Best Way To Keep Tea Towels White?

Nile

The laundry blue product was made in Hull by Reckitt & Colman, now Reckitt Benckiser.

The blue dye was so dusty, the pavements and road outside the factory were permanently stained blue. The employees used to get 'gate money' for every day they turned up for a shift (in addition to their annual salary).......to compensate them for ruining their shoes and clothing.

I recommend using Persil automatic powder to keep your whites white. In the lab tests I did, it gave the best results.

libra10

I remember something called a 'dolly blue bag', every home used to have them. My whites could do to be whiter, and think the only way to achieve this is to use a really hot wash.

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hottest wash possible with two thirds washing powder one third washing soda works a treat then hang out to dry in the sun

newlywed

Use powder not liquid detergent.

The washing powders have a small amount of bleach in them whereas the liquid ones don't and so they are better for coloured/dark wash.

It was recommended in the leaflet that came with my machine and since I've done that (and mum agrees as she now does the same) my whites come out much much better.

Nicki

Crikey. This is the first time I have seen a thread bumped after eight years with no spam involved! Wonder how clair came across it though.

insured

I have spilled some Windowlene on my brand new carpet! It is the chalky pink stuff and not the spray.
I soaked most of it up and put some water on it but there is now a whitish mark. Do I just keep putting more and more water on it till it fades?
Please no one say it has been bleached. The carpet is less than 1 week old!
Please ignore this.
I was reading this thread and posted my question on here by mistake instead of opening a new thread.

bltchef

i do this with my uniform it works for Soak whites overnight in 1/2 cup 3% hydrogen peroxide to 4 pts of cold water. You can also add 3/4 cup of 3% hydrogen peroxide to a load of laundry (dissolve in soapy water first before adding clothes) or try adding 1/2 cup to the rinse cycle. :beer:

The_Hitman_Fan

Sodium Percarbonate (2Na2CO3 · 3H2O2) - High Quality Oxygen Bleach (Active ingredient in Oxiclean).
An excellent laundry detergent (cleaning, whitening, Brightening). Brilliant at cleaning glasses, dishes, silverware. An excellent pre-treatment stain remover.
Best Way To Keep Tea Towels or Cotton socks white?
Put 3-4 teaspoons in a kitchen bowl with warm water.
Soak for 5-6 hours and then wash as normal.
To remove stubborn stains increase concentration of oxygen bleach or water temperature.
Test a sample of colourfast items before soaking to test colour retention.
NB: Oxygen Bleaches aren't as aggressive at bleaching as conventional sodium hypochlorite household bleaches.
Sodium Percarbonate becomes Sodium Carbonate and Hydrogen Peroxide when added to water.
Sodium Carbonate (Na2CO3) is an effective detergent and Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) a useful bleaching agent.
2Na2CO3.3H2O2 → 2Na2CO3 + 3H2O2

Eirah

Mum throws hers into a weak bleach solution with some washing powder and leaves soaking overnight. Every night, the days teatowels are folded once and placed lovingly in that basin.
Best darn teatowels in ireland i tell you. And the colours never seem to fade. If anything they’re bright.