Deodorant/antiperspirant streaks on shirts

15 Sep 2017

Do you ever get those streaks on polo shirts and t-shirts from your stick or roll-on deodorant? When pulling your shirt on if the material contacts the deodorant residue it will leave those ugly white streaks on colored or darker material.

It may be worse for people with larger shoulders, chest, and latissimus dorsi muscles. It can be difficult to pull those on without getting the streaks.

I have discovered that rolling the shirt inside out up to the arm holes for the sleeves and pulling it on will keep the deodorant residue on the inside and not streak up the outside of my shirt.

15 Sep 2017

I had issues with yellow stains on white/pale shirts for many years, although the majority of my clothes tend to be in darker shades (partly because my side-job as a night vigilante constrains me to dress in black, mwahaha).

I luckily stumbled across this video and never looked back: OxiClean works almost miraculously for yellow stains.

The guy covers it all so I don't even think that I need to add anything:

15 Sep 2017

Oops, I just reread the OP and realized that Buz was mostly talking about white residues left by the deodorants themselves. I'm tired these days, does it show?

Anyway, I guess my previous contribution might be useful nonetheless.

And I simply use a clear deodorant so I really don't have that specific problem.

15 Sep 2017

Quote by SereneProdigy
Oops, I just reread the OP and realized that Buz was mostly talking about white residues left by the deodorants themselves. I'm tired these days, does it show?

Anyway, I guess my previous contribution might be useful nonetheless.

And I simply use a clear deodorant so I really don't have that specific problem.

Actually, your post is very useful, especially for those of us who have to wear white or pastel blue dress shirts with tie to work. For maybe 3 months, maybe 4, I can wear a white undershirt under those. But living in Atlanta, where it is a very hot, humid, subtropical, becoming more tropical, climate, undershirts are just too damn hot.

I spend a lot of money for tailored dress shirts and really hate for them to get deodorant stains under the arm.

But as soon as I get home, off comes the suit, and it's t-shirt and shorts time.

15 Sep 2017

I use Dove Cool Essentials Dry Spray Antiperspirant. It's marketed as Unisex, so you could try it. It leaves zero stains and it works great. Streaks drive me nuts.

ps. The green cap/cucumber one smells the best, followed by the blue cap/original scent. The other scents are too girly/powdery.

15 Sep 2017

I switched to Degree Ultra Clear ages ago and have never had the problem since. No smell to it, so if it's strong enough for a woman... :P