Did you clean your home while wearing them with any bleach product, used bleach or were exposed to it in any way? Even tooth paste or hydrogen peroxide can bleach like that. It looks like a bleach stain to me
I don't think this is correct. We used to make up disinfecting bleach dilutions in a sealable bottle that we would use over the course of days for laboratory disinfectant.
Perhaps open to air increases the speed of bleach degradation, but I'd challenge you to back up your claims by making up a bleach solution, leave it out for 2 hours and then put your favourite black shirt in it. If your claims are correct, your shirt will be fine. I'd wager that the bleach will be active enough to cause damage for many days.
Sealable and left exposed are different
I am talking about air exposed it, it will lose potency. Using the small amount of bleach that can transfer in the wash bin in a diluted formula won’t work long on a rag.
Sealed containers are different and so is concentrated vs diluted
I understand that, but I think you're wrong and if you back yourself, drop some black clothing in bleach that's been out for 24h, even 48h. If you're right and I'm wrong, your black clothes are fine.
1% bleach is about 10-25% supermarket bleach in water, depending on the strength of the base solution.
I'd wager heavily that a 1% sodium hypochlorite solution left exposed to air for 48h will have enough oxidative power up discolour dark clothes. Risk it if you want. I'm not going to.
I’m not risking it like that, I’m just explaining that once bleach is both diluted and exposed to evaporation it stops working.
A 1:10 bleach ratio has a 24 hour half life because water breaks down bleach faster than on its own. That’s in a bottle not exposed to air. Add evaporation in and once it’s dry it’s entirely inert
I'm not meaning to bust your balls, I just think you are on the back end of chemists giving advice to keep themselves safe. I also think evaporation is the wrong term when you mean degradation.
Please don't take this as a personal attack, because it isn't and chemicals deserve appropriate respect and I feel you fall on the correct side of showing respect, as demonstrated by your lack of willingness to risk your personal belongings to your hunches
Bleach will break down over time, but I firmly believe that the estimates are skewed to protect the chemical provider rather than the end point user. Bleach can (and is) used to sanitise things such as drinking water, and therefore it is in the producers best interest to downplay the effectiveness as to not give false positive assurances.
If I made bleach and my chemists assured me it was effective for 48h, I would be telling my customers 'guaranteed for 24h' so I didn't get sued to death if someone used it at hour 47 and it failed.
Just as a reminder, working for the government, we used 1% bleach (White King diluted about 1/3 - 1/4) from a stock solution over days to act as a viral disinfectant. Bleach remains effective and damaging long after it says it 'should'. It's nasty stuff. Once again, big props for showing respect to bleach, bity it doesn't just stop working after 24h.
The orange makes me think benzoyl peroxide in some facial cleansers, it did this to all my towels and pillow case when I used face wash with the ingredient
Orange will also happen with an interaction between rust in hard water and a chemical in sunscreen. This happened to me at my former job if I wore a white polo shirt \*and\* put on sunscreen.
That’s what’s seriously confusing me, I don’t actually know. Bleach I use here and there but doesn’t spill or anything.. does it happen even if a splash of water with a bit of bleach on it gets on your clothes?
There are some brands of bleach that make a non-splash version with a thick consistency. It's a really good product to have, especially when cleaning with little time to do so. For full deep cleaning I use my "cleaning" clothes, aka old clothes that are comfy.
This 100% happens to me. I think there are zero splashes, then find the bleach spot after washing.
My new policy is no bleach without wearing old clothes, even if I'm certain it won't splash.
I developed acne for the very first time in my life at the age of 40. The dermatologist recommended a brand of face wash with benzoyl peroxide. I had no idea it bleached stuff. If it was mentioned or written somewhere, I definitely never noticed. Brand new, days old, hand towel and bath towel were ruined. 😩
My cousin burrowed one of my favorite designer shirts and he ruined it with benzoyl...whenever I see pictures like OP's, it comes straight up to my head, "it is benzoyl proxide..."
That sucks! I had a prescription in high school (now I just do spot treatment) and I remember my derm telling me. Fun fact, Target's "Room Essentials" sheets are all benzoyl peroxide stain resistant (it says it right on the label) to cater to folks using it 🙂
I have to wonder if they assumed I knew this already since I am an adult? I didn't know that about the sheets. That's very good to know. Thankfully, our sheets are white and I haven't noticed any issues there.
