Brown Circle Spots on Clothing From Drawer

Washing Machine Stains That Announced On Clothes After Wash Them

A SR101 reader asked me a question nearly washing motorcar stains, the kind where you don't take a stain on your clothes before you lot launder something, but and then you take it out of the machine and a stain has at present appeared.

SR101 Reader asks:

I often take stains on my dress that weren't there before I put them in the washer. Could this be from fabric softener?

Taylor says:

Thanks for your question. I just hate stains from the washing machine itself, since it means more than work for you when all you want to do is get your laundry washed.

You've actually identified one of the biggest culprits which causes stains to appear on your clothes after they become into the wash -- fabric softener.

That is because near softeners are oil based, and if as well much is used, or added too soon or late into the cycle, or hits your clothes without existence diluted enough, it will cause oily spots on your clothes. Typically, these spots are about the size of a dime and look almost milky or bluish, almost with an oily sheen to them.

You can larn more well-nigh cloth softener stains here, and how to remove them.

However, you've not shared with me what your detail stain looks like, and that is important in being able to place what information technology is.

There are many types of colored stains which can appear on clothing and other laundry after information technology has been washed, including:

• Oily stains, with a bluish sheen - often fabric softener stains (every bit mentioned in a higher place)


• Chocolate-brown spots, that appear a bit oily - sometimes acquired by an oil leak from your washer


• Brown spots or marks, or sometimes orange - peradventure rust stains


• Oily spots - perhaps from HE laundry detergent


• Bleach stains - sometimes from bleach, sometimes from other causes such as laundry stain removers


• Ink looking stains or streaks - these can show up even when no pen or ink present


• Black marks and stains - tin can be caused by oil, or something else


• Fading chalky like stains, especially on dark garments


• Different colored stains that may really be dye transfers


• Variety of other colored spots and marks, including pink, purplish, blueish, and more

Notice I didn't add a cause or cure for all of these types of spots, considering sometimes the consequence is unknown, but it'due south common enough that multiple people have reported it.

This page is ever evolving, as more people send in photos, stories about what problems they've experienced, and solutions they've come with. So make sure to read down to the bottom for all the ideas and problems experienced, and to see if what is happening to you has already happened to someone else. (The comments are quite populated with boosted stories, equally well.)

I don't always have an answer, but I know if we all add our bits of collective wisdom we'll go to the bottom of all of these issues somewhen!

Brand Certain Your Washer Is Make clean

There are and so many possible causes for washing machine stains that it is oft difficult to narrow downward what the crusade of them is.

To help with this effect, start make sure you thoroughly clean your washing motorcar, because a dirty machine tin can itself be causing the spots and stains, and it is often the easiest remedy!

Check out my commodity on how to clean your washing machine here.

Make Certain To Identify If Your Stains Are From Your Washer Or Your Dryer

Further, along with cleaning your washing machine, before you can identify what is causing your mystery stains, y'all've got to ascertain if the stains are actually coming from your washer, or from your dryer.

If the wearing apparel aren't stained before washing, but they come up out of the dryer stained, you don't actually know, unless you lot examine the wearing apparel carefully again after washing, just earlier the dryer, which of the 2 machines is causing the problem.

Here's my article on mystery dryer stains because that might actually be the problem you're suffering from!

Read on below for more than pictures from readers, and possible ideas for what is causing your stain, and how to set up the problem.

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Brown Mystery Stains From Washing Machine

by B
(Denver, Colorado, US)

Brand New Stains On A Brand New Shirt

Stains From Washing Machine

Possible Washing Auto Rust Stains

B wrote me in this laundry question, along with sending in these pictures of the problem she is having.

B says:

Lately, I've been getting brown mystery stains from my washing car.

I know it's the washing machine because I've checked before putting the clothes in the dryer. On the lighter fabrics, it about looks similar it's been burned or smeared with mud and sometimes has the imprint of the surface of the washing motorcar (a bunch of little holes).

I tried cleaning the inside of the washing car, fifty-fifty sticking rolled up paper towels into the little holes, but there was no residue.

I tried just rinsing the stains to see if annihilation happened, but since I have no thought what'south staining my clothes, I don't know how to set information technology.

It doesn't seem to happen with every load. I'd been adding vinegar to my loads to help remove stains and when I saw these new stains, I stopped, just they're yet showing up. Help!

