How can you bleach clothes

Any thing made of snow-white fabric, whether it is bed linen or a piece of clothing, acquires a yellowish color over time. Store-bought bleaches are simple and easy to use, but they are chemicals, and constantly resorting to chemicals is not an option, as they are caustic and quickly damage the structure of the fabric. In addition, there are many ways to effectively whiten linen at home, using self-made products from improvised components that do not impair the quality of the textile product.

Boiling

The most common method used by our grandmothers is boiling. It is impossible to keep silent about the fact that it is effective, but not all products can be bleached in this way. Of course, 100% cotton will withstand such bleaching and will not lose its appearance, which cannot be said about delicate, thin and elastic fabrics. The label always indicates the optimum temperature, so first of all you need to focus on this information.

You need to boil a thing in a large saucepan and immerse it there after boiling water. There should be enough liquid: enough to cover the laundry with 4 fingers. You can boil for forty minutes with the addition of powder, manganese, soda, dry mustard or laundry soap - all these products are good in their own way and give results.The only significant disadvantage of boiling is the appearance of a gray tint on clothes, and it is already much more difficult to remove white things from grayness. There are no chemicals here. In addition, after boiling, the fabric becomes rough, to cope with this, the laundry can be scrolled in the machine on the rinsing mode with air conditioning.

Useful household helpers

Obviously, boiling has many disadvantages, this is not a method that can be used constantly. What to do if white linen turns gray? In fact, there are more than enough good ways. For effective whitening at home, you can’t do without the following useful “household helpers”:

• hydrogen peroxide;
• ammonia;
• baking soda;
• manganese;
• ammonia;
• mustard powder;
• eggshell;
• oxygen bleach;
• hydroperite.

Do I need a special tool

It is worth noting that before rushing to bleach a thing by any of the methods and without boiling, you should refer to the following options:

• if the thing is delicate, you can wash off its yellowness in the washing machine at maximum speed and the allowed temperature;
• if it is a cotton fabric, then, fortunately, in modern washing machines there is a temperature regime of 95C, which is ideal for washing it.

If washing with powder did not bring the expected results, then do not despair - there is an opportunity to use one of the recipes below.

Soda

Soda is a worthy competitor to store bleach.In everyday life, it is used to clean dishes and surfaces, but not everyone knows about its whitening properties. In addition, baking soda is not capable of provoking allergies, unlike special chemical laundry detergents. In order to use it correctly, you should have some information about this substance.

1. If you want to wash slightly yellowed white things, then a small amount of soda is added to the washing machine, in one compartment with powder. This will be enough to get a snow-white item at the end of the wash cycle.
2. Baking soda softens water, so you can add it to every wash to improve results.
3. This substance has a disinfecting ability, so things washed at a low temperature will be sterilized with soda no worse than if they are boiled.
4. With the addition of this product, you can bleach things for the smallest, since soda cannot provoke an allergic reaction.

When you need to bleach washed white linen, one wash is not enough. Here you will need to soak for several hours in a specially prepared mixture. Half a glass of soda must be mixed with two tablespoons of ammonia, and then add the resulting product to 5 liters of warm water. After that, the linen that has lost its appearance is immersed in this solution and remains soaked in it for several hours. Then things need to be rinsed and washed in a typewriter. This method will help to cope with yellowing and grayish tint and return the fabric to its former whiteness.

When you need to remove a few stains, then soda, quenched with vinegar, will come to the rescue. First, the place of contamination must be wetted, and then apply a little soda powder on it.Then, after waiting 10 minutes, a little vinegar is poured onto the stain, which reacts. After that, the item should be rinsed and placed in a washing machine. After such a procedure, there will be no trace of stains - this method can be used to bleach linen, clothes, and even thick burlap.

Peroxide and ammonia

Hydrogen peroxide and ammonia are considered equally effective bleaching agents. These two substances give excellent results, especially when combined in one recipe, they perfectly remove mud stains from sweat and grease on cuffs and collars and faded stains after washing with color. There are several ways to remove yellowness and stains from white clothes at home using the interaction of these two components.