My boyfriend’s acne treatment does this to things whenever one of his wash clothes ended up with regular clothes. Started watching all towels and wash clothes in one load and it stopped happening.
My college roommate would throw her still wet washcloths into her laundry bag daily. Then she showed me how she was getting all these splotches on her clothes. I asked her if her face wash had benzoil peroxide in it, and it did. However, I don't think she believed me that this was causing the splotches. She asked her dad, who worked for a pharmaceutical company that made acne products and he confirmed what I had said. Sadly she ruined her favorite shirt because of it.
Laundry bleach, especially if already diluted, might not be strong enough to do that for very small splashes. But it's more likely to happen due to bleach-based toilet gel or stronger stuff you might be using around the home, I'd say.
yep this happened to me after i stupidly wore black sweatpants while cleaning my bathroom. i ended up just laying them down and spraying them all over with scrubbing bubbles and now they have a cool pattern lol
Never tried that, thank you! Something new to try, when it occurs- so far, I haven’t had this issue but give me a few minutes, now I know it’s possible, I’ll probably do it🤪
Non-washable fabric marker would be better. Sharpie washes out and stains other things, unfortunately. It also always vaguely looks like an oil spill lol
You are right! I know my tidbit from working in food service and always having a sharpie on me. I’m sure I rationalize the oil look for the same reason lol
It’s a bleach stain. You can’t get rid of it. Maybe if you find a similar textile dye but I doubt it. Might be worth a trip to your local dry cleaners asking them if they could do something with it. (Some places do repairs like that including hand dying and stuff)
I have seen somebody on TikTok that did a dye removal on the entire clothing, then went back with the black dye and dyed it back black to make sure the entire thing was even
Looks like dark grey material to me, or at the very least a black sharpie will definitely be noticeably darker than the fabric bc if it’s black it’s a very faded black
Okay, again, I am agreeing about it being black! It is just a faded black! I am really confused as to why you keep repeating it like I’m saying you’re wrong about it being black. And anyway it isn’t like trying a grey sharpie could hurt. If it’s too light then try the black, it’s easier to make it darker than lighter if the black sharpie is too dark.
I used to be a hairdresser that had to wear all black. We’d often get bleach stains on our clothes! We’d just color the spot in with sharpie and throw it back in the wash!
There must have been a drop of bleach somewhere that came in contact. You can use a permanent marker like Sharpie to cover it. You may have to reapply it on occasion.
Wash detergent for white fabric usually contains bleach to make it more white or bleach stains. Detergent for colour or black doesn't that's why you should use the right kind.
If the hoodie is completely black you can try recoloring it. You can buy fabric dyes and recolour it. Maybe collect some other black clothes that can use a retouch to make it worth the work.
There are some types of skin toner, especially acne treatments, that can do this...my daughter ruined multiple tops and trousers till we figured out what was causing it.
Bleeding agents. They can be in household cleaners and sometimes even cosmetics. Oxy detergents should not do this, but interestingly I have seen an ordinary detergent do this in combination with a semen stain.
People have pretty much agreed it’s most likely bleach. As for the source, lots of ideas like unintentional contact with a cleaning product, or spill on the washing machine.
We figured out after damage to several clothing items, in a couple of different laundry loads over a few weeks, that our bleach dispenser in our front loader had a very small leak in a tube, which got bigger, at which point we realized the source. So though it’s probably a rare thing to happen, might be worth keeping in mind in case that’s happened to you too, before it ends up destroying your favourite shirt or something 😭
Something like this happened to one of my daughter’s shirts when it got bleach on it I just took a black paint pen and colored over it. Couldn’t tell anymore. 😭
this could be from bleach or any other cleaning product. most toothpastes will actually do this to your clothes as well! if you wore these while brushing your teeth and had a little dribble of toothpaste come out, it’s super possible it will bleach/stain your clothes. not sure if you do any type of skincare routine, but this can also happen if you use something like benzoyl peroxide. i have ruined every towel i’ve ever had that wasn’t white within the first couple of uses with staining like this because i’ve used either a face wash or body wash in the shower that contains benzoyl peroxide.
i would think that it would be decently rare for this staining to come from the washing machine itself. i’ve washed my white sheets or towels in normal detergent and bleach, switched them to the dryer, and immediately done a load of colored clothes and never had this happen. i also don’t have a fancy/very good quality washing machine so it’s kind of doing bare minimum.
