# Getting sticky stuff out of clothes **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 24, 2000, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-sticky-stuff-out-of-clothes/26605 "2000-07-24T03:23:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quadzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/a4c791/32.png) [@Quadzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quadzilla)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2000, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-sticky-stuff-out-of-clothes/26605/1 "2000-07-24T03:23:43Z")
Haha…this should get some responses 😉 So maybe now, seriously, someone can help me with this problem, somewhat similar to an earlier one today. I recently bought a great shirt with the logo of my university on it to wear to this fall’s football games. No sooner did I get it home than I discovered a problem. The area behind the logo (a circle about 3-4" in diameter) on the wrong side of the front of the shirt is incredibly sticky. I don’t know if it’s residue from a bad iron-on, a sticker, or what. But I tried washing it in the washer - and the detergent pellets stuck to the sticky spot. I tried washing it by hand in Woolite and scrubbing the spot - and I managed to at least get the residue sticking to the spot to peel off a couple of spots. Does anyone out there have any other good ideas? I appreciate it! ---
**Author:** ![tcburnett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@tcburnett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tcburnett)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2000, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-sticky-stuff-out-of-clothes/26605/2 "2000-07-24T03:48:42Z")
Call Monica Lewinski’s drycleaner. They will know. Also, there are several commercial products for dissolving almost anything sticky. Check the laundry detergent aisle of your local Wal-Mart. The stuff I’mm thinking of is called De-solv-it and works well on non-biological sticky spots.