I accept so much laundry to do and I can't afford to ruin my favorite clothes or my husband's work wearing apparel.

Taylor says:

B, I am sorry yous are having trouble with stains from your washing motorcar.

Information technology is very frustrating to put clothes in there, to become them clean, just for them to get stained during the washing process.

I cannot be sure of the problem, but it sounds like it is rust stains, especially based on your description of the banner of the washing automobile drum beingness involved.

Unfortunately, if a part of your machine begins to rust, some of the rust comes loose during the wash cycle, at least some of the time, and and then tin can deposit on your clothes during the cycle. This is most likely to happen if yous let your clothes sit in there for a while after the auto finishes, just tin also happen during the washing procedure itself.

1 mode to check to meet if these are rust stains is to try to remove them while they are fresh, and before y'all put the clothes in the dryer. Something mildly acidic, like lemon juice or vinegar, when dribbled onto the fresh stain, will typically lighten or remove it. You lot tin can also utilize a commercial rust stain remover to remove these stains, as long as what you choose is rubber for clothing (and for the color clothing you have the stain on).

Typically, when you are getting stains from an appliance, such as your washing car, it makes sense to make clean information technology. However, when yous clean your washing car you may use chlorine bleach. In this case, that would exist a bad thought since chlorine bleach tin cause rust stains to set.

Instead, y'all can try to make clean your rusty machine with a rust stain remover designed for appliances. (Click here to read rust stain removers reviews provided by other readers of this site.) The i that start comes to my mind is Super Iron Out, although many products are available that could do the job.

If that does not remove the rust from your machine, and you lot proceed to encounter these stains continuing, it is time to call a repair person. Y'all may be able to identify and supplant the rusting role. Unfortunately, if the problem is severe or the motorcar is very sometime information technology may price more to repair than supersede it.

Of course, I am non for sure it is rust, although this is actually the near mutual reason for these mystery stains. If it isn't rust though, I really don't know what it is, unless it is grease from your car. If it were this, still, I would expect a slightly different colour than what y'all describe, but if it doesn't answer to the lemon juice, just instead is removed or lightened with dishwashing liquid, this may be the culprit.

I know this may not be what yous wanted to hear B, just I exercise promise it helps you identify and solve your problem. I know how frustrating information technology can exist to get backside on your laundry considering of issues like this.

Does any other reader have whatsoever other suggestions for B about this problem, or how to fix it? In add-on, have you lot suffered from like stains in your washing machine? If so, did you identify what caused them, and how did y'all prepare the problem? Please tell me in the comments.

In add-on, you tin also ask your laundry questions here, as B did, and I will requite it a go to answer them.

Perhaps Washer Transmission Is Leaking Oil

***Update: A reader wrote in proffer this as the culprit:

Your washer transmission is leaking oil into the drum. Supplant the spindle seal or better yet buy a new washer.

Another reader suggested that it was some type of gunk build up. She stated:

The brown mystery stain looks like what we go from our lovely-horrid- front loader. It's gunk that collects inside the washer because it does not dry completely. I clean my washer once a week because of this and still have the gunk build up. It's very difficult to remove from your dress every bit well. Any assistance would be appreciated.

***End Update

Here'southward a photo of what the stains wait like from a washer that is leaking this oil, sent in by a reader.

The reader stated, "Must have transmission oil leak in washer - entire load of white wearing apparel have picayune brownish spots. Found something on washer wall that appears to be gooey oil. Will anything remove this from the clothes?"

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My Rubber Seals Plus Rusty Screws Causing My Stains

Isa says:

Delight tin can someone help, I just went to grab my washing out of the car to dryer and spotted ii of my husbands rusty screw bits (sigh) from the previous wash!

"Luckily" they seemed to take got tangled upward in the towels and the clothes are undamaged, however I know information technology's hard to get rid of whatever stains once something has been washed in one case, peculiarly rust :(

Does anyone have any tips?

Also need to clean the rust from the rubber seal as you can come across...

Susan says:

I haven't checked to encounter if I have solved my problem withal, simply in trying to effigy it out and looking inside my washer, I decided to wipe with a towel inside the prophylactic gasket at the opening of my front loader.

