Interesting problem
@oahuwriter (26773)
United States
July 10, 2021 9:15pm CST
I bought this nice barrel hat on Ross department store Senior Citizen discount day. Was happy with it. I'm wearing it, after I washed it. I wore it 2 times this week. First time, about an inch of white showed up on the outside rim on the back. Today all look at the white smudging in it. It just appears. Nothing touched it, just put it in my carrying bag, when we not wearing it. Got any thoughts about why white smudges appears on my hat?
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@prashu228 (37518)
• India
11 Jul 21
It could be sweat..that's what i have experienced..
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@oahuwriter (26773)
• United States
12 Jul 21
I see, perspiration does this to the hat? I have a denim barrel hat, and, it never did what my black barrel hat is doing. Any remedy?
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@LadyDuck (502298)
• Italy
12 Jul 21
@oahuwriter Arm & Hammer Oxi Clean is color safe, but you MUST only use cold water if you use it to wash black clothing. I looked closely to your photo and the "white" seems to come out because the black fabric is coming off from the hat.
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@oahuwriter (26773)
• United States
12 Jul 21
My regular pod detergent, Arm & Hammer Oxi Clean & Tide Simply pods. It was fine. I wash my denim barrel hat same way and both were fine. Used dryer too. Any remedy?
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@oahuwriter (26773)
• United States
12 Jul 21
@LadyDuck
I use only cold water for washing my clothes and my hat.
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@Vikingswest1 (7443)
• United States
11 Jul 21
I could be wrong but it appears to be salt from someone wearing the hat while sweating profusely.
Is it possible that someone else had used the hat before you bought it?
I have had hats that had the same marks as that.
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@oahuwriter (26773)
• United States
12 Jul 21
No, bought it, brand new from Ross Dept. Store to in Senior Citizen discount day. I wiped it with a damp cloth and white coloring disappears.
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@Vikingswest1 (7443)
• United States
12 Jul 21
@oahuwriter
Oh good. I hope it never returns.
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@oahuwriter (26773)
• United States
13 Jul 21
@Vikingswest1
It started to creep back. So, I wiped it till all black again. Then I sprayed with my white vinegar water mix. 2 hours now, still black.
@JudyEv (381960)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jul 21
@oahuwriter Oh, that is good news. Well done. I hope the white doesn't come back.
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@oahuwriter (26773)
• United States
12 Jul 21
I wipe my barrel hat with a wet cloth, the white coloring disappears!
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@oahuwriter (26773)
• United States
13 Jul 21
@JudyEv
It began to creep back. I sprayed hat with a white vinegar & water mix, it's working.
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@Deepizzaguy (122101)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
12 Jul 21
@oahuwriter You are right.
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@oahuwriter (26773)
• United States
13 Jul 21
@Deepizzaguy
I found a solution. White vinegar & water 1 - 1 mix, spray. It's working.
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@LindaOHio (222280)
• United States
11 Jul 21
I don't know what could have caused it except maybe sweat. Did the hat say it was washable?
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@LindaOHio (222280)
• United States
12 Jul 21
@oahuwriter I would try googling ways to clean perspiration stains...or just try scrubbing it with some soap.
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@oahuwriter (26773)
• United States
13 Jul 21
@LindaOHio
Ok. I bet, I've found the solution. I've a white vinegar water mix. Sprayed hat and it's working.
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@oahuwriter (26773)
• United States
12 Jul 21
It's 100% cotton, so it's washable. I did wash it after I brought it home, it was fine, no white marks anywhere. Perspiration? Any remedy?
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@oahuwriter (26773)
• United States
20 Jul 21
Ahh, but it was black after I washed it. Me too, don't understand why it does turn white. It's doing fine now, since I sprayed it with my vinegar water mix.
@oahuwriter (26773)
• United States
17 Jul 21
Thanks. Well, my vinegar water mix works, so I'm relieved. I wore it, yesterday so still black.
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@oahuwriter (26773)
• United States
28 Jul 21
No, odd that dampness brings back black color. Here is the hat today. I'm going to leave it as a decorations.
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@RasmaSandra (97954)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 Jul 21
Two things one is perhaps the hat was dyed and the dye is coming off and second I have had with marks show up from laundry powder after I have washed clothes so if you watched it in a machine it could be that, Otherwise I do not know,
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@oahuwriter (26773)
• United States
14 Jul 21
No, couldn't be from laundry, because I checked, all black when took out of dryer. It's a mystery. Now my white vinegar water mix spray, is working. After spraying, no white smudges.
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@Butterfingers (66603)
• India
11 Jul 21
Maybe the color was not done properly because mostly they color on white stuff
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@oahuwriter (26773)
• United States
12 Jul 21
Maybe, but, I wipe my hat, with a damp cloth, white coloring disappears.
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