You should be immediately cleaning any vintage item you buy as soon as you get home. But for anything with a stain, you will need a little more effort to get it looking how you want it. First, fill the bucket about half way with warm water. Then, fill the scooper about a quarter of the way full with Oxi Clean, dump in, and mix. Toss on those gloves and then fully submerge the shirt you are cleaning into your mixture. Now, patience.
Let that baby soak in the bucket for 24 hours. After that time has passed, take it out, ring it dry, rinse it in clean water, ring it out again, and then let it air dry for as many hours as you need.
“Definitely don’t leave stuff in Oxi Clean for over 24 hours,” says Martinez. “If you leave it there too long, the shirt disintegrates. You can ruin a shirt.”
For those pesky stains that may still be there after this process, spot treat them with the LA spray and then let the shirt dry in the sun for five to 10 hours. After that, throw it into the washer on a normal wash cycle.
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