It turned out it was full of chocolate-brown gunk!

We have a well and although nosotros have a rust filter, it may be that.

Meanwhile, I cleaned within that rubber gasket very thoroughly.

Taylor's Response

Isa and Susan, along with cleaning around the rubber seal, which yous've both identified, rust can be a problem for washing machines, peculiarly those that use hard h2o, or well water.

If yous feel like you've got rust in your auto, I suggest using an apparatus cleaner that is made for rust, such as Iron Out.

You can read more reviews and uses for Atomic number 26 Out here. It is a very powerful product that can aid with this exact problem.

Here's a caution for you lot though: If you use the Atomic number 26 Out, be certain to become information technology well rinsed earlier you put colored wearing apparel in it, as it will leave bleach spots if you don't.

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Large Black Stains On Dress Afterwards Washing - Looks Like Pen Exploded But There's No Pen!

by Delia
(MS)

Blackness stain/ white shirt

I recently washed my daughters clothes, and when I went to bring them out of the wash, I notice large black stains all over some of her white and pinkish shirts.

They wait like a pen had burst inside the washer.

This has happened a few times before, and I am never able to become the stain out.

I am and so confused and upset at the same fourth dimension. I figured it may be that my washer need cleaning, simply these stain/smudges are terrible. Please help!

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Very Weird Long Term Stain Consequence With Orange Shirts Getting Dark Splotches

by Bruce Kantor
(Southfield, Michigan)

I have been having a laundry issue for the past several years that I merely cannot figure out. I have many orange cotton T shirts without any stains that come out of the wash stained on a periodic ground.

I wash them with like colored clothing (all of which have been washed MANY times before) in cold water using only powdered detergent and no textile softener.

These orangish T shirts, and only the orangish T Shirts, get dark spots and splotches in many places on the shirt. No other wearing apparel evidence whatever of these stains other than my orangish colored T Shirts.

When I become the stains, I spray them with avant-garde formula Shout, let them sit down a couple days and rewash. Upon rewashing, the stains always come out.

However, I have no idea where and how these stains appear from the washing process, but I am very frustrated.

I accept attached a picture of a shirt I took out of the laundry today. Any thoughts? Any assistance would exist about appreciated.

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Black Smudge Marks Afterward Washing Clothes

Question

The photo above was sent in by a reader, anonymously, and she asked, "What are these black stains that appear on my babe'south clothes, and how do I get rid of them?"

Respond

It's difficult to tell from the photograph, simply sometimes when you wash clothes in your washing machine, and and then they come out stained, it is not caused past the automobile at all, but instead by something nearly the wearing apparel themselves.

I'm non completely sure, without being able to examine the onesie y'all've sent in, merely it looks like perhaps you've experienced a dye transfer stain, based on the look of the smudges that is mainly effectually the words which appear to potentially be thread embroidery.

Dye transfer stains can happen when the dye, such as on the thread, isn't yet colorfast, and when it gets wet and done, bleeds and redeposits on surrounding cloth, in this case a white shirt which is why information technology shows up so visibly.

You lot can read more than about dye transfer stains here, including possible ways to remove these stains.

In addition, you can sometimes foreclose stains similar this from happening by using a dye catcher fabric in your laundry load. You can read more than most these color catcher cloths hither.

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Mystery Black Marks Appeared After Washing In Auto: How Removed

Marieta originally sent in the before photo, asking how to remove the stains to these shirts that were acquired by her washing machine.

Marieta asked: "Help!!! I take no thought what got on these in the wash! I've rewashed on stain fighter bike with all the post-obit added to bike: bleach, Dreft spot remover, Shout in wash, Oxiclean in wash and this didn't work. Suggestions delight!"

Then, earlier I fifty-fifty had a risk to suggest anything she got it off all by herself, and sent in the after photo likewise.

She actually used a variation on what I consider to be the all-time homemade stain remover, which is hydrogen peroxide and dish soap. (You can read more than about this DIY stain remover recipe here.)

She explained that she made a paste of peroxide, baking soda and blueish Dawn, soaked the shirt in hot water in the sink for ten-xx minutes and then washed it two times. Both times, as she washed, she added Clorox bleach crystals.

