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snowy white sheets
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molesworth
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I've recently been on holiday in B&Bs in Wales and the North of England and have been dazzled by the snowy white sheets, tray cloths etc. I know my cotton sheets etc are clean but they don't look like that. Can anyone reveal the secret? Also do people use starch for an extra crisp and clean effect?
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I can't answer about starch as I've never used it, but I do advise about cloth nappies. One question I'm often asked is how to get them sparkly and white, and the answer is OS and cheap - hang them in sunlight as much as possible. Modern detergents have optical brighteners in them which respond to UV light, so hopefully this should work on your sheets etc.0
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i can remember using those little blue bags to rinse sheets and nets in .....i also used to rinse my show dogs in them.........they used to be an optical bightner........dont see them around now.......
also i think a lot of hotels send them away to be professionally laundered.... and i think these firms put them on a high temp...wash.....Work to live= not live to work0 -
I fear it may be the difference between a hard water area and a soft water area. When I lived in a soft water area my whites were always snowy white. Now I live in a hard water area my whites are not so bright. I haven't changed the way I wash, so I think it must be the water. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times and I'll smash your face in.
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I imagine they use heavy duty/use sheets and wash them at a high temperature to kill bacteriaAn average day in my life:hello: :eek::mad: :coffee::coffee::coffee::T
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I am no expert in property but have lived in many types of homes, in many locations and can only talk from experience.0 -
Industrial Laundries all use water softeners both for economy on the chemicals and to cut down on the service costs.
As for the cleaner results, commercial powders tend to have a lot more bleaching agents in them mainly because the same powder is supplied to nursing homes and hotels and more than likely its this stuff http://http://www.jangro.net/productgroups.asp?CatID=230&SubCatID=2103
Does a wonderful wash but tends to bleach out colors, hence the white sheets
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I agree with Christmasshopper that it's probably down to hard water in your area. My tips for gleaming white washing is:
- If your whites are already a bit dingy, add a little laundry bleach powder to your next wash (or soak them in a bucket containing bleach solution for 30 mins before washing them - be careful with the splashes).
- Always sort your washing and don't wash coloured and white items together.
- Don't overload your machine.
- Use Lidl's limescale tablets which are very cheap and effective at softending your water, and mean you don't need so much powder.
- Dry in the fresh air where possible.
Iron while still slightly damp, then store in the airing cupboard under other items (the extra weight further presses them) until you need them. If you have enough sheets, you can just fold them very carefully while slightly damp and use the weight of other items in the airing cupboard to 'iron' them, which saves time ironing.
I love starched sheets in hot weather, but it's a bit of a faff to use old fashioned starch as you have to soak the items in a solution of it before ironing, so instead I use Lidl's spray starch.Debt at highest: £6,290.72 (14.2.1999)
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