Cleaning skin oil stains on pillow cases

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Maybe I'm old school, but I wonder if some of those pillow stains are from hair products, not normal skin oils.

You know, a little dab'l do ya, as well as your pillow case.

Just a thought, even though oily products like Brylcreem seem to have fallen out of favor, with various non-or-lesser staining products like hair gel taking their place.



Me, I hated Brylcreem. I have very fine hair (actual strand size measured under a microscope in a science lab one day) and Brylcreem just made it more limp and lifeless. When gels hit the market for men, I switched ASAP.
 
Agreed. I would really like to find a good used trans or junk machine to pull the trans out and service it, then swap into mine while I do damper pads, bearings, bushings, etc and keep it a one day project down time wise.
 
According to use and care manual for my (now gone)vintage Whirlpool convertible/portable washer maximum soaking time was two hours. This seemed fairly consistent with other top loading washers of all sizes through the years. Some may be have and longer or shorter suggested times, but there often was a limit.

At first didn't understand, then dawned upon one that unlike a wash tub or other solid bottom container washing machines have sumps, pumps and various seals. These things may or may not be water tight forever when faced with a large volume of water.
 
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Since it just on the pillow cases.
How about a overnight soak in the kitchen sink with a little powdered tide and a little ammonia!
Wring out by hand the next AM and rewash normally in machine with the rest of the sheets?
 
Well, if a bald head leaves obnoxious stains on pillows, then perhaps the reason why I don't see them on my stuff is because my hair absorbs the skin oils?

Another solution might be a nightcap. Not the one you drink, but the little hat one can wear to bed. Like a bonnet, sort of.
 
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I think the oils are mostly from my face and forehead. I did wash them since but just a regular wash without a soak and it didnt really brighten them up. I need to take care of this and have lots of great options here. I may try a soak in LA's Awesome and detergent first.
 
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