(I would note that I would be careful near adding the bleach to any launder with colored t-shirts like this, unless the stain is so bad you don't care if you get bleach stains, because information technology'south ruined otherwise. The stain looks greasy, which is probably why the peroxide and soap combination worked so well, so that would exist my start proposition of what to endeavour!)

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Low-cal Spots On Dark Tees After Washing

Katie sent in the photograph above, but several readers have experienced several bug.

Katie says:

Has anyone ever dealt with these mysterious faded spots?

They have just started to appear and are ruining my dress!

It isn't every load, I can't discover a rhythm or reason. I have an sometime school washer and dryer and I haven't inverse detergents.

Anita Hacker says:

I stopped using softeners and however keep to come across oil similar stains especially on black or dark colored tee shirts.

I accept one very sometime donna Karen tee shirt that has been washed 100 times and never has had a stain. I believe it is in the cloth dye and this is the fault of the manufacturers.

They should test this by washing their shirts before putting them on the market. Of course this is non to their advantage.

I don't think I take always owned a blackness tee shirt that survived one wash without a stain appearing.

Dry cleaning would solve the problem but that is very expensive. Someone should really investigate this trouble as it is costing the consumer a lot of grief and money.

Phyllis says:

The same matter was happening to me.

I discovered, apply COLD h2o all through. Fill with cold water and soap earlier adding the dark tees. So simply let common cold water in.

I found it was the way my HOT h2o came into the washer that was causing these light spots.

Hope this helps. I also accept many dark towels with lighter spots, or reddish areas.

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Could HE Washing Detergent Be Causing These Spots Because Of Silicone Oil?

by Ag925

Taylor'southward note: I got this detailed caption of what Ag925 thinks is causing many of these stains and spots on clothing. I am not personally saying this is correct, but I would dear to hear from others with your thoughts on this possibility of what may exist happening in your machine to cause this problem.

Ag925 says:

I accept seen these spots on annihilation made of cotton wool (not just t-shirts) but take found they are most obvious on my cotton t-shirts.

After some experimenting with my launder and doing some enquiry, I have learned that detergents for high efficiency (HE) washing machines contain a silicone oil chosen dimethyl polysiloxane that is used to make the detergent less sudsy.

The spots occur when the detergent comes in direct contact with your cotton fiber clothes earlier it has completely dissolved in the wash water in the washing machine. Cotton loves to soak upwardly this silicone oil...

What will help: If you have an older washing automobile that is not loftier efficiency, use a laundry lather that is not made for HE machines (I found cold water versions are best).

OR you can use as trivial HE soap as possible and add together it to the washing car get-go along with a few inches of the warmest h2o for what yous are washing earlier you lot add together the apparel.

If all else fails, repeat the wash cycle with no detergent added before drying the apparel.

If you lot accept an HE auto, you don't have control over when the detergent is added: use equally trivial detergent every bit possible with the warmest h2o possible.

If the spots are withal occurring, try irresolute detergents or bank check your washing machines instructions for using detergent not made for an HE machine (most do).

You tin also repeat the launder cycle without any detergent.

Taylor says:

Thank you for this caption!

Like I said in my introduction, I take no idea if this is the crusade of spots for everyone (nearly probable not, since many things can crusade such mystery stains) just I would love to hear from others well-nigh this possibility, sharing if these suggestions helped any of you. I sure hope so!

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I'm Getting Bleach Stains On Dark Laundry, But I Don't Use Bleach!

Cathy says:

Lately some of my darker colored laundry has been coming out after being done with what looks similar bleach stained spots.

I do not apply bleach in my colored laundry.

My washing machine does not have an agitator and has a sensor for the water level.

Also I exercise use the Downy brawl for material softener.

I would really capeesh some help figuring this out.

Taylor says:

Thanks for your question Cathy. It's a common misconception that bleach stains come only from using chlorine bleach.

Although that is a very common culprit these can happen even from not-chlorine and colour safe bleaches, or detergents or laundry stain removers that comprise such products.

However, it takes a lot for color safe products to cause bleach marks. Typically in those instances it is caused by improper application of the production, most often adding the production in an improper way such as total strength directly onto the cloth.

That's not always the case, but it often is. Here'south my commodity on the proper manner to add together liquid laundry detergent to the wash.

Further, here'due south my article on color safety and oxygen bleaches in instance this may be your culprit.

