White shirts are very sensitive to washing. Even the most expensive item can lose its snow-white color after the first cleaning. First of all, the cuffs and collar become gray: these places get dirty faster and lose their presentable appearance after washing. You can remove dirt without harm to things if you follow simple tips.
Refresh your shirt in 10 minutes
After the first day of wearing, gray marks may appear on the collar and cuffs. Removing them is very easy. As a cleaner you can use:
- Talc or baby powder.
- Ammonia.
- A slice of lemon.
The safest way for a white shirt is to remove the dirt with a slice of lemon. Wipe the gray areas well with the pulp of the fruit and leave the thing for 5-10 minutes. Lemon juice neutralizes impurities and whitens the collar and cuffs very quickly..
Fresh dirt will help remove talc. Just sprinkle the problem areas with white powder and leave for a while. After that, wash the shirt as usual. If you do not find talc at home, replace it with regular baby powder.
To wash a shirt collar, use a mixture of ammonia, salt and water.You can dissolve all the ingredients in water and soak the shirt completely or make a thick porridge for topical cleansing. To prepare the mixture, you need to take 4 tbsp. spoons of ammonia, 4 tbsp. spoons of water and 1 tbsp. a spoonful of salt.
We clean the cuffs and collar in half an hour
For heavily soiled shirts, more effective methods should be used, namely:
- Shampoo.
- Dishwashing gel.
- Soap "Antipyatin"
All these products work according to the same method: they break down fat, which accumulates in excess on the collar and cuffs when it comes into contact with the body.
Any shampoo will help to wash the collar of a white shirt. To completely remove the pollution, apply a large amount of shampoo to the pollution and rub. To enhance the effect, you can use a clothes brush and soak the shirt in hot water. 30 minutes after this wash, the shirt will shine again. To wash out the remains of the shampoo and freshen up the item completely, re-wash it in the washing machine. Dishwashing gel should be applied in the same way.
With any kind of pollution, just like with gray cuffs and collars, Antipyatin soap will cope. It can be bought at any store at a symbolic price, but the effect of washing is simply impressive. For washing, the shirt should be wetted, and then lather the darkened places. After 30 minutes, the soap should be washed off, and the shirt should be washed again with the addition of powder.
Power wash - remove gray stains from a shirt in 1 hour
If you did not wash your shirt immediately after wearing it, it will not be so easy to remove dark marks on the collar and sleeves after 3-4 days. For complete cleansing, the item will need to be soaked for an hour using active cleaning products. These can be a variety of stain removers, laundry or bile soap, peroxide and vinegar.
Laundry soap will help wash the collar and cuffs of the shirt. For washing, it is rubbed on a coarse grater, dissolved in hot water and added to a bowl with a dirty shirt. For the cleaner to work, you need to soak the item for at least an hour. If you have bile soap at home, it will also come in handy. For washing, you can use soap in liquid or solid form.Any soap will be useful to you if necessary remove foundation cream from the collar of a shirt or blouse.
Perfectly whitens collars with a mixture of vinegar and peroxide. You can use each of the cleaners separately or enhance their effect by mixing them together. Dirty places on the shirt are soaked with a solution, and after an hour the shirt is washed again in the machine.
Let's not forget bleach. The shirt can be washed with Vanish gel or AMWAY spray. There are also specialized cleaners that are designed to treat collars and cuffs before washing. They can be found in any supermarket.
No matter how many days the shirt has been in the laundry basket, it is important to choose the right way to clean it and follow the simple instructions.
