How to whiten white things at home?

No one doubts the fact that everyone was faced with such a problem as the loss of blinding whiteness with white things. This sad fact raised the question before us all, how to whiten white things at home? This topic is specific, because there are several nuances. That is why we will help you figure out how to whiten things at home and what to do so that this problem occurs as little as possible.

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Basic rules for washing white items

Observing a few elementary rules, you will be able to maintain the original flawless appearance of your things and the problem of how to whiten yellowed white things at home will bother you much less:

• White items should always be washed separately from all other items. Moreover, they must be divided according to the type of fabric. Wool, cotton, synthetics, silk, combined fabrics require different washing modes and detergents. Read more about suitable temperature, spin settings, manual processing rules and choosing suitable products in our special article. “How and how to wash clothes from different fabrics?”.
• Bleaches that contain chlorine can only be used on linen or cotton items. In no case in concentrated form - only in diluted form, according to the instructions from the manufacturer. For other varieties of this group of household chemicals, their use, purpose and the best manufacturers, see the article "Bleach for linen".
• Be sure to ensure that the drain does not clog in the washing machine. Otherwise, your things will be poorly washed out, and this will lead to the appearance of spots on them. Find out how often and correctly do this from our publication. “How to clean the SMA drain hose?”.
• Wash things with the addition of softener for a washing machine. In a timely manner.

Only if you follow these rules will you be able to achieve an excellent look for clothes, tablecloths, curtains and other white textile items.

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Whitening already faded things

It so happens that during the washing of white things, colored clothes randomly get into the washing machine or a ticket remains inside the pocket, and you forgot to get it. The result of this oversight is that the white things are shed, and the main question is: how to return the whiteness to white things at home? There is an answer.

You can eliminate noticeable stains on clothing with a product that is specifically designed to bleach inadvertently dyed fabrics. Such a tool is sold in many stores. It could be:

• Vanish
• White;
• Swan;
• Bos;
• Persol
• Perox;
• ACE
• Snow whiter
• Snow White.

Any of them is absolutely easy to find, but you need to find the right one for your type of fabric. To do this, carefully read the description on the package.

It is best to remove the “White” stains if you need to whiten white items at home made from cotton. For this:

1. Dissolve whiteness with cool water. Choose the amount of whiteness in the solution according to the information on the label.
2. To start, wash things in the usual way.
3. Then soak for 1 hour already in the prepared special bleaching mixture.
4. After the time has passed, rinse them thoroughly.

Important! Another method for cotton is to boil things with 72 percent laundry soap. It will take about ¼ bar for a volume of up to 5 liters of water. Throw soap shavings into water and bring to a boil. Boil the laundry for about 1 hour, after which the colored spots simply have to disappear.

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Bleach gray clothes

Depending on what the thing or the decor of the interior is made of, different means will come in handy. We offer several ways to whiten white things at home. Choose any of them that you find more convenient, and act.

Method 1

If you need to bleach tulle or white guipure, two substances irreplaceable for any situations immediately come to the rescue: ammonia solution or ammonia and hydrogen peroxide.

Step-by-step instructions on how to bleach a grayish fabric:

1. Pour about 10 liters of hot water into a large container.
2. Pour 2 tablespoons of the above ingredients into the hot water.
3. Soak the cloth in the resulting solution for 30 minutes.
4. Wash things as always.

Important! After this procedure, the grayened curtains, curtains and bedspreads will become as if new - white and beautiful.

Method 2

The flaxen gray linen is excellent at bleaching at home using “Whiteness” or other special means during washing in a regular automatic machine. To do this, in a special tray that is designed for bleaches or softeners, pour the product in the amount specified by the manufacturer. In order to bleach well, start the prewash mode with an additional rinse.

Method 3

Salt water will help whiten white synthetic things at home:

1. Dilute 2 tablespoons of kitchen salt with 1 liter of hot water.
2. Soak the textiles for a while - from 20 minutes to a couple of hours.
3. As soon as you see the result, rinse and dry the products.

Important! White socks are well removable if they are pre-soaked in water with the addition of boric acid. Dilute 1 tablespoon of boric acid with water and leave your socks in it for 2 hours. This solution works no worse than modern bleaches.