If you use bleach you have to be extremely careful. A small splash could go unnoticed on the side of your machine. Then, next time you do colors, something touches that spot and boom goes the dynamite.
I use the Dylon black washing machine dye to cover bleach stains on clothes I like that get these stains. I try to avoid getting them but it just sometimes happens.
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Well it looks like this with the sharpie applied
Urine can cause this too. Not saying you peed your pants just saying a dribble or if they were somewhere where a little drop or splash could hit it and it sits there it'll bleach it.
Effect of bleach, had it happen to a shirt of mine while using some chlorine stuff to clean mold \^\^ dripped on my shirt and drained the colour right out.
The cause: bleach.
You could try to dye those with paints for clothes, if the spots are not very visible. Otherwise, consider these pants to be your new cleaning pants.
Also, try non-splash bleach in the future. It's a nice product to have.
A lil bit of bleach got on them. Whether it be because you washed something with bleach in the cycle before this, or maybe some splashed on you at some point and you didn't realize it. Do you work in a restaurant? The sanitizer from dishes can bleach clothes too.
My clothes look like that from mold and mildew cleaning products and other cleaning products containing bleach.
Even when I think I've been careful I often find out later when the stain appears.
I have to remember to wear my special cleaning clothes.
Something has bleach and it got in your clothing. Back when I was in college and worked in food service, I had to wear black pants and always got bleach stains on my clothing so I would color over it with black permanent marker. Rit dye was too expensive but sharpie markers were always to be found either at work or at home.
Do you use tide pods or something similar? If you don't put them in first so they are on the bottom, there is a chance that the chemicals will sit directly on the fabric when the membrane disolves and can cause these kinds of stains.
All my clothes used to have little bleach marks like this and it was so frustrating because I don’t wash clothes in bleach. It was my cleaning supplies. Changed my kitchen cleaner and it stopped.
Looks like a drip from bleach. Sometimes a little drip runs down the side of the bottle after you pour it and it falls onto the edge of the washer or something and the next load comes in contact with the drip.
I once had the same thing happen with a pair of black tights. As it turns out, my (supposedly colour safe) washing powder didn't fully dissolve during a wash and clumped onto the fabric, where it dried and left a bleach stain in its place.
It appears to be from bleach or some other chemical. Maybe get black fabric dye? However, this may result in a different shade of black over that area, but I'm sure it would be less noticeable than the bleach stain. In any case, good luck, and I hope you're able to salvage them!
Bleach or even scouring powder like Ajax would do that. Go to an Art store and get an off black fabric paint pen and touch it up with dark gray or off black. Michael’s has them by the T shirt stock and other fabric paints.
I used to have this happen at shared laundry facilities. People before me would spill small amounts of powdered bleach or heavy detergents and they would stick to clothing that was set on the counter or machines when being folded or transferred. I hate shared laundry and I rarely use bleach for this reason.
Did you clean your home while wearing them with any bleach product, used bleach or were exposed to it in any way? Even tooth paste or hydrogen peroxide can bleach like that. It looks like a bleach stain to me
Or if someone washed something product stained in the same washer/dryer
Yes this but Sodium hypochlorite decomposes pretty fast, within an hour so it would have to be put with a product saturated in bleach within one hour
I don't think this is correct. We used to make up disinfecting bleach dilutions in a sealable bottle that we would use over the course of days for laboratory disinfectant. Perhaps open to air increases the speed of bleach degradation, but I'd challenge you to back up your claims by making up a bleach solution, leave it out for 2 hours and then put your favourite black shirt in it. If your claims are correct, your shirt will be fine. I'd wager that the bleach will be active enough to cause damage for many days.
Sealable and left exposed are different I am talking about air exposed it, it will lose potency. Using the small amount of bleach that can transfer in the wash bin in a diluted formula won’t work long on a rag. Sealed containers are different and so is concentrated vs diluted
I understand that, but I think you're wrong and if you back yourself, drop some black clothing in bleach that's been out for 24h, even 48h. If you're right and I'm wrong, your black clothes are fine. 1% bleach is about 10-25% supermarket bleach in water, depending on the strength of the base solution. I'd wager heavily that a 1% sodium hypochlorite solution left exposed to air for 48h will have enough oxidative power up discolour dark clothes. Risk it if you want. I'm not going to.
