Sweat Stains on Cotton

CoryB · Oct 9, 2007

My question relates to bedding, but I thought this forum was liable to get more of a response. I bought relatively high quality sheet (Sferra) about six months ago. The have no developed a noticeable dinge in the area that I sleep. It is most certainly from sweat; I enjoy sleeping a cool room, with tons of blankets to the point that my sheets can be damp in the morning.

Obviously, buying ivory colored sheets was not a good idea, but what are my solutions now? I currently wash them once a week. Is simply bleaching them the best option? I could wear PJs, prefer not to.

imageWIS · Oct 9, 2007

2 of my sheet sets are also ivory / white colored and while nowhere as expensive as yours, have also developed sweat stains, even though the sheets are washed after a week of use and rotated among a set of 4 sets.

Frankly, the stains are not noticeable to anyone but myself (i.e. they can only be seen on the bottom sheet, and only then if you pull the cover off the bed, and no one who has slept over has ever noticed), thus I do nothing about them.

Bleach might work, but be careful not to over bleach!

Jon.

SUPER K · Oct 9, 2007

I have had great success with a pre-wash or good rub into the area with OxyCLean

Gus · Oct 9, 2007

If you are waking up with damp sheets, I would urge you to revisit your sleeping methods. You may find you can actually get a better nights sleep with a cool, but not cold room, and less blankets. From spring through fall we sleep under a sheet and a cotton blanket. In winter we sleep under a sheet and a down comforter. Each one breathes very well so that we never perspire.

Other than that, pre-soak the area after pre-treating it. But, after a point of staining and heated drying, my experience is that those cotton stains get pretty well set. The only option then is to bleach.

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