Combination family: two passes, check between
How to get baseball pants mud and grass out
Infield dirt plus grass on white uniform pants. The ultimate test.
Do this first
Let dirt dry, brush off
Fresh stain
- Let dirt dry, brush off
- Scgently work in a laundry bar or enzyme remover
- Soak overnight in warm water with oxygen bleach
- Wash warm
Dried or old
- Repeat bar and overnight soak
- Sun-dry
- Fabric care
- Check the label on polyester pants: warm, not hot.
- Time
- Overnight
- How to tell
- Look: brown and green ground-in patches; Feel: gritty; Smell: field
Where this fix comes from
- Household folk practice, checked against the guides above
- American Cleaning Institute, Stain Removal Chart
- Tide, How to remove stains
We check every fix against these published guides. We do not run a test lab of our own.
Before you start
- Test on a hidden seam first.
- Never mix cleaners.
- Keep it out of the dryer until the stain is gone.