OS way to brighter whites?

Aril

I took one look at my son's school polo shirts last week after I'd washed them and they looked so disgusting that I was too embarrassed to hang them out on the line- mud stains, paint and strawberry juice from strawberry picking with my parents. Like Lillibet I shoved them straight back in the machine and did them on the hottest wash and they came out white again. Phew! Don't normally have to do that thank goodness
Aril

Galtizz

OH insists on wearing white T-shirts to work

I use vinegar as a fabric softner (see the save zillions cleaning index in our collections) and I use 1/2 wash powder and 1/2 soda crystals which you can get from any hardware store like Wilkos or a local independant one, Tescos sell it too. It's about 50p and it lasts quite a while.

Using these 2 I find, once the clothes are dry they are bright white (I still struggle to get the dried on cement and brick dust out, but that serves him right for wearing white :rolleyes: )

megasaver

I have just been reading the thread about the colour catcher/cloth thread and it reminded me of something I need to do soon. For the last 2 or 3 years I have been using a whitener cloth (similar to glo-white) to get my greying whites (white t-shirt, cotton shirts, tablecloths etc) back to their original white colour. My all time fav white t-shirt has gone a little grey and before I go out and buy the coth again, just wondered if anybody out there could recommend something different?

moggins

I've just used a sachet of some granule stuff I found mouldering away in the cupboard, saw it, remembered dh's shirts were looking a bit manky and shoved it in like powder. Most of them came out lovely but a few are still only fit for the bin, but it's definitely an improvement as most of them were only fit for the bin before.

savvy

I use washing soda crystals from Tesco, dead cheap, and make white washing come up really good, oh and also keeps the pipes clean too.

katglasgow

I was tidying up my clothes at the weekend and my whites are definately looking a little off colour! I have a vague memory of somebody once suggesting bicarb of soda as a whitener - do you put it in with the powder/liquid and how much do you use? Does it matter what cycle?
Thanks!!!!!

pol

I think it's soda crystals not bicarb. That's what I always use added to Persil for my whites.

You can get them from Wilkinsons for about 50p.

pol

nabowla

I'm just about to handwash some delicate whites. I'll be using traditional soap flakes as per normal but could do with chucking something 'extra' in as the whites are particularly grubby. Any OS suggestions that don't involve going out to the shops? If it helps I've got bicarb in the cupboard but no white vinegar (yes, I know, it's an international crisis :rolleyes: ).

arkonite_babe

Have you got any soda crystals?? I usually find a spoonful of those in with my usual powder brings my whites up nice and sparkly.

SaverSarah_2

Hi guys

I've got lots of whites that have seen better days, little vest tops and especially school socks. I'd love to soak them and refresh them rather than sticking them in the charity bag or recycling. Any OS solutions?

Thanks!