Further, many laundry pretreaters, if left on too long earlier washing, can cause these aforementioned spots.

Finally, don't forget about the issue of acne products causing this problem. The benzoyl peroxide in these products is ofttimes the cause of such mystery bleach stains if the items stained have been worn or used in the bath when applying these products.

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I'chiliad Getting Greyness & Bluish Stains Only They're Not From Cloth Softener

Mary Ellen says:

It only happens with the oranges and reds, and happens even if I launder them by themselves.

I was wondering if it could exist caused past hard water? I don't have rust in the drums and I don't use textile softener.

The stains are dark, like a nighttime slate gray or blue.

SR101 Reader 1 says:

Sometimes I get gray streaks or a stain on linens after washing. What causes that and how do I remove it?

SR101 Reader 2 says:

I buy red towels in Wal-Mart to use every bit guest towels. I wash them prior to use in warm wash/cool rinse cycle using a liquid detergent that I add to water prior to putting in towels.

Subsequently drying I have noticed on some of the towels bluish stains the size of a quarter in random areas of the towel.

I don't employ liquid fabric softener, just white dryer sheets.

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Mystery Pinkish & Reddish Stains

SR101 Reader 1 says:

Hello. Tin can you aid me please? On ii separate occasions, months apart, 2 of my t shirts have came out of the washing machine with pink stains on them. The first was just a few minor spots, but the 2nd one has ane larger stain on it and I'1000 baffled to how or why this has happened.

SR101 Reader ii says:

I have a new washer/dryer machines. This has suddenly started leaving pinkish spots and stains on my white clothes.

No coloured items are going in the wash and the motorcar has been checked by a repair visitor to run across if whatever red or pink items are stuck in the drum and cypher has been found.

I am using washing pulverization and fabric conditioner but neither are pink in colour. Any ideas?

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Baffled By Purplish Tie Dye Looking Stains

past Dave

We have a Whirlpool Duet front end load washer, periodically my wife has apparel that come out with purplish necktie dye looking stains in her apparel.

We apply Tide Gratuitous HE detergent and she claims that she adds the correct amount.

Information technology'south commonly only one item of clothing that comes out stained. Any ideas???

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Unknown Stains Merely On MIL'south Clothing Afterwards Washing

past SR101 Reader

Here's a question from a reader that has me baffled, but I'yard adding it in hopes that someone else may have some insight into information technology.

SR101 Reader'southward Question:

We have a Whirlpool Duet.

My mother-in-law lives with us. Adequately often when she has washed a load of her whites only, her clothes will take a beige colored stain often at a seam or the neckline or waist band. These seem to exist incommunicable to remove.

Information technology only occurs with her clothing, non ours.

Nosotros use the same detergent and material softener.

Nosotros've cleaned the motorcar thoroughly but they still occur.

Could it be her makeup being dissolved in the wash water and staining her clothes? Once more, it never occurs on our whites. My mother in constabulary is elderly and does utilise brand up foundations etc.

It'southward driving her crazy and as a effect, me too. Thanks.

Taylor says:

Hmmm, this laundry and stain removal question has me stumped!

It is now driving me crazy too, because information technology is but happening with your mother-in-law's clothing, not yours also, which suggests information technology is something to do just with your female parent in law, and not the machine itself.

I am wondering, based on the location of the stains as areas where we perspire a lot, if it has something to exercise with that, and a reaction between the heat and/or other detergents and some medication she may be taking? I have heard nigh medications irresolute the ingredients excreted in a person's sweat, which may effect the ability to remove the stain.

Here'due south my suggestions for removing sweat stains, just this would most likely not be helpful for something related to her medication.

Of class, that is a completely wild guess, and so I'd love to hear from even more readers who may have an idea virtually this unknown stain from the washing machine!

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What Kind Of Washer Stains Are You Experiencing?

Y'all've read above a LOT of different types of issues, stains, spots and marks that people are experiencing that are sometimes a mystery, and are showing up on their laundry only later washing their apparel in the washing machine.

Now it's your turn. Tell me below, in the comments, what kind of bug you've experienced, and besides whatsoever solutions you've plant for fixing the problem, or removing the stains that consequence! I would love to hear from yous, and so would everyone else who is experiencing these frustrating mystery stains.

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