Method 4

Absolutely any fabric can be whitened in a gentle way using soda, as well as ammonia:

1. For 5 liters of water, take 5 tablespoons of soda and 2 tablespoons of alcohol.
2. Immerse clothes in the resulting solution and leave for 3-4 hours.
3. Next - wash and dry as usual.

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We return the snow-white silk and wool

White woolen and silk items eventually lose their dazzling beauty and become slightly yellowish.

Method 1

In order to whiten them at home, soak things in an unusual solution.

The ingredients of the solution:

• 5-6 liters of water;
• 1 tablespoon of powder;
• 1 tablespoon of hydrogen peroxide;
• 1 tablespoon of 10% ammonia solution - it is also ammonia;
• 4 tablespoons of kitchen coarse white salt.

Important! Mix all the ingredients thoroughly, soak the yellowed things in the solution and forget about them for at least 2 hours. After the waiting time has passed, rinse and make sure that the yellowness is gone from your things.

Method 2

Delicate woolen and silk items are well washed with mustard:

1. Pour 1 tablespoon of mustard powder with 1 liter of hot water, wait 2 hours until the water settles.
2. Drain the infused water into another container.
3. In the same way, pour mustard a second time and drain the water.
4. Wash things in drained, mustard-infused water in the usual way.

Important! While rinsing the wool, you can add ammonia to water in the proportion of 1 teaspoon per 1 liter. For silk, you can add vinegar, 1 tablespoon per 1 liter. This will give the material a special softness.

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Whitening any items at home

For high-quality washing of things, it is necessary to follow the rules of this process. Before whitening white things, it is necessary to determine the type of fabric and its level of contamination. If you did not find spots on the material, this greatly simplifies the process. Shedding and graying things, of course, is difficult to give a pristine look. But despite this, at home you can give them a cleaner and whiter color.

Ammonia

One of the best tools to help bring things back to whiteness is ammonia. This bleaching method can only be used for cotton and linen materials. Liquid ammonia can damage the fibers of synthetic fabrics, as well as remove their color.

Quite often, ammonia is used to bleach bedding. For this:

1. Take 10 tablespoons of ammonia and dilute it in 15 liters of hot water.
2. The water temperature should be approximately 40 degrees.
3. In the resulting solution, soak the laundry for a couple of hours.
4. Do your usual laundry using detergent.

Important! Ammonium is not only able to remove any stains on clothing. It is also great for solving other everyday tasks. For example, read about how to use it for such purposes:

• How to wash windows without streaks with ammonia?
• How to clean silver with ammonia?

Home bleaching - soda, hydrogen peroxide

At home, an inexpensive and wonderful bleaching agent is used - this is a solution of hydrogen peroxide and soda:

1. Dissolve 1 tablespoon of hydrogen peroxide in 3-4 liters of water.
2. Add soda - 1 teaspoon.
3. Soak the grayened linen for 30 minutes.
4. Stir the wash container every 5 minutes.

Important! This method is suitable for a variety of white fabrics: synthetic and natural.

Cashmere and wool should be bleached with peroxide with caution. If you need to bleach woolen or cashmere items, you can use the method proven over the years - this is a special solution. It consists of the following ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons of washing powder;
• 10 liters of warm water;
• 2 tablespoons of peroxide;
• 8 tablespoons of kitchen salt.

Dissolve all the ingredients of the solution in warm water, dip your yellowed linen into it. The whitening process itself takes approximately 3 hours. Then it is necessary to continue washing already in the washing machine.

Important! It should be noted that this method is not suitable only for wool. It is absolutely safe for various types of fabric. But before bleaching expensive things, it is better to check the effect of the solution on a small area of ​​matter.

Potassium permanganate

It will help restore the original whiteness of clothing. This method must be used with extreme caution, so that your favorite things in total are not painted in an undesirable bright crimson color.

If you dilute the correct solution, it will not be able to leave traces on things - the water should turn light pink. Keep the clothes in this solution for about 20-30 minutes.

Important! You can also combine the washing of things in potassium permanganate with washing powder. This method allows you to save even faded things.

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We hope that our tips will help to keep your white items as snow-white and beautiful as on the day they were purchased.