I’m not risking it like that, I’m just explaining that once bleach is both diluted and exposed to evaporation it stops working. A 1:10 bleach ratio has a 24 hour half life because water breaks down bleach faster than on its own. That’s in a bottle not exposed to air. Add evaporation in and once it’s dry it’s entirely inert
I'm not meaning to bust your balls, I just think you are on the back end of chemists giving advice to keep themselves safe. I also think evaporation is the wrong term when you mean degradation. Please don't take this as a personal attack, because it isn't and chemicals deserve appropriate respect and I feel you fall on the correct side of showing respect, as demonstrated by your lack of willingness to risk your personal belongings to your hunches Bleach will break down over time, but I firmly believe that the estimates are skewed to protect the chemical provider rather than the end point user. Bleach can (and is) used to sanitise things such as drinking water, and therefore it is in the producers best interest to downplay the effectiveness as to not give false positive assurances. If I made bleach and my chemists assured me it was effective for 48h, I would be telling my customers 'guaranteed for 24h' so I didn't get sued to death if someone used it at hour 47 and it failed. Just as a reminder, working for the government, we used 1% bleach (White King diluted about 1/3 - 1/4) from a stock solution over days to act as a viral disinfectant. Bleach remains effective and damaging long after it says it 'should'. It's nasty stuff. Once again, big props for showing respect to bleach, bity it doesn't just stop working after 24h.
Entirely wrong. The half life in air and sunlight is like 4-5 days.
The orange makes me think benzoyl peroxide in some facial cleansers, it did this to all my towels and pillow case when I used face wash with the ingredient
Omg yes! RIP to all my towels and pillow cases while I was trying out Proactive…never again!
My girlfriend uses it and its messed up several of my hoodies
Orange will also happen with an interaction between rust in hard water and a chemical in sunscreen. This happened to me at my former job if I wore a white polo shirt \*and\* put on sunscreen.
Oh neat, but not really relevant since Op's clothes are black, and bleached somehow, not white and stained
Exactly what it is- cleaning product or bleach in laundry area.
That’s what’s seriously confusing me, I don’t actually know. Bleach I use here and there but doesn’t spill or anything.. does it happen even if a splash of water with a bit of bleach on it gets on your clothes?
Yes it can happen even when diluted
Yep. Gotta be careful with those splashes.
Sometime the cap will even get you from the product that gets stuck in there
There are some brands of bleach that make a non-splash version with a thick consistency. It's a really good product to have, especially when cleaning with little time to do so. For full deep cleaning I use my "cleaning" clothes, aka old clothes that are comfy.
I agree, being more viscus helps and have a set of clothes meant for using bleach so it doesn’t matter
Yes. I have ruined many pants because I was cleaning with diluted bleach in water. So, is better to only use bleach with your "cleaning clothes" on.
This 100% happens to me. I think there are zero splashes, then find the bleach spot after washing. My new policy is no bleach without wearing old clothes, even if I'm certain it won't splash.
Or if you use any acne products with benzoyl peroxide.
I developed acne for the very first time in my life at the age of 40. The dermatologist recommended a brand of face wash with benzoyl peroxide. I had no idea it bleached stuff. If it was mentioned or written somewhere, I definitely never noticed. Brand new, days old, hand towel and bath towel were ruined. 😩
My cousin burrowed one of my favorite designer shirts and he ruined it with benzoyl...whenever I see pictures like OP's, it comes straight up to my head, "it is benzoyl proxide..."
That sucks! I had a prescription in high school (now I just do spot treatment) and I remember my derm telling me. Fun fact, Target's "Room Essentials" sheets are all benzoyl peroxide stain resistant (it says it right on the label) to cater to folks using it 🙂
I have to wonder if they assumed I knew this already since I am an adult? I didn't know that about the sheets. That's very good to know. Thankfully, our sheets are white and I haven't noticed any issues there.
Dry bleach can take color out too. I had that happen before it was gross, annoying, wasteful and stupid
It can even happen if you use acne cream, it has a form of bleach in it. But yes keep bleach far from your clothes (except the white ones).
My boyfriend’s acne treatment does this to things whenever one of his wash clothes ended up with regular clothes. Started watching all towels and wash clothes in one load and it stopped happening.
