Yellow Spots on Washing

[John Gifford]

I have only ever experienced this with the drier overheating. John Gifford

[Mark]

We had a similar problem. It was solved when we replaced the washing machine.

[manager.jidouglas]

We have same problem at hotel. Brand new towels out of plastic come out with yellow stains. I read that it was the hardness of the water making the bleach leave yellow stains. It said to use Oxiclean or water softener tabs. Some also say use vinegar. Another place i read it could be fabric softener reacting with bleach. I'm not sure but its 100% annoying. I'm going to experiment all of them myself soon. I do believe its caused from the hardness because water dries out skin and hair.

[Brian Gaff (Sofa 2)]

Well if its been going on for a decade or so, it cannot be harmful. grin. Brian

[Martin Brown]

How large are these yellow marks?

At this time of year bee dung puts tiny waxy yellow marks ~3mm diameter on things as can some tree pollen if you are really unlucky.

I can't think of any way that hard water can produce yellow stains. High iron content might but it is usually more on the orange side of yellow.

[Chris Hogg]

On Sunday, May 9, 2010 at 7:52:13 AM UTC-4, Jo wrote: ^^^^^^^^^^^ etc. etc.

[Scott]

I would blame it on poor standard of the dyeing process but I have no evidence for this :-)

I have seen blue towels developing pink patches.

[Andrew]

Over 10 years since the OP, I have seen blue towels fade away to almost DIY rags.