Laundry Wizards! How do you remove yellow stains from bed linens?

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I just pulled some bed linens out of storage and they have yellowed all over. I know that bleach will not work. What is a sure fire way to get rid of these stains? Thanks!
Over the years, experience has taught me that these stains don’t come out with regular washing or regular bleach.

What I’ve read online leads me to believe that even products like oxiclean don’t remove these types of stains.

I want to hear from people who have successfully removed these tyeps of stains. Thanks!

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  1. MadMama says:
    November 21, 2009 at 2:54 pm

    Try adding a cup of baking soda to your wash,

  2. duggitdy says:
    November 21, 2009 at 2:54 pm

    Just wash them as usual, this is probably just from sitting around collecting dust. I Keep mine in bags , no yellowing.The same happen to clothes. Stay away from bleach , it is so easy to ruin clotures with this.

  3. idunnowhattoputhere says:
    November 21, 2009 at 2:54 pm

    quit pissin the bed

  4. voicefromparis says:
    November 21, 2009 at 2:54 pm

    The answer to this question lies in the form of the yellowing. If there are yellow stains, do they follow the folds of the sheets, are they in areas that were exposed to wood or shelving? If they are, this means that the contact with the shelf or cabinet has caused oxidation of the sheets and may not come out. If they are spots, this indicates that something on the sheets (body cream etc) has yellowed when it was not fully washed out. Really, the only thing that may work is to take them to a dry cleaner and ask that they just run them through the solvent once or twice (no washing, no ironing) once this is done, a slow all color bleach can be used to soak them overnight. It is a "special" request at the cleaners so talk to the owner or manager and explain what you want them to do. Using chlorine may damage them further and will accelerate the damage if the root cause is not removed. Don’t forget, you may have to sign a release form since no guaranty can be given that it will work or that it will not damage the item further. Perhaps start with one and see what happens.

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