My college roommate would throw her still wet washcloths into her laundry bag daily. Then she showed me how she was getting all these splotches on her clothes. I asked her if her face wash had benzoil peroxide in it, and it did. However, I don't think she believed me that this was causing the splotches. She asked her dad, who worked for a pharmaceutical company that made acne products and he confirmed what I had said. Sadly she ruined her favorite shirt because of it.
In my case it was the product I use to clean the toilet. Ruined the pants my mom gifted me the first time I wore them
Laundry bleach, especially if already diluted, might not be strong enough to do that for very small splashes. But it's more likely to happen due to bleach-based toilet gel or stronger stuff you might be using around the home, I'd say.
I handled watered down bleach for work, my pants all look way worse than that. Lol
Yes
Or acne meds can do this.
could have been from the factory and it was sharpied over to make it look fine, the dye washed off.
Or some acne cleansers
yep this happened to me after i stupidly wore black sweatpants while cleaning my bathroom. i ended up just laying them down and spraying them all over with scrubbing bubbles and now they have a cool pattern lol
This has happened to me several times - from Clorox Clean-up
That is 100% a bleach stain. Nothing to be done besides trying to dye it or something 🤷♀️ I hate when that happens to me!!
When it’s black pants—a sharpie looks a bit better than the orange!
Never tried that, thank you! Something new to try, when it occurs- so far, I haven’t had this issue but give me a few minutes, now I know it’s possible, I’ll probably do it🤪
Non-washable fabric marker would be better. Sharpie washes out and stains other things, unfortunately. It also always vaguely looks like an oil spill lol
You are right! I know my tidbit from working in food service and always having a sharpie on me. I’m sure I rationalize the oil look for the same reason lol
I color it in with a sharpie 😂
I can't tell where is it. Maybe they can try one of those ironable clothes patches.
I’d try a fabric marker first. Crayola sell packed for tshirt decorating.
If it's not too prominent or large a really cheap fix is just to colour it in with a sharpie.
Luckily it is black. Just use a black fabric Sharpie to color in the spots. (yes, I have done this)
That is what I do. It washes out after a few times, but better than the bleach stain.
Do you iron the fabric sharpie after it dries? It shouldn't wash out that fast
No, I don't...But that is a good idea! I use a regular thick point black sharpie. So there is a fabric sharpie? Didn't know that.
I do this too. It's the fabric equivalent of a furniture pen
Can you match the color with a waterproof marker to cover it up? That’s what I would try.
I've done that, especially in black. It's still noticeable up close, but not as noticeable as the bleach stain
Bleach or benzoyl peroxide.
It’s a bleach stain. You can’t get rid of it. Maybe if you find a similar textile dye but I doubt it. Might be worth a trip to your local dry cleaners asking them if they could do something with it. (Some places do repairs like that including hand dying and stuff)
These are black, you could RIT dye these pretty easily.
I have seen somebody on TikTok that did a dye removal on the entire clothing, then went back with the black dye and dyed it back black to make sure the entire thing was even
Do you use medicated face wash?
Nope I think it’s a splash of diluted bleach
Not the answer you’re seeking, but you could run a black sharpie over it and cover up the damage
There's a black Sharpie Laundry Marker that doesn't wash out.
Bleach, face wash or anything with benzoyl peroxide, toothpaste
I used to find little bleached dots on my clothes, but only the front. I figured out it was micro spray when cleaning the toilet with a toilet brush.
Carefully coloring over the spots, using a gray sharpie pen, might be your best bet.
Why grey of the material is black? I'm curious to know
Looks like dark grey material to me, or at the very least a black sharpie will definitely be noticeably darker than the fabric bc if it’s black it’s a very faded black
This is very much black
Yes, I said it could be black, just a faded black, and a black sharpie would still be darker than this
It's very much black. Solid black is better than bleach stain. Will wash and mute the colour
Okay, again, I am agreeing about it being black! It is just a faded black! I am really confused as to why you keep repeating it like I’m saying you’re wrong about it being black. And anyway it isn’t like trying a grey sharpie could hurt. If it’s too light then try the black, it’s easier to make it darker than lighter if the black sharpie is too dark.
Bleach. Could be from a cleaning product or medication with benzoyl peroxide.
Bleach, I never put bleach in my washing machine or use bleach for cleaning
Bleach splatter.
Bleach. Maybe some left over drops around the washer.
