Baseball field socks

[Anonymous]

I have 2 baseball playing sons and my routine has been the same for years. Doesn’t get everything perfect but definitely close enough:

Rub the worst stains (especially grass or really set in clay stains) with fels naptha and cold water. No need to scrub at all- just rub it in to the stain vigorously. Leave to sit awhile.

With a HE washer: scoop of oxyclean in the drum, regular detergent in dispenser. Setting: “bright whites” with a presoak selected.

Hang to dry always, never ever any baseball stuff in the dryer. If something looks really bad after drying (rare) I’ll run it through again.

That generally works for me.

Have also heard good things about going to the car wash or using a high pressure hose in the backyard but have never bothered

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Soak in Oxiclean before washing.

This was going to be my tip too. And by "soak" if possible I mean let it sit for a solid week. Then spray it with every spray you can think of. Then wash.

This. I literally have a bucket in the laundry room for just this purpose.

[Anonymous]

Soak in Iron Out before washing

[Anonymous]

Another vote for Fells Naptha. Don’t know what’s in that bar, but it’s cheap and it works on baseball clay when nothing else does.

[Anonymous]

Pro tip: Have your child get into the running shower *in their uniform* and strip down under the spray. Leave the uni on the shower floor to get rinsed off and drain. Then take a bar of Fels Naptha to the residual staining.

Stripping down in the shower keeps dirt off the bathroom floor and helps with the initial rinse and pre-soak.