https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-luck-in-bleaching-out-a-stain-on-jeans Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:05:33 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-luck-in-bleaching-out-a-stain-on-jeans#post-2108047 Mon, 23 Mar 2020 15:10:04 +0000 Preppy Pear 2108047@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’ve had luck with Oxy and even Shout after drying a stain. Sometimes takes more than one try, though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-luck-in-bleaching-out-a-stain-on-jeans#post-2108022 Mon, 23 Mar 2020 14:37:41 +0000 Zaeobi 2108022@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@Lesley Sorry for reviving this thread but I've just run into this problem too! Did any of these solutions work for you? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-luck-in-bleaching-out-a-stain-on-jeans#post-2098840 Thu, 13 Feb 2020 06:54:33 +0000 Anonymous 2098840@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oxyclean or peroxide should lift the stain. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-luck-in-bleaching-out-a-stain-on-jeans#post-2098826 Thu, 13 Feb 2020 03:08:04 +0000 Gigi 2098826@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When this happens to me, I try Oxyclean first, the way Angie described. If I get no improvement with the Oxyclean, then I go in with lemon juice. I put the juice on the stain and keep adding a little more every ten minutes or so. That usually get the stains that the Oxyclean can't get.</p> <p>I think trying to bleach it out is not going to look like you want, so I wouldn't advise that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-luck-in-bleaching-out-a-stain-on-jeans#post-2098794 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 22:51:06 +0000 smittie 2098794@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would say this is a bad idea, lol! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-luck-in-bleaching-out-a-stain-on-jeans#post-2098778 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 20:43:52 +0000 rachylou 2098778@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A second vote for Carbona. They’re very good, their stain-specific removers. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-luck-in-bleaching-out-a-stain-on-jeans#post-2098770 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 19:57:09 +0000 Kate 2098770@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If it is a rust stain, I swear by Carbona stain devils. They have 9 different formulas, and there is one specifically for rust. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-luck-in-bleaching-out-a-stain-on-jeans#post-2098768 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 19:54:38 +0000 Bonnie 2098768@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rub wth a mixture of lemon juice and salt and place in the sun. This has worked for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-luck-in-bleaching-out-a-stain-on-jeans#post-2098752 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 18:17:17 +0000 slim cat 2098752@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'd try using cotton swabs for application of the bleach/lemon juice/detergent - very precise and less chances of bleaching fabric around the stained spot. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-luck-in-bleaching-out-a-stain-on-jeans#post-2098735 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 17:14:38 +0000 Angie 2098735@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>YES. Make a paste and let it soak for a while. Then wash in the machine again.&nbsp;</p> <p>BUT! If it's a RUST stain, you need to soak and scrub with lemon juice over and over again. You need the acid.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-luck-in-bleaching-out-a-stain-on-jeans#post-2098733 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 17:12:03 +0000 Lesley 2098733@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I swear by Oxyclean (have a stain gel-stick in every cabinet!) but would it still work even though the stain has been set in the dryer already? Maybe trying that is step 1!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-luck-in-bleaching-out-a-stain-on-jeans#post-2098732 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 17:06:08 +0000 Angie 2098732@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rotten luck :(</p> <p>Have you tried Oxyclean?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-luck-in-bleaching-out-a-stain-on-jeans#post-2098727 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 17:00:43 +0000 Anonymous 2098727@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yikes, I wouldn't risk it. I'd try stain out or even lemon juice first. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-luck-in-bleaching-out-a-stain-on-jeans#post-2098719 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 16:05:09 +0000 Sisi 2098719@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My suggestions: 1) professional cleaners, 2) embroider or sew someting decorative on the stain. Your idea of using bleach to create a distressed look is good, but I do not know how it will come out . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-luck-in-bleaching-out-a-stain-on-jeans#post-2098714 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 15:41:55 +0000 Lesley 2098714@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>PS, today's post from Angie and all the posts in the forum are so fun... how will we ever get anything done today? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/anyone-have-luck-in-bleaching-out-a-stain-on-jeans#post-2098713 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 15:41:19 +0000 Lesley 2098713@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My favorite jeans have a mysterious brown stain on the front of one of the thighs suddenly. (Errant paw print? Coffee spill? Who knows!) They have already been washed and dried before I noticed it, so unfortunately now it is baked in. I have had stains fade over time in jeans, so I could just do nothing, but I'm tempted to hit them with the bleach pen and then wash them by themselves, hopefully resulting in a cool distressed sort of look? Maybe the bleach will splatter a bit to elsewhere in the jeans? Or will they just look like they have a white stain, then? </p>