How To Whiten Dingy Clothes

It is summer and your whites are starting to look not so fresh.  /Did I mention that not many people like to do laundry.  What do you do?  Sure you can throw them in with bleach, but what if you don't want to or cant?  There are other things to try.

1.  You can add 1 cup of baking soda to 1 gallon of water (about 4 liters) and soak your clothing in it prior to washing.  Soak for 6 to 8 hours.  Baking soda softens hard water allowing the detergent to do it's job.  Just make certain that your clothes are completely submerged or you may get an area that is not whitened.  No need to rinse.  Just toss them into the wash in a load with all white clothing.

2. You can add one cup of vinegar to the rinse cycle of an all white load.

Noooooo...Not that vinegar!  Plain, white vinegar. The cheapest you can buy.  Vinegar cuts through body oils and they can be rinsed away.


3.  You can pre-treat any stains that you know are from body oil with shampoo.  Especially those around the collar of shirts.  Dab a little shampoo on and rub it into the collar then launder as usual.  If you have a front load machine be careful how much shampoo you use.  Front loading machines do not like too much detergent.


I hope these work for you!