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OS way to brighter whites?

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  • It's something you add in addition to washing powder. I put a fairy liquidtabs in the drum along with two dessert spoons of napisan and they came out really white :) I got it from the baby aisle in the supermarket.
  • McKneff
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    Thanks I'll give it a go with my white towels which are getting a bit discoloured.
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • zippychick
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    ive merged this with our existing thread on OS whiter whites

    Do let us know what works.

    Zip :)
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  • sjprmc01
    sjprmc01 Posts: 917 Forumite
    I did try to search but it didn't come up with anything despite me knowing there MUST be a thread on this somewhere!

    I stupidly decided to get my girls 'pretty' and more expensive girly polo tops for school. They started back on we'd here and so far I have 3 tops 'ruined'. 2 were washed straight after wear and came out greyish and the other one today has blue paint all over it grr! I soaked today's one in ariel whitening powder before chucking in the wash.

    The greyed ones have been washed twice with ariel whitening powder and soda crystals along with the usual detergent and also soaked in a mix of soda/ariel before being washed again they still came out greyed

    I am a bit scared of bleaching but if it's guaranteed to get them back to white I would use it I've only ever bleached bedding before
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  • MrsCrafty
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    My best idea is to hang them out and leave them in the sunshine for a few days. Guaranteed whiteness back. You could also wet them in some water with lemon juice in which is a natural bleach.

    For future clothes, never wash whites on hot, unless they are pure cotton it makes them grey. HTH
  • sjprmc01
    sjprmc01 Posts: 917 Forumite
    I do everything (bar bed linen) on a 40. Is that too hot?
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  • Pink.
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    sjprmc01 wrote: »
    I did try to search but it didn't come up with anything despite me knowing there MUST be a thread on this somewhere!

    There is indeed a thread that should help you so I've added your thread to it so you can find easily and to keep the suggestions together.

    Pink
  • newlywed
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    After reading this thread I added napisan to my shopping delivery and.....

    they sent me baby talcum powder!!!! :rotfl:

    Any ideas where I can get napisan easily? Co-op don't seem to have it, sainsbugs sent me talc instead....

    thanks.
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  • Dippypud
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    newlywed wrote: »
    After reading this thread I added napisan to my shopping delivery and.....

    they sent me baby talcum powder!!!! :rotfl:

    Any ideas where I can get napisan easily? Co-op don't seem to have it, sainsbugs sent me talc instead....

    thanks.

    Most chemists stock Napisan...

    Boots, Savers, Superdrug...etc
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  • SpikyHedgehog
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    sjprmc01 wrote: »
    I did try to search but it didn't come up with anything despite me knowing there MUST be a thread on this somewhere!

    I stupidly decided to get my girls 'pretty' and more expensive girly polo tops for school. They started back on we'd here and so far I have 3 tops 'ruined'. 2 were washed straight after wear and came out greyish and the other one today has blue paint all over it grr! I soaked today's one in ariel whitening powder before chucking in the wash.

    The greyed ones have been washed twice with ariel whitening powder and soda crystals along with the usual detergent and also soaked in a mix of soda/ariel before being washed again they still came out greyed

    I am a bit scared of bleaching but if it's guaranteed to get them back to white I would use it I've only ever bleached bedding before

    I say the schools would set grey shirts instead of white shirts if they wanted them to look immaculate all year round ;-) . I find what works best for us is soaking in soda crystals overnight, then washing as hot as i can for that material. I also soak in bleach at the end of each half term. (& resist buying more ;-) !)
    newlywed wrote: »
    After reading this thread I added napisan to my shopping delivery and.....

    they sent me baby talcum powder!!!! :rotfl:

    Any ideas where I can get napisan easily? Co-op don't seem to have it, sainsbugs sent me talc instead....

    thanks.

    I saw some in ' big' Mr S the other day, but haven't in my medium size shop. Have you tried boots, or ask your local chemist to get some in for you.
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