK — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:57:22 +0000

I wish that I could blame my husband, but I am a woman who is responsible for the yellow sweat stains on our white sheets, pillow cases, and duvet covers. Thank you for the helpful tips. I’ve tried bleach and will now try to salvage our bedding with some better solutions.

By: StBull

StBull — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:09:05 +0000

So glad it’s not just me!! I’ve been married almost 2 years and we have gone through 3 sets of sheets!! For a while I was wondering if it was the soap he uses, or the shampoo, or something, but we switched all those out and it still happens!! We have had tan, beige and gold sheets and they all turn different colors (either bleach out, or turn kind of greenish and dirty looking). It drives me crazy! I never noticed it before we were married, but he always had really dark colored sheets–blue or gray, and they were the cheaper, not 100% cotton type. Since we have nicer sheets now, it seems like it happens very quickly!! I will have to try the Oxi-clean, baking soda route, and the next set of sheets might have to try white (although he does the same thing to white t-shirts, so that probably won’t help). So glad this isn’t just me!! As a side note–he also greases up the shower unbelievably quickly (Cleaning every week isn’t enough and it’s so thick and greasy it almost has to be scraped off–disgusting, I know). Any ideas on how to help that??

By: Christen

Christen — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:24:11 +0000

I am seeing a lot of people say that things get yellow, has anyone experienced cream sheets turning green? The sheets and mattress cover on my husbands side have started turning green. The stain does not come out no matter how much I wash. We’ve been married over three years and I don’t recall this being a problem until the last year. Could it be related to sweat and oil coming off on the sheets as well do you think?

By: caryncaltrider

caryncaltrider — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:48:39 +0000

I know how you feel! My situation is the same. I use white sheets and can only keep them for 6 months until they look so yellow I have to get rid of them. I wish I could get them white again on his side, as mine is just as white as the day I purchased them.

By: KellieScarbrough

KellieScarbrough — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:27:32 +0000

Has anyone tried yellow since that’s the offending color on all other colored sheets?

By: alison_b

alison_b — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:19:39 +0000

After soaking your sheets in OxiClean, do you then wash them normally? Or do you just rinse and dry? Thanks!

By: alison_b

alison_b — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:18:07 +0000

After soaking in oxyclean, do you then wash them? Or just rinse and dry? Thanks!!

By: Nusch

Nusch — Sun, 22 May 2011 20:45:59 +0000

After reading all these comments I don't know what to do about my sheets. I don't know if the stain on my husband's side of the bed is actually due to sweat or oil. He takes a shower every night right before going to bed. He sleeps with only his underwear on, and there is a HUGE stain on the fitted sheet. We had white sheets and he turned them pink! Then we switched to dark red sheets and he's turning them black! I am not sure it is an oil problem, because if it were, I'm assuming he'd suffer from acne and he has never ever suffered from acne, not even during high school. So I can only think it's sweat… He gets mad at me because I don't stain the sheets, but he says it's because I wear pajamas and he doesn't. I ALWAYS add Oxi-Clean to my laundry loads, and I wash the sheets with hot water. I don't care if the color becomes dull, I just want the freaking stain to go away! I don't know what to do anymore! We have a memory foam mattress topper and on his side it has become orange! My side is white as it was when we first bought it. This is driving me crazy!

By: nomorepitstains

nomorepitstains — Fri, 20 May 2011 01:27:57 +0000

I have a problem with yellowing armpits on my white t-shirts and, to a lesser extent, bedsheets. I'm not sure if these problems are the same or associated but the solution I've found works in both cases: Oxi-Clean. Mix the recommended amount of the powder in water for soaking and let it soak in the bathtub or other container at least overnight, if not 24 hours. Whites come out bright white again. I haven't had a problem with odor or oily residue but purely as far as stains go, I can assure you this works when nothing else has. I would imagine it works for the other cases as well as I haven't found much this stuff doesn't work on.

*A word of caution though: like many of you, I assumed that since my whites were stained, a natural solution was to use bleach. When that didn't work, I added MORE bleach in the next load. I could have swore it was actually coming out of the laundry machine WORSE! At least I had enough sense not to throw the clothes in the dryer after and really set the stains. What I learned more recently is that bleach actually reacts with proteins in our bodily fluids like sweat and oils to cause DISCOLORATION (those yellow stains on your whites will actually come out DARKER and more discolored after bleaching). Now it made sense why my armpit stains were actually coming out worse and since I've STOPPED using bleach and STARTED using Oxi-Clean, no more yellow stains on my whites!

By: Dustin

Dustin — Wed, 11 May 2011 05:55:42 +0000

Man oh man….I'm a 26 year old male and I have this problem. It is TERRIBLE, I have some amazing Egyptian Cotton sheets and they are RUINED after a few weeks. I can't get the stains out and I have to buy new sheets at least twice a year if not more. It's very annoying and embarrassing when my lady friend makes surprise visits.