Does anyone else boil washing on the hob?

bev62

Having tried so many ways to get a pair of muddy rugby shorts sparkling white again, I have now resorted to putting them in a pan of water on the hob to boil for a while.
I haven't done this for many years and was wondering if anyone else still does this?

Alison_Funnell

Not anymore. Used to for the cotton hankies OH used to use.

Justamum

I remember my mum boiling nappies on the hob. Did the rugby shorts come out clean? My son wears white ones for matches and I can't get them properly clean so I'd be interested to know how yours came out.

Bettie

bev62 wrote: »

Having tried so many ways to get a pair of muddy rugby shorts sparkling white again, I have now resorted to putting them in a pan of water on the hob to boil for a while.
I haven't done this for many years and was wondering if anyone else still does this?

Not any more. After washing off mud I soak in percarbonate ( like Napisan, oxybleach)
depends on fabric. Some modern materials on boiling seem tinged with yellow.
Gone are the days when I boiled football boot laces.:rotfl:

zaxdog

I stick my whites (t-shirts/undies etc) in a big stock pot, add some soda crystals and boil for an hour or so. Works really well to get everything white and sparkling :j

valk_scot

Rugby shorts? I wash them at 40'C like everything else and no, the mud stains on the white panels don't come out. And sod it, I don't care, the coach can moan if he likes (he doesn't, he's not that daft) but it's the club's stupid fault from changing the strip from all navy shorts to navy with a white panel down the sides. It certainly wasn't the mums' idea.

I would have thought that boiling a pair of cotton shorts would shrink them btw. And if they're synthetic they'd just disintegrate. Or perhaps you'd get the worst of both worlds, shrunken shorts with disintegrating stitching?

PS: My son's a prop btw. There's no rugby shorts that get filthy faster than a prop's. Sometimes he's barely on the field for five minutes before he's covered with mud from head to foot. Why bother?

Justamum

I'd hate the job of washing the England rugby team's kit! :eek: (or do you think they just bin them after each match?)

Fruball

Would boiling work on stains that have been tumble dried in?

All my kids white polo shirts have marks on them and am sure the school think I never wash their tops!!!

bev62

Well the shorts are lovely and white, and haven't shrunk - so I'm very pleased!