How did ancien roman bleach their togas?

Question

First answer correct, wins!

Answer 1

+ Lemon and sun light.

Answer 2

Rethinker is the closest to a correct answer. The other answers were as to how clothing was dyed or prepared to be dyed.

The correct answer is: Chalk. They would use a large chunk of chalk and rub it all over the cloth of the toga almost like a crayon.

This method of making cloth white and covering stains was still in vogue through the early to mid 1800s, and was extensively used by the British Army to keep their white trousers so brilliantly white to be offset by their red coats.

Answer 3

In the novel "First Man of Rome" if a man was running for office he made his toga extra white by coating it with a white power. This was a way of indicating his candidacy.

Answer 4

Sea Salt, Lemon and Sun Shine

Answer 5

They used the oldest bleaching compound in the world -- sunlight! In roman times, all laundry was dried outside in the sunshine, and sunlight will bleach out almost any spot over time.

Answer 6

i would figure since no bleach, they used lemon juice and let them sundry since lemon juice is a natual bleaching agent. when you put the item in the sun.

Answer 7

By leaving them in the sun?

Answer 8

did they bleach them?

maybe lemon juice and sunlight?

what is the prize for the winner? :-)

Answer 9

Clothes were also treated with Sulphur and urine, and brushed with combs. I am not being funny, go to: http://www.crystalinks.com/romeclothing.html

Answer 10

urine

human urine.