This isn’t one of those times that I tell you I am a miracle worker except maybe I AM. Especially in the eyes of my small dude. And also maybe in the eyes of the other baseball moms on Coop’s team.
You see, the Rookie’s season just started last Sunday – as in nine days ago. The team played League games on Sunday, on Thursday, and then Tournament games on Friday, two on Saturday and two innings at 8am on Sunday until a torrential downpour and lightening put a halt to the game. In case you weren’t aware, baseball is a superstitious game. This means, at least in our family, your uniform isn’t washed that often.
Great for players and coaches.
MISERABLE FOR MOMS WHO WASH THE UNIFORMS. Can I get an AMEN?
I proudly wear the shirt to support my guy.
I cheer loudly. I don’t miss a pitch. I’m there for every slide, every throw, every swing. (read: every grass stain, every mud mess, every after game icee)
This is what Coop’s pants looked like on Sunday night.
The front:
And the back:
Normally, I would soak them, use Tide with bleach and pray. But, my friends at Tide sent me Tide OXI Multi Purpose Stain Remover to try. And? As you can imagine, I was AFRAID of what I was facing. Many of the other parents had already been washing their boy’s pants (a few times, I might add) So, I was willing to try something different. I followed the directions, soaking with this new Oxi instead…. and added a little elbow grease (I was AFRAID of those grass/mud/icee stains).
This is what they looked like after one hour of soaking – even before the actual wash.(Crazy, right?)
And this? Miracle. After the wash.
TAKE THAT, BASEBALL MESS. I’ve got you covered.
Five and a half games. No washing in between. To simple, beautiful WHITE, Baseball Perfection.
Mom + Tide OXI = Awesome.
Disclosure: I wasn’t compensated in any way to share this with you. Tide did however, send me a sample to try. As always, the opinions and experiences you see here are mine and mine alone. I couldn’t make this up if I tried 🙂
Where can you find the product? Can you post a pic of the bottle? I have looked at wal Mart and Target and haven’t found it yet. Thanks
I can’t find it either. Also, elbow grease? Thanks!
Hmmm – I haven’t looked for it in a while, but I always purchased it at Target.
After I spray Oxiclean onto the stains, my husband uses the power washer. Beautiful pants
Good thing I💕baseball!
Ha! I’ve heard of this as a method – even seen videos. Love that it works.
If you get on a field with red clay or brick dust you are going to need something stronger. Also as they get older & play harder, they will get much dirtier at games (hard to believe maybe but true!) and the pants get pretty expensive so you will not want to use a power washer anymore. Good for cheap pants but blowing the fabric fibers out of expensive pants will shorten their life.
I used to use Iron Out, smells terrible but works on red dirt really well. It will discolor anything embroidered so I switched a few years ago to White Out. It’s the best I have found. I use it on all my whites now instead of bleach & it’s even better if you ever get another color that bleeds onto something white. Also FelsNaptha laundry bar soap. Rub it on really tough spots before washing. Gets anything out. Like $1 at Walmart.
I second this!! Felsnaptha is hands down the best!
Being mom to a softball player, we had the same problem. The only thing that worked well was White Bright. Soak in a bucket of hot water outside for half an hour. Very little scrubbing necessary. Doesn’t affect colors.
Get dirty! I
Ha! Yes – get down and get dirty…. 14 tournaments left to go before July. Have a great season.
I was introduced to using Zote soap. It comes in a bar form which can be purchased at Walmart.
I get the pants and shirts soaking wet and rub the bar soap onto the areas of need. Then I place them in the washing machine for a normal washing and they come out amazingly clean! I love in OK and most baseball fields here have red clay dirt….
Good luck out there my fellow baseball moms!
Love reading all the tips!
You go girls!!!!
Fabulous tips – thank you so much. Good luck to your baseball boys!
The yellow tire cleaner at a local self serve car wash does an awesome job too! Then take home wash and brighten with lil bleach. Drying in the sun always helps brighten whites as well….😉
Fabulous – thank you so very much!
Bright White and Feltsnaptha are my weekend routine. On other (thougher) stains Murhy’s Oil Soap. Yes, the floor cleaner. Took dry eraser marker out of my son’s jersey!!