How do I get my husband's T-shirts white?

Question

My husband's underthings are dingy; I have tried bleach and Rit whitener and neither works. Is there something else I could use?

Answer 1

just be careful that the tee's you are soaking in bleach (what a lot of people have recommended) can take it. I used to do this for my husbands undershirts and they fell apart so much faster that it wasn't worth it. It could be your water if you don't have a water softener. If so, there is not much you can do although I've been told that there is a product called rust out that might help when added to the wash. I haven't tried it yet so I don't know for sure. Good luck!

Answer 2

I have this problem also, my boyfriend works on an Oil rig and while he is working men wash the cloths there and wash everything together with all that drilling oil on all the cloths.
As soon as he get home I fill the washing machine up enough that it going to cover the white cloths that I`m going to put in. I add lots of Oxiclean and agitate the washing machine with the cloths in it and the turn washer off and let cloths soak for 5 hrs or so, then I finish washing them.

Oxyclean work great on white and it you have bad spots on the sprinkle it on the stains and let set about an hour then wash.

I never use regular bleach because this breaks down the fabric and will yellow some whites

Good Luck

Answer 3

I used to work in a restaurant and had to wear these tacky white blouses that would get all dingy.

To get them white again, I would soack them in a bucket of water with bleach and lestoil overnight and then wash them in the washer with bleach, detergent, and a small amount of lestoil. They would come out dazzling white and stay that way for a while. You probably will have to run the rinse cycle an extra time with fabric softener so they smell nice.

Answer 4

try soaking(for at least 30 min.) in detergent, borax, oxyclean and all chlorine bleach in hottest water allowable for shirts. I would even add 1/2 cup of baking soda, although I'm not sure if it is the same as the borax. Try this. I do it all the time.

If you try this, post how it works for you.

Answer 5

Please, please, please do no longer use bleach. Even a tender bleach ought to turn it easy yellow and mixed with the pink your gonna finally end up with a yukky orangy shade! there's a product called E-conceal whitening powder that's the main suitable you ought to purchase. My community morrisons sells it yet you're able to ought to shop around. The training inform you to place in basic terms a touch of ability in alongside with your well-known powder yet I positioned purely this powder in whilst i'm doing a white wash. I had a pair of cream trousers with a curry stain on so I used this, the stain got here out and the trousers at the instant are white instead of cream. i for my area dont understand whats in those issues in spite of the incontrovertible fact that that's dazzling. i understand you cant go away the residing house yet ought to your husband no longer do in basic terms a touch of procuring for you. I wager washing powder isn't the only ingredient you go with for! If he wont decide for the bathing powder, tell him his blouse will ought to stay pink!!!!!

Answer 6

depending on why they are dingy. i make sure there is nothing but white clothes in the washer. then soak in a bleach water for 30 minutes. wash with detergent. if you can, hang in the sun.

Answer 7

Get new ones, Then always wash whites seperate, you may need a better laundry soap like the kind they sell at Costco in the big bucket called " kirkland" laundry soap, i use it for " work clothes" and then bleach a little every other load.
Also have you checked to see that your washer is working properly? i found my washer wasnt really working and my clothes were just being sloshed around in dirty water.

Answer 8

Clorox in hot water should be able to do the trick. White dye works well. But the main source maybe your water. If you got hard water then your wash, whatever color, will appear dull. Investing in a water softener ends up saving you money in the long run.

Answer 9

The new clorox bleach that is thick and safer to handle, Total Care, I think it's called, is great. ( Shows how much product attention I pay, that I use something but aren't sure of the product name! lol ) Use it in your wash, then hang your whites out on a sunny, hot day. Leave them outside as long as the sun hits them... and you should have nice, bright whites again! :)

Answer 10

If a white dye doesn't work in the washer, they will just stay dingy. In the future only wash whites with whites. I have white tees Ive had for years and they remain white. Wore white uniforms for years and learned if anything colored got in the machine my uniform was ruined.