How to Erase Bleach Stains on Clothing

Colored Clothing

• 1

  Cover a flat surface with a white cotton towel. Lay the clothing on the towel with the bleach stain facing up and out.

• 2

  Submerge a white cloth in a small bowl filled with sodium thiosulfate. Tap the bleach stain with the damp cloth, starting at the edge and working inward.

• 3

  Continue tapping the stain with the cloth until the bleach stain is no longer visible.

• 4

  Rinse the sodium thiosulfate off the clothing with cool running water. Launder the garment as you normally would.

White Clothing

• 5

  Fill a bucket with 1/2 cup of cool water and 1/4 tsp. of color remover. Color remover is available in the laundry aisle of department stores near the hand dyes.

• 6

  Cover a flat surface with a white cotton towel. Lay the clothing on the towel with the bleach stain facing up and out.

• 7

  Submerge a white cloth in the diluted color remover. Tap the edge of the bleach stain with the cloth while moving toward the center.

• 8

  Continue tapping the discoloration until the stain is no longer visible. Hold the clothing under cold running water to rinse the color remover mixture from the fabric.

• 9

  Launder the garment as you normally would.