Does Anyone Know How to Get Poopy Stains Out of Clothes?

I have found that Dawn dish soap does wonders on stains. The key is to rinse right away, then rub and scrub with Dawn.

When I was researching cloth diapers, a lot of the websites mentioned that drying your clothes out in the sunshine will remove any stains. We use cloth diapers and rinse out any poopy diapers (my husband connected a sprayer to the toilet...it's just like the sprayer at your kitchen sink, and it easily cleans the diapers without having to touch them too much). If there are still stains, I spray with Dreft, wash and then we hang them outside when it's nice.

Hope this helps!

BIZ has always worked for me. I let it soak at least over night, stirring it around a few times. Then I usually have to scrub, but it all comes out.

Try soaking it in BIZ and your detergent for at least overnight, stirring it once in awhile.

I used Zout on all of my children's poopy stains. When that didn't work, I would put a dab of lemon juice directly on the stain and put it out in the stain. Be careful with this one and do a spot test first-it may zap some color out of certain items.

Another suggestion is to use Woolite. As soon as your remove the item from your baby, fill the sink with cold water and add a little woolite. Let it soak in there for 2-3 hours. This usually does the trick as well-it works wonders on blood and ketchup stains, too!

Try Resolve, scrub with toothbrush, let set and then apply a bt more and wash.

OxiClean is great for those not so nice stains. Put a little powder in some warm water to dissolve a little then let the clothes soak for an hour or how ever long you want, then rinse them good and wash.

And you should put the little one in a diaper that is one size bigger, that will minimize the explosions.

Good luck and God Bless!

Oh yeah! Our son use to have the biggest blow outs, all the way to his neck! He's also breasfeed. I used to rinse the garment as good as possible and soak it in Oxybaby and hot water before doing his laundry and it worked like a charm! Even my nanny was amazed how good it worked. Now he eats solids as well, so very rarely he has a blow out:).

Good luck!

another vote for: presoak in Oxy Clean!

If the poop (or pee for that matter) escapes the diaper on a regular basis, I'd go up to the next size of diaper. If your child is anywhere close to the lbs recommended, it may just be time. If you are using cloth, same thing- one size larger.

I have the cheapest best solution: the sun. wash as usual and line dry in the sun.

I don't have any stain removal advice, but I'm thinking, you're gonna need a bigger diaper! It might help prevent so many blow outs! :)

Use a coconut oil natural soap. Believe me, that gets out stains real good. When washing the clothes, use less detergent than you think, and use extra rinses. Accumulation of detergent on clothes lead to a lot of stains. Line drying clothes can help. I know that quite of few moms lay clothes to dry on the grass to help with stains.

My little one had several blowouts when she was going from newborn to size 1. After lots of soaking and scrubbing, I have found that rubbing baking soda straight into the stain and letting it dry. Then spray it with white vinegar and wash in detergent with Dawn. This even worked for a light pink shirt that I had wadded in the diaper bag for 6 hours before dumping it in the soak bucket. I didn't even do anything to the shirt for about a week and it came clean. I now buy baking soda and white vinegar in bulk!

Good luck

Hi J.,

I had the same problem and I discovered OxiClean. You can get either the powder or liquid and soak the clothes in that. It does work! It takes not only the smell out, but the stain as well. I hope this helps!

I. K.

I used to use Oxyclean -- just put a small scoop in a bucket of water and soak the clothes in that for a while (even a day or so) before washing. Hope it helps!

It looks like you have some good replies, but one more tip...never dry an outfit that still has the stain in it. The dryer just sets the stain, so if you haven't been successful getting it out yet, put it back in to soak using a different cleaning product. I bleached everything, and amazingly enough it did not change the color of most items. Good luck!

A sigh of delight often follows using Oxi-clean pretreater and bleach (pen) for stains in my whites. Winning combo for me. It's nice to have little victories like these- they can sometimes make a not so good day better, eh?

I use Zout. You can get it at the grocery store or like target. I used it on everything. I works wonders! Best stain remover I have found.

You can try colorsafe bleach, and then just wash again after with the Dreft. As far as preventing the blowouts, have you considered moving up a size in the diapers? Sometimes they blow out because the diapers are too small.

I had a preemie who stained everything. Don't remember where I learned this but it works. Wash the item and place it on some grass (hopefully you have some) in the sunlight while it is still wet. It works every time. Good luck!

I know a ton of moms have suggested OxiClean but I'm a Biz girl. With 5 kids, I've gotten tons of stains out with Biz. There are two important key steps -
1. Never dry clothes with stains on them (I air dry ALL my clothes all the time - they last longer and look better - although you do have to iron them.
2. Soak for THREE days. I fill a bucket with Biz & warm to hot water (not too hot as hot water sets stains) try to dissolve most of the Biz & then put in the clothes. Once a day, swish the clothes around to agitate the detergent. On the 3rd or even 4th day, dump the whole bucket into the washer (solution & all) and run a regular load (you can add extra clothes).

This gets out about 98% of my stains, especially blow-outs. Zout is good as well as the dual-colored stain solution that mixes as you squirt it on the clothes. I just ran out & forgot the name. I will pre-treat if it's really bad before soaking. Good Luck!

Dreft spray has worked miracles on my son's clothes.