help with armpit stain on khaki shirt

[etseq]

I have a very expensive khaki shirt jacket by Band of Outsiders, and noticed today that there is an orange-ish stain on the underarms. This is from a few months ago, when I was still using aluminum-based antiperspirants (I've since switched to natural deoderants with no aluminum). I just never noticed it until today. I've searched on the forum and see some very interesting stain-removal techniques. I'm worried however that this is more than a stain---that it's a chemical reaction of the aluminum with the fabric, and that there's no chance of restoring the original khaki color.

Does anyone have any thoughts, tricks, or experience? Am ********?

 

[Razele]

Were you raised in single use paper clothing or something

Use some stain remover and soak it

 

[etseq]

I tried shout and soaked it in woolite. That did nothing at all.

 

[Joffrey]

take it to a professional. NExt time wear an undershirt.

 

[Nosu3]

Band of Outsiders overdyes are known for the issue. I don't think there's anything you can do because it is a chemical reaction with the dye they use. They need to use a better dye for their shirts.

 

[etseq]

Thanks Nosu3 for the thoughtful answer. That's what I was afraid of.

 

[etseq]

I took it to the dry cleaners, and they also said it was a fade in the color rather than a stain, so there's nothing they can do.

So just to check one last time: has anyone had a problem similar to this and come up with some ingenious solution to make it look somewhat better? Would it be possible to re-dye the affected area to try and get it closer to the original khaki color, or would that be marsupialed to try?

I imagine the problem is similar to what you'd have if you spilled a bit of bleach onto a shirt, but not as bad as that. It doesn't look unwearable now, it just would be nice to make it less noticeable. I just wish I would have switched to aluminum-free deodorant sooner...

 

[robin]

Pit stains add to the BoO hipster look.

 

[mack11211]

Wear it under a sweater or coat.

That's it.

Stains can usually be removed, but color changes are forever.

 

[ter1413]

Agree...Rock it under a sweater in the colder weather...It'sa lost cause brah!

 

[etseq]

Dude, lol, I just learned a $400+ lesson......

 

[CharlieAngel]

Originally Posted by etseq

Dude, lol, I just learned a $400+ lesson......
Yup.. That's why I wear undershirts, anyway. I'd rather **** up a $10 t-shirt than my $400.. lol.. I mean $50 Gap shirt..

With a $400 shirt, ****.. I dunno what I'd do.

Also, I learned that even the non-aluminum stuff can do some ****.. I'm using Old Spice Endurance and one of my t-shirts now has a blue stain in the pits! Not like huge bad and I'm not sure if it's just "coloration" through some of the previous stain or what not, but it's a bit weird. Glad it's an undershirt and I'll be replacing all of them soon. Come on twice yearly Macy's sale...

 

[etseq]

IC: BoO shirt jacket, khaki, size M, retailed at over $400! Like new condition...

 

[skunkworks]

I would mess around with a homemade overdye. Why not right.

 

[etseq]

Yeah, I'm thinking about that....this would look great in brown if I could pull it off.