OS way to brighter whites?

walks

just come back of holiday, done my washing now just packing it awawy for our nxt holidays but noticed my biknis have gone cream and not white only put them in a cool wash, I hate this when it happens how can i get them to be back to white, or can i any help would be gratefully recieved.

many thanks
pip
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Glad

this usually happens to me and I put it down to all the sun tan oils and lotions

I soak mine in hot soapy water overnight before washing

squeaky

Hi walks,

I've added your post to an earlier thread that has some helpful hints in it.

Good luck

recovering_spendaholic

My Mother in Law used to swear by the addition of a couple of sterident tablets to the final rinse and she always had bright white towels and nets. For nets she used to soak them in the sterident in the bath, but towels she just used to put the sterident into the fabric conditioner bit of the washer.

walks

thanks for your replys well chuffed but i forgot to say that one of them is navy and white or should i say should be and the other is well feels like a nylon thought if i used bleach it would make it more yellow and if i used it on the navy & white it would fade the navy !!!
so realy stuck !!!

many thank again to u all

pip

V.Lucky

Napisan!!

I soak really grubby school white polo shirts from soon to be 5 year old. Covered in stains from goodness knows what at lunchtime. Plus all the free fruit they get so orange stains galore.

Always come up clean and bright, although some take soaking for 24 hours to achieve this.

walks

Hi
can anyone help me i am looking for blue bags or something the same, i am showing my age now but i rember my grandmother using blue bags??? in her wash to make her whites whiter as anyone used theses or no what i am on about or am i just dreaming thats what they where called, Its all started from when i went to egypt at xmas and they where selling indigo to go in your wash but it worked out quite expensive, Does anyone no where i can get this or blue bags from tried a search but did not come up with anything but then i aint that good at these sort of things.

many thanks
pip
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squeaky

Hi walks,

I've added your post onto an earlier thread about getting whites white to help keep these tips all in one place.

Since posts are listed in date order you'll need to read from the beginning to catch up.

Good luck

guineapig

walks wrote:

Hi
can anyone help me i am looking for blue bags or something the same, i am showing my age now but i rember my grandmother using blue bags??? in her wash to make her whites whiter as anyone used theses or no what i am on about or am i just dreaming thats what they where called, Its all started from when i went to egypt at xmas and they where selling indigo to go in your wash but it worked out quite expensive, Does anyone no where i can get this or blue bags from tried a search but did not come up with anything but then i aint that good at these sort of things.

many thanks
pip
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I just about remember this, it is called "DOLLY BLUE" I bought some at a shop in Skipton North Yorkshire some years ago.

It is however very hard to find but I tracked some down to a web site called
https://www.oldapothecary.co.uk

click on the heading HOUSEMAIDS COMPANION they sell it as Robin Blue but it is the same thing;) it is £1.50 a box
Sorry I am not that confident to do links yet:o

Be aware that this very bright blue powder is messy stuff and seems to make the clothes whiter by giving them a blue-white tinge ~ not sure if that is what you had in mind?
HTH

walks

wow thanks a lot i am sure thats what it will be i will now go and check it out thanks so much.
pip
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