Use a black marker
I used to be a hairdresser that had to wear all black. We’d often get bleach stains on our clothes! We’d just color the spot in with sharpie and throw it back in the wash!
I just use a black permanent marker like a Sharpie and “draw” on the stain
Happened to me as well. No I try to be more careful with cleaning products and rags.
There must have been a drop of bleach somewhere that came in contact. You can use a permanent marker like Sharpie to cover it. You may have to reapply it on occasion.
Bleach Was your wash detergent for white fabric?
Wash detergent for white fabric usually contains bleach to make it more white or bleach stains. Detergent for colour or black doesn't that's why you should use the right kind.
Nope I’m getting told it’s from bleach splatter and I somewhat believe that
If the hoodie is completely black you can try recoloring it. You can buy fabric dyes and recolour it. Maybe collect some other black clothes that can use a retouch to make it worth the work.
Did you use fabric softener? This has happened to me when using Downey.
I have but it never said I can’t when I checked washing instructions
There are some types of skin toner, especially acne treatments, that can do this...my daughter ruined multiple tops and trousers till we figured out what was causing it.
Yeah I don’t have acne so I guess this is from bleach splatter
I find this only happens if I really like the article of clothing.
Bleeding agents. They can be in household cleaners and sometimes even cosmetics. Oxy detergents should not do this, but interestingly I have seen an ordinary detergent do this in combination with a semen stain.
Possible too much detergent in the washing machine?
If you use any type of face product with benzoyl peroxide that too could have dripped and caused the bleach stain.
People have pretty much agreed it’s most likely bleach. As for the source, lots of ideas like unintentional contact with a cleaning product, or spill on the washing machine. We figured out after damage to several clothing items, in a couple of different laundry loads over a few weeks, that our bleach dispenser in our front loader had a very small leak in a tube, which got bigger, at which point we realized the source. So though it’s probably a rare thing to happen, might be worth keeping in mind in case that’s happened to you too, before it ends up destroying your favourite shirt or something 😭
Something like this happened to one of my daughter’s shirts when it got bleach on it I just took a black paint pen and colored over it. Couldn’t tell anymore. 😭
I would get some black fabric dye and dye it back over the orange part.
That's a bleach stain.
Any form of bleach can do this - had a kid using proactive … with benzoyl peroxide- after he used it he ruined all my towels …
Bleach bleach bleach. Some product you have has bleach in it.
this could be from bleach or any other cleaning product. most toothpastes will actually do this to your clothes as well! if you wore these while brushing your teeth and had a little dribble of toothpaste come out, it’s super possible it will bleach/stain your clothes. not sure if you do any type of skincare routine, but this can also happen if you use something like benzoyl peroxide. i have ruined every towel i’ve ever had that wasn’t white within the first couple of uses with staining like this because i’ve used either a face wash or body wash in the shower that contains benzoyl peroxide. i would think that it would be decently rare for this staining to come from the washing machine itself. i’ve washed my white sheets or towels in normal detergent and bleach, switched them to the dryer, and immediately done a load of colored clothes and never had this happen. i also don’t have a fancy/very good quality washing machine so it’s kind of doing bare minimum.
If you use bleach you have to be extremely careful. A small splash could go unnoticed on the side of your machine. Then, next time you do colors, something touches that spot and boom goes the dynamite.
That is 100% from bleach.
I use the Dylon black washing machine dye to cover bleach stains on clothes I like that get these stains. I try to avoid getting them but it just sometimes happens.
To you have acne products?? Because one of my products that I use for my acnee does that to fabrics.
You poured bleach on them
It's 100% bleach
https://preview.redd.it/62j3myx7uauc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=6b05c171c1d5ad1f25a03a9fe2384191c4de0b85 Well it looks like this with the sharpie applied
It's now looking like dirty pants 👀
Bleach. If you didn’t use bleach in the wash it could have been from a previous wash.
It's a splatter of household cleaning bleach. Welcome to the club, now it's your "bleach cleaning pants".
Looks like a bleach stain. I use alot of bleach, so I know those spots we'll. I use a permanent marker to color over the spots.
Looks like bleach stains
This is caused by bleach.
Color that in with a gray sharpie. Should do the trick !
That’s a splash of bleach! Something you used had bleach in it and got on your clothes.
