this is the strangest thing...everytime i use white face rags , they turn an ugly brownish color after i've wet them and applied the soap. i've come to the conclusion that its the soap i use. i use all white soap.....then, afterwards i wash them in detergent and bleach hoping they'll come white again.....nothing...still the same ugly brownish color........ANY Solutions
2006-12-05 07:39:51 · 10 answers · asked by Bridgitt 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
It's the Iron in your wash water. Use Borax.
2006-12-05 07:42:03 · answer #1 · answered by just browsin 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is a product of the soap your natural oils and the fact that a white face cloth has been bleached and as the bleach is washed off by the soap it wants to revert to its "natural" color. Try bleach to get them as white as they can be. Oh my gosh that sounds like a comercial (move over Billy Mays) crawlers comin man
2006-12-05 07:51:20 · answer #2 · answered by crawler 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
High iron in the water can turn your white articles brown. You can add bleach to your wash water and that should help. You might consider having your water tested by an outside source, or contact your water company. (if you are on a metered system and receive a monthly water bill) If you are on a well, you could talk to a company that deals with water wells and see if they have any ideas.
2006-12-05 07:49:39 · answer #3 · answered by LMnandez 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The cuplrit is built-up face oils. Try using dish washing soap on the rags first - work into the fabric then launder normally. Dish washing detergents are de-greasers; they break-down oils.
2006-12-05 09:47:41 · answer #4 · answered by stargirllll4311 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have noticed this too. The only way I've been able to remove the stains is by soaking them in a strong solution of chlorine bleach and hot water. (1 cup bleach to @2 quarts water)
2006-12-05 07:44:49 · answer #5 · answered by babydoll 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Use bleach and soak them. Or better yet soak them in vinegar.
If you can find a vinegar website they have awesome solutions for many things!
2006-12-05 08:07:14 · answer #6 · answered by Whos your mama? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use qxy clean and baking soda in your wash along with usung a arm and hammer detergent.
this should help
2006-12-05 07:47:32 · answer #7 · answered by newsgirl07az 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you may have hard water and that is why your whites are becoming brown. bleach will turn your whites brown with hard water. try using oxy clean..
2006-12-05 07:42:46 · answer #8 · answered by mmh 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like its in your wate. Are you on a well?
2006-12-05 07:43:35 · answer #9 · answered by tony k 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
get new rags
2006-12-05 07:42:50 · answer #10 · answered by 8 S0S Girl 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