Best way to re-whiten faded underwear ?

OrkneyStar

Any ideas folks ?
Thanks

MrsBartolozzi

Oh, I remember a thread from a while ago where Borax and a slow cooker were used in the same sentence :eek: - I'll see if I can find it!

MrsBartolozzi

Ok found it!

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=370698




Other threads about brightening dingy undies:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=202974&highlight=whites

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=361310&highlight=white

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=525527&highlight=white

I really must get around to trying some of these .

missychrissy

I use Glo White. Works for me even at low temps.

DitaBombita

I buy a dylon dye and spruce them all up - all my greying pants, few manky tea towels ect are now a lovely flamingo pink - they were totally past saving with Glo white!

champys

DitaBombita wrote: »

I buy a dylon dye and spruce them all up - all my greying pants, few manky tea towels ect are now a lovely flamingo pink - they were totally past saving with Glo white!

Yes, second that - I also use the dye solution. White underwear after a while simply becomes black underwear. I have also used flamingo pink in the past, and turquoise is good as well!

Sublime_2

I have used Glo white (and similar) before. Its works really well.

cherrycake

Hi

I fill the sink with warm water and a squirt of bleach. Add clothes then leave overnight. They should now be white. Then I rinse them off and wash as usual in the machine. Good luck!

Austin_Allegro

I just avoid buying white clothes! The only white shirts I have are an evening dress one and one for weddings/funerals/job interviews etc that are once in a blue moon. Underwear is black or that 'grey marl' pattern.

I don't understand how they kept whites white in the old days with 'dolly blue' because surely that just made clothes look blue, not white? I know it's supposed to be some sort of optical illusion but I still don't understand it.