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Say Goodbye to Ring Around The Collar

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A simple step-by-step procedures to remove ring around the collar.

Shirts are a basic in one’s wardrobe and a possible problem is collar stain. Both immovable and unpleasant, sweat and normal body oils leave this oil-based, organic stain that gathers inside the collar. If you are struggling with ring around the collar, there are a few simple steps to eliminate it from all your shirts whether they are white, colored, or patterned and even if is made up of 100 percent cotton or cotton blends.

Before anything else, you need to treat the stain that stubborn ring around the collar. First, check and make sure if the shirt is safe to wash. Next, undo the buttons of the collar and remove any detachable collar stays. Check the pockets and it is also a time to repair loose collar buttons. Find a space to place each shirts so you can spread the collar flat on the table.. You can do this over a table and just spread a table cover to prevent the furniture from product spills. With the help of a removing product, cover the stain with enough solution. A brush will help scrub and smoothly work the removing product into the stain and remember no need to rinse yet.

After that you will soak and wash the shirts and finish eliminating the stain. The washer must be filled with sufficient water for the clothes to be wet then put in two or three scoops of non-chlorine bleach laundry product. Place the tops into the washer and whisk until the clothes get wet. Soak the shirts in the washer all night. This will allow the product to slacken off the stain. The shirts should run into the washer on a complete laundry cycle. Take out the shirts and ensure if each collar has traces of stains, if there is, repeat the procedures. Dry each clean shirt as instructed on the label. You may take the washed shirts to the dry cleaning service or you can just iron it. If you followed the above instructions and finished it perfectly, you can now say bye bye to unpleasant ring around the collar.

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Steve  says:
4 months ago

This was a good article. I remember Wisk's ring around the collar commercials from the 70's and when i was a kid i remember thinking how embarrased i would be if someone said i had ring around the collar. I'm 42 now and those commercials are still ingrained in my head. I always wear white dress shirts and i'm always paranoid one of the situations in those commercials is going to manifest itself onto me. I imagine being at work one day or out somewhere when suddenly someone blurts out to me that i have ring around the collar. I would be so embarrased i would have to crawl under a rock. Even if i wear a tie i think that when i bow my head down someone will look down my neck at my shirt collar and tell me i have ring around the collar. I would be so completely and totally humiliated and embarrased.

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