Gross Yellow Stains On Your Pillows 

The reason why pillows get yellow stains on them is because of sweat. At night, your body constantly sweats in order to regulate your body’s temperature. Over time, this sweat soaks through your pillowcase and gathers in the pillow. When the sweat dries it leaves behind a yellow stain. 

How Sweat Causes Yellow Pillow Stains?

Ever have your favorite shirt ruined because of sweat stains? The same thing is happening to your favorite pillow. There is a compound called urea in sweat that causes the stains. When urea reacts with salt it leaves behind a yellow stain. 

How do you get Yellow Stains out of Pillows?

There are multiple ways to get yellow stains out of pillows…

• Salt and hot water
• Aspirin
• White vinegar
• Baking soda 
• Borax

Easy Solution for Removing Yellow Pillow Stains 

Here is a very easy solution that I recommend for removing the yellow stains from your pillow.

1. Make sure your pillows can be machine washed. There should be a small tag that explains if the pillow can be machine washed.

2. Turn the machine water on HOT water. This is very important. The hot water helps loosen the particles that have soaked in the pillow for years. 

3. Mix together the ingredients.

• ¼ borax
• ½ bleach
• ½ laundry detergent
• ½ powdered detergent

4. Now mix this solution into the hot water so that it fully dissolves. This allows the mixture to soak evenly into the pillows.

5. Make sure that when the pillows are washing in the machine that they are moving around and changing direction. If they aren’t able to move around a lot pause the machine and flip the pillows around.

6. Dry the pillows. This might take more than one run in the dryer. 

How Often Should you Wash your Pillows

The suggested amount of pillow maintenance is twice a year. Most people don’t even wash their pillows once a year. Washing your pillows twice a year will keep them from turning yellow. 

How to Prevent Yellow Pillows

The most simple way to prevent the yellowing of a pillow is to purchases a pillow protector case. Putting a protective pillowcase, like this one from target, is waterproof so it will repel and block sweat. 

Pillow protectors also protect pillows from dust, dead skin cells, dust mites, and more. 

What About Brown Stains on Your Pillow?

Taking a shower before bed is the smart thing to do right? Yes, but moisture is not good. Taking a shower and heading straight to bed can be the cause of brown stains on your pillow. The brown stains are caused by moisture mixing with dust and dead skin particles. This residue slowly causes brown stains over time. 

Don’t worry using the mixture above you can remove brown stains from your pillow as well.

Does Drool Cause Yellow Stains on a Pillow?

Yes, drooling can cause yellow stains on a pillow. Pillow stains are caused by moisture. The stains are a product of dirt, skin cells, dust, mixing with the moisture, and absorbing into your pillow.

How to Avoid Stains on Pillow?

• Keep moisture away from your pillow
• Wash pillow regularly
• Buy a pillow Protector