so, i’ve got these mystery stains described like below and i was wondering if the stained clothes are salvageable or are they permanently ruined?

Here’s a mystery – Sometimes my light/white laundry gets yellow spots. So what is it?
I know they’re not sweat stains. They appear in random spots. Could it be minerals in the water? I don’t think it’s the detergent since I’ve tried several. Unfortunately, I don’t know if they appear when the clothes are wet or after they come out of the dryer.

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been there, fixed that. Let me guess, the spots. totally random vary in size from pencil tip to the size of a penny. The colour resembles a faded urine stain. A very light yellow that is hard to describe. If so, it’s not anything you are doing, sort of. The stains get on the clothes during the wash cycle. it’s oil from the washer’s gear box located under the machine which comes up into the drum under the agitator. The cause of this problem