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OS way to brighter whites?

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  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    dye them brown lol
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  • Toxic_Lemon
    Toxic_Lemon Posts: 542 Forumite
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    The blue check has now turned red. :eek: and the ex-white is still not white at all. :(
    TL
  • Penny-Pincher!!
    Penny-Pincher!! Posts: 8,325 Forumite
    Did you buy from Lakeland by any chance? This happened to mine. I complained and got new ones sent and the same happened again. Got refund and they let me keep the towels.

    Used to soak in Milton when DD was little and that did the trick but I find that any tea towels don't wash as they used to? Weird!
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  • Toxic_Lemon
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    Penny-Pincher!! wrote: »
    Did you buy from Lakeland by any chance? This happened to mine. I complained and got new ones sent and the same happened again. Got refund and they let me keep the towels.

    Used to soak in Milton when DD was little and that did the trick but I find that any tea towels don't wash as they used to? Weird!

    No, I got them from Dunelm. I wouldn't even attempt to try taking them back in there. The staff aren't exactly the best. :o
    TL
  • adouglasmhor
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    Stephen_Leak wrote: »
    Another vote for a soak in diluted Sardrops or bleach. Not both.

    If you've got curry stains, sunlight is good. Turmeric is used as a dye as well as a spice, and it isn't "fast" in sunlight. (You don't want to know what they use to "fix" it.) It will take a few washes and "sunbathes" though.

    Lemon juice and sunlight is good for turmeric
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  • Valli
    Valli Posts: 25,465 Forumite
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    They are CLEAN
    do they HAVE to be white?

    (is clearly a slob LOL)
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  • lollipopsarah
    lollipopsarah Posts: 1,333 Forumite
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    Well said Valli, I just chuck mine in a white wash so they get a good clean, lifes too short to worry about a few stains - not that I hang then outside for anyone to notice!
    xx
  • Toxic_Lemon
    Toxic_Lemon Posts: 542 Forumite
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    I'm not talking a few stains. These look as dirty as they went in and while I've put up with it for a while, I now can't tell when they need a wash.
    TL
  • janb5
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    I`d suggest soaking in a strong solution of soda crystals prior to washing and separating whites/dark washing. I`d wash on a very hot wash - a lower wash doesnt begin to touch the stains
  • Ben84
    Ben84 Posts: 3,069 Forumite
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    The persil gel capsules and a wash at 60 degrees have always worked well for me, much more so than an other washing products I've tried. Even the greasy oven gloves come out nearly perfect without any pre-soaking or cleaning.
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