1. The first way is soaking in ammonia. Its essence is to bleach the thing completely and at the same time cope with old stains. The washing solution is prepared at the rate of 1 tablespoon of ammonia alcohol per 1 liter of water.Yellowed things are immersed in the solution and soaked in it for three hours. After they are rinsed and washed in the machine.
2. The second way is washing white clothes with hydrogen peroxide. To remove the old yellowness, you need to take peroxide and dilute it with water in a ratio of 1: 1. After that, with a soft sponge or rag, you need to distribute the resulting solution over the entire surface of the laundry, paying special attention to strongly yellowed areas. Then the processed thing must be rolled up and left for 15 minutes, and then rinsed well in clean water.
3. The third way. In this case, peroxide and ammonia are mixed with each other. One part of ammonia alcohol is mixed with two parts of hydrogen peroxide.To achieve the effect, 30 ml dissolved in three liters of water is enough. When the thing is already in the basin, during the soaking, the bleaching solution must be stirred periodically so that the mixture does not settle and is evenly distributed. After the garment should be thoroughly rinsed. Instead of hydrogen peroxide, hydroperite can be used for bleaching. For 3 liters of water, 3 tablets are enough, which can be purchased at any pharmacy.

All three of these methods are effective, but the last one is the most effective. The first is more intended for removing fresh stains, the second is effective in combating slight yellowness, but the third remedy is a home bleach for clothes, which is suitable for resuscitation of a favorite thing with old stains and a clearly visible yellow tint.

Manganese and laundry soap

However, in this case, soap alone is not enough, so the second useful and underestimated component, potassium permanganate, will come to the rescue. How to act?

1. Half a bar of light laundry soap is rubbed on a grater, after which it is diluted in warm water, about 5 liters.
2. After that, a few grains of manganese are added to the bleaching solution. The linen remains soaked in this mixture overnight, after which it is machine washed.

It would seem, how will such a small amount of potassium permanganate help? In fact, it is she who, in this case, copes with the old yellowness, so this remedy is an effective self-made laundry bleach at home.

It should be borne in mind that laundry soap does not have a very pleasant smell and the sheets after it are quite hard. This is due to its natural composition. Therefore, at the stage of machine washing, which comes after washing in this solution, it is necessary to add fabric softener.

Mustard and eggshell

It is useful to know that even such food waste as eggshells, and an ingredient in homemade mayonnaise and many famous sauces - dry mustard can remove stains from white clothes. Although they cannot cope with yellowness and grayness, it is quite possible to lighten small spots with their help.

1. Half a pack of mustard powder is diluted in two liters of water and linen is soaked in this solution. Or a mixture is made that resembles liquid sour cream in consistency and is applied to the stain. After 10-15 minutes, things are rinsed out.
2. 100 g of eggshells are crushed into powder and sewn into a small bag of thin fabric. After that, it is added to the laundry before washing directly into the drum of the washing machine. After washing, things will look noticeably whiter.

Dirt stains from sweat and sebum can be removed by such methods, but after unsuccessful washing, you can hardly restore faded things.

Home remedy or bleach

Of course, many will think, why bother and prepare all of the above mixtures, if you can bleach clothes in the washing machine using purchased bleach and soaking mode? There is no need to jump to conclusions here. It is worth considering some of the nuances of choosing an effective and safe bleach and the appropriateness of its use.

1. First, it is immediately worth noting that chlorine-containing bleaches are a relic. They are not only toxic and have an unpleasant odor, but they can also ruin both the thing and the washing machine. If you already buy bleach, then only oxygen, having carefully read what clothes it is intended for washing. If we talk about hydrogen peroxide, then when washing clothes in a typewriter, this substance will not harm either equipment or fabric.
2. Secondly, children's things, and especially diapers, undershirts, etc., cannot be bleached with chemicals. And given that the child is constantly spitting up, his clothes turn yellow very quickly. Therefore, products such as laundry soap, soda and manganese are simply indispensable helpers in this matter.
3. Thirdly, you will have to leave a lot of money in a household chemicals store in order to buy a good product. The above methods will absolutely not affect the family budget.

There are a lot of improvised components in order to bleach yellowed white things and remove stains from them. Soda, ammonia peroxide or laundry soap with manganese are, without a doubt, the most effective bleaching agents.