Not an exciting thread…about white laundry

I soak stained whites in Oxiclean ( or it's store-brand equivalent) or there is Vanish Oxy Action.
When washed after soaking, it works really well on white cotton tea towels and white tee shirts, really takes the dinginess, and usually all stains out of them.

My whites stay white, apart from bras!
My problem is black which always fades..

I’ve always done whites-only washes, especially ever since many years ago lending a pair of a dd’s pristine white tights to a colleague for her daughter. We were living abroad and such things just weren’t available locally.

They came back far from pristine - tinged with blue-ish grey - which was the indeterminate, muddy colour of virtually all said colleague’s own clothes.

Oh, that’s interesting, Pantglas. I’ve never bought a specific coloured wash product as I get non-bio because of my dh’s sensitive skin. I’ll remember that though, thank you!

SueDonim

I only really have undies and bed linen in white. I suppose the undies are less than dazzling than they were but they’re not particularly new and tbh, it doesn’t bother me. The bed linen is sparkling though. Everything gets washed in whites-only washes.

One conundrum I’ve never solved - how do you wash a duo-coloured item? My dd has a dark burgundy jumper with a white-coloured yoke to it. White or colours?

I have a few items like that SueDonim and always use my coloured liquid as it has no whitening agent (bleach) in it that could leach the colour into the wash, making the white bits dingy...

Just read this and an hour ago DH wanted stain remover for his white sweatshirt. He then proceeded to wash it in the machine with various other items including black jumpers and shorts. He has done his own washing since retiring but won't listen to advice about sorting colours, darks and whites. I've given up explaining!

I only really have undies and bed linen in white. I suppose the undies are less than dazzling than they were but they’re not particularly new and tbh, it doesn’t bother me. The bed linen is sparkling though. Everything gets washed in whites-only washes.

One conundrum I’ve never solved - how do you wash a duo-coloured item? My dd has a dark burgundy jumper with a white-coloured yoke to it. White or colours?

I just don't buy anything white!

Make sure you sort your laundry carefully and wash whites together.
Use a reliable biological (if possible) washing powder/liquid.
A scoop of vanish can help.
Hang in the sun, or tumble dry.

The sorting of laundry is the most critical. I wash everything at 30 degrees. My whites stay bright and white for years. Good luck.

A scoop of Vanish Oxy Action Whitening Booster added to the main cycle, works miracles!

Thanks for the advice . I really find it bad with Marks stuff though. Shall avoid them !

Joseanne

^hanging them in the sun.^
Yes.

I don’t have a garden !

hanging them in the sun.
Yes.

I always wash my whites separately and often put them on a cold rinse cycle first. I would be reluctant to use bleach on delicates because I used to find it ate into the elastic and damaged the fibres.

Whites on their own in a hot wash 60 degrees min with a whites detergent (inc. bleach) then peg out in ?. Never wash coloureds in with them as the detergent will leach colour and whites become dingy!

No need for any chemicals apart from detergent! It is the temperature you are washing them at.

I have had white linen all my married life and they stay white until they are worn out.p

Our mothers would have boiled their whites, that plus hanging them in the sun.

I wash whites at 95c. The high temperatures also mean that the washing machine smells sweet as no bacteria can survive.

Of course energy prices may be a factor now.

I used Glo white sachets some time ago.

My whites always stay white. I always wash them together though!

I use Vanish Oxi Action Crystal White chlorine free whitener + stain remover. It works well at brightening things up.

My whites stay white, but I am careful that only whites go in with other whites.

Don't really have this problem. Other than for my DGS and to be honest, that isn't a dingy problem, it is a staining problem. Grass. Tomatoey foods etc.

Ace bleach in the washing machine drawer works a treat

bleach?

Do you wash whites separately Lucca?

Mine are ok , I use Lidl own brand nonbio