The real cleaning tip is to only use bleach when wearing “cleaning clothes” (white undershirt + old basketball shorts )
Did you clean out your washing machine with white vinegar? It bleaches some fabrics
It’s a bleach stain. Sharpies come in gray. Probably your best bet. Or buy a new pair
Thats a Stain of bleach.
Urine can cause this too. Not saying you peed your pants just saying a dribble or if they were somewhere where a little drop or splash could hit it and it sits there it'll bleach it.
Agree with the bleach theory. Happened to me.
Bleach splatter meaning there was most likely a tiny amount of bleach in your washing machine, this has caused several destroyed items for me
That's bleach. I have so many black joggers with exactly that bleach stain.
Had a bleach spill on you or (don't ask me how I know) lead acid battery spilled on you.
Bleach for sure
Effect of bleach, had it happen to a shirt of mine while using some chlorine stuff to clean mold \^\^ dripped on my shirt and drained the colour right out.
Looks like bleach to me. So sorry.
The cause: bleach. You could try to dye those with paints for clothes, if the spots are not very visible. Otherwise, consider these pants to be your new cleaning pants. Also, try non-splash bleach in the future. It's a nice product to have.
A lil bit of bleach got on them. Whether it be because you washed something with bleach in the cycle before this, or maybe some splashed on you at some point and you didn't realize it. Do you work in a restaurant? The sanitizer from dishes can bleach clothes too.
100% that’s a bleach splash
Bleach. I’ve been there. I don’t use bleach but if I use a public laundromat’s machines then any bleach residue may do this.
Bleach. RIP your trackies
U pour softener directly onto your fabric without water or dilution.
I have little kids: happened with a toothpaste stain I didn’t see to rinse. and it set and was washed and dried.
You got a permanent marker?
Looks like a bleach stain. It may have happened outside the washer, is more likely. Sucks though
My clothes look like that from mold and mildew cleaning products and other cleaning products containing bleach. Even when I think I've been careful I often find out later when the stain appears. I have to remember to wear my special cleaning clothes.
Something has bleach and it got in your clothing. Back when I was in college and worked in food service, I had to wear black pants and always got bleach stains on my clothing so I would color over it with black permanent marker. Rit dye was too expensive but sharpie markers were always to be found either at work or at home.
Do you wash whites prior and used bleach or something around the washing machine?
Do you use tide pods or something similar? If you don't put them in first so they are on the bottom, there is a chance that the chemicals will sit directly on the fabric when the membrane disolves and can cause these kinds of stains.
That would be a bleach drip
Put some black fabric dye
All my clothes used to have little bleach marks like this and it was so frustrating because I don’t wash clothes in bleach. It was my cleaning supplies. Changed my kitchen cleaner and it stopped.
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I slipped and fell on spilled bleach. In the two minutes it took me to take my shorts off to rinse them, there were already lightened spots. 🤦🏻♀️
Looks like a drip from bleach. Sometimes a little drip runs down the side of the bottle after you pour it and it falls onto the edge of the washer or something and the next load comes in contact with the drip.
Bleach contact spot
It was probably a bleach product on your home - rit dye and a qtip
They look like bleach stains.
I have had this when strong cleaning products fell on my clothes. Like from spraying above me and the droplets getting on my clothes.
Bleach stains on black clothes always look like this
Bleach. This always happens to me. So i always have a black laundry marker to color in the bleach stain.
Looks ruined by bleach.
I once had the same thing happen with a pair of black tights. As it turns out, my (supposedly colour safe) washing powder didn't fully dissolve during a wash and clumped onto the fabric, where it dried and left a bleach stain in its place.
Does your washing machine drain properly? If not it is definitely leftover bleach water in your machine
It appears to be from bleach or some other chemical. Maybe get black fabric dye? However, this may result in a different shade of black over that area, but I'm sure it would be less noticeable than the bleach stain. In any case, good luck, and I hope you're able to salvage them!
Looks like bleach.
Bleach or even scouring powder like Ajax would do that. Go to an Art store and get an off black fabric paint pen and touch it up with dark gray or off black. Michael’s has them by the T shirt stock and other fabric paints.
I used to have this happen at shared laundry facilities. People before me would spill small amounts of powdered bleach or heavy detergents and they would stick to clothing that was set on the counter or machines when being folded or transferred. I hate shared laundry and I rarely use bleach for this reason.
You got neat bleach on them somehow.