bleaching clothes / sheets

crana999

apprentice_tycoon wrote:

Have you tried just washing the t-shirt? if the dye is so 'mobile' it might just move again

I've tried handwashing it. I might try that again.

I only have laundrette facilities here so to wash it on its own is a bit of a pain.

apprentice_tycoon

Bossyboots wrote:

I bought a box of "Colour Catchers" from Tesco. It is a little sheet that you pop in the machine with your clothes. My daughter has a white t-shirt with red trim. Foolishly I thought it would be safe. The red has bled into the t-shirt although strangely not into the other whites. The t-shirt became almost pink instead of white. Earlier this week I put a colour catcher into the wash, to make sure really that none of the other whites got spoilt. The colour catcher came out red and my daughter's "pink" t-shirt is now white again. That was a much better result than I could have hoped for.

I have used these colour catchers before, mainly as a preventative measure, I also gave some to my son when he went off to uni (I just knew that he would bung all his wash in the machine regardless of colour) I didn't know that they might restore a mistake, you did well with that!

Minky2Slice

...stupid question, but just moved out and mum's not around to ask, but how do i bleach my white laundry?

Can I do it in the washing machine or not and what bleach do I use?

Churchmouse

Depends on what you're bleaching and how "green" you are. I like to use ecover laundry bleach in the washing machine, and find it works really well.

brokenwings

i have to wear white shrts for work
started using napisan on them recently andnow theyre blue white!

shelly

Minky2Slice wrote:

...stupid question, but just moved out and mum's not around to ask, but how do i bleach my white laundry?

Can I do it in the washing machine or not and what bleach do I use?

I've never "bleached" my white laundry and my whites are still white, just wash them all together with no colours (obviously) I don't think you can use normal household bleach though as I *think* this rots fabric over time.

spud30

I hate clothes that are white with another colour - navy collar and sleeves etc.

Never know what to do with them !

penypincher

I know it may not be very 'green', but I love my whites to be white and keep them that way by doing a hot wash with a bleach pre-wash. I use tesco value bleach and pour it free-hand into the dispenser as the water runs in. It works a treat and keeps the kids school shirts white enough to be passed down. I have never had any problem with bleach 'rotting' the clothes. I do wait for a full load to run!

shelly

penypincher wrote:

I have never had any problem with bleach 'rotting' the clothes. I do wait for a full load to run!

Now I think about it, the clothes that used to rot were work t-shirts. We had to wash machines down with bleach at the end of the day and inevitably I splashed myself. The shirts would then sit in the washing basket till the end of the week, when I washed my work stuff altogether so the bleach didn't get washed off straightaway. After just a few washes the fronts of the shirts would go holey where the bleach marks were.

Minky2Slice

penypincher wrote:

I know it may not be very 'green', but I love my whites to be white and keep them that way by doing a hot wash with a bleach pre-wash. I use tesco value bleach and pour it free-hand into the dispenser as the water runs in. It works a treat and keeps the kids school shirts white enough to be passed down. I have never had any problem with bleach 'rotting' the clothes. I do wait for a full load to run!

So I can just put some normal household liquid bleach into the washing machine dispenser, say where I would normally put the fabric softener? (front-loader machine) - (DONT laugh people - I'm not blonde, just really uhm... 'unexperienced') just checking, as I thought i would do this, but i have to be careful, dont want any bleach stuck somewhere and the next person's black washing to come out white as well!! :eek: that would just be nasty!!

I have a nice pair of white pants that now still have a brown stain on the back after I've washed in a white-only load! (brown stain=from where i was sitting on a wood bench on the weekend, just in case u were wondering!)