Oil and grease family: degrease, then hot wash
How to get ring around the collar out
Body oil and dead skin pressed into the collar fold, grey-yellow and greasy.
Do this first
Gently work in shampoo or dish soap with a soft toothbrush
Fresh stain
- Gently work in shampoo or dish soap with a soft toothbrush
- Leave 15 minutes
- Wash in the warmest water allowed
Dried or old
- Laundry bar overnight
- Oxygen soak
- Fabric care
- Don't iron a dirty collar.
- Time
- 15 min
- How to tell
- Look: grey or yellow line inside the collar; Feel: slightly greasy; Smell: none
Where this fix comes from
- Household folk practice, checked against the guides above
- Patric Richardson, Laundry Love (book)
- American Cleaning Institute, Stain Removal Chart
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.