Dh keeps ruining the pillowcases

[Lovewearingjeans]

With his scummy greasy head. Drives me mad. Apart from changing from light to dark bedding, is there any solution? Have put them on a hot wash with Vanish Gold.

[wowfudge]

I soaked DP's manky yellow pillowcase in Vanish Platinum Oxi Action and it has come up like new. The instructions state to soak for a maximum 6 hours but it was in for 10 whilst I was out at work. I'm impressed - we only have this issue with cotton bedding; polycotton is fine.

[Polkadot1974]

Yup. We have The yellow pillows too. Bald man here too

[PocketNiffler]

I put a dribble of shampoo or washing up liquid in the prewash of the washing machine. Or soak overnight in oxygen bleach. Sun is good. Wash at 90 sometimes.

[Jemino870]

I wear a night cap. The only ones I've found are for chemo patients but they emulate having hair in the context of a barrier between my scalp and pillow. I hope this helps.

[Helgathehairy]

L'oreal for men anti- dandruff shampoo. There are 2 but you want the Black bottle with the orange lid. I used to use the Philip Kingsley but this is exactly the same, just cheaper.

[DoItTooJulia]

Signing in, I too have a yellow-mark-making-DH. Wtf is it all about? He does a filthy job and never, ever comes to bed without a proper shower.

Drives me nuts. The marks do come out in the wash, but I don't make the same marks! And I dint was my hair every day, in fact, if I have blow dried and straightened it properly I can get away with 6 days between washes (dry shampoo and a bun for day 6!)

[DiamondsInTheFlesh]

Oh it's fecking gross I thought it was just oh, don't know if I'm glad or not to hear its normal. Why is it men though? Why don't I get yellow pillow cases?

[mrsdavidbowie]

Mine did
I divorced him

[rainbowunicorn]

I have the pillow cases that match the bedding at the front during the day then at night they go to the back and the pillows we sleep on are the plain cotton ones that are at the back in daytime. At least this stops the nice cases getting manky from DH head. I started this a couple of years ago after having umpteen bedding sets ruined because of this.

[TheSpottedZebra]

We change our pillowcases every night. I started doing this when I had dreadful acne as a teen, then DH developed sweaty yellowhead as a grownup, so it seems to make sense! It's not as wasteful as it sounds, honest! All my bed linen is white cotton anyway, and I just buy more plain white pillowcases from the john lewis sale. And we use pillow protectors too. And I wash bed linen at 60 degrees, which seems to be needed to cut through the grease that I slather on my skin to see off my eczema.

We sound delightful, don't we?

[Lovewearingjeans]

They have to be, as he has asthma, and is affected by feathers.

[misscph1973]

What kind of pillows do you have currently, Lovewearingjeans? I am thinking that if they are synthetic, this could be half the problem?

[Lovewearingjeans]

Might have to look at those Notso, as new pillows are a thing on the list. Bedding out in the sunshine today (yes we have sun). I have a 12 yr old ds who is starting to become a greasy teenager, luckily he prefers bright green bedding, which hides stains amazingly.

[NotSoFitFlop]

Like this.

[NotSoFitFlop]

You can get pillows with air vents in, we got ours from dunelm.

[Lovewearingjeans]

Feeling the love for greasy dh' s and yellowing pillowcases . Also thanks for cotton bedding suggestions.

[ijustwannadance]

I have same issue with dp. When sleeping, i use the 2 patterned pillowcase that match duvet and he uses the plain white. During day bed made as normal so plain pillowcases hidden under patterened ones. I just replace plain ones every so often when washing them no longer helps. White cotton ones only £4 for 2 in matalan. Not worth me buying expensive ones as still end up orange anyway!

[ouryve]

Tell him to get a wash.

[PigletJohn]

oil from the skin starts out clear, but oxidises over time to yellow. It's annoying when you take things out of the washer and they look perfectly clean, then turn yellow, esp. round collars, in the wardrobe. For pure cotton, a high temperature wash, and laundry spray on collars, or washing soda crystals (which cut through grease and oil) in the wash will deal with it, but it is much harder to deal with once it has had time to oxidise.

The same things happen with skin lard moisturiser and sun creams, which are greasy. On non-white fabrics you may never notice it.

[EBearhug]

Lots of places do 100% cotton bedding, including all sorts of colours - over the years, I've bought from Ikea, Debenhams, BHS, John Lewis, Lidl, Dunelm, White Company and a couple of other places online. (I usually get stuff in sales.)

However, I think the most permanent solution will be decapitation.

(I am beginning to wonder if I have a bedding obsession...)

[Sizzlesthedog]

I have this problem. DH has very little hair and showers before bed. He really is clean. But the pillows turn yellow. Apart from washing pillowcases daily I don't see what else I can do. I chuck out the yellow ones and buy new. Also the mattress protector is yellow now. N
Must be a yellow oil he is leaking. Yuck.

[gamerchick]

This might sound nuts but the matching pillows aren't to be used for sleeping on, just for making the bed. The sleeping on pillows are underneath so they can be turned over for sleep and turned back again the next day when dressing the bed. I just use plain cotton pillowcases for those ones.

Seems to work quite well.

[Pippidoeswhatshewants]

Pillow protectors from dunelm, 100% cotton sheets and covers from IKEA.

[Minicaters]

John lewis cotton bedding in dark colours:
www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis-luxury-egyptian-cotton-200-thread-count-bedding/p292174?colour=Amethyst

Not cheap but will last.

I like this thread, I feel in good company with our yellowy pillowcases. I'd thought it was just us.