So I have some beautiful creamy white cotton towels that I bought and laundered for the first time the other day. I laundered them ALONE, with no other clothes, and they weren't dirty or anything.
After laundering, they've developed dark gray patches and I can't seem to get them out. I've tried everything - color-safe bleach, regular bleach, different detergents - but the gray won't come out.
I also have a set of white sheets that I simply can't restore to their original white - even after multiple washes the sheets are still dark and "dirty looking".
My detergent is just regular Purex and my washing and drying machines are just normal apartment fare. With bleach not helping and myself at my wits end, can anyone help me make my "whites" actually WHITE? :(
2007-03-15 14:21:54 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
Sounds like hard water. Fill your machine then add the detergent and Borax to soften the water and then add your laundry. If hard water runs directly on your laundry it will get nasty spots and patches.
Get a water softener.
2007-03-15 14:35:13 · answer #1 · answered by MissWong 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the hard water. You can bleach them, but again, you are adding the hard water. And too much bleaching, you will find the threads deteriorating right before your eyes, Buy some Calgon Water Softner for clothes that softens the wash water, a box of it in the store is about $5, but follow the directions and it should last you through a lot of washings. That's all I can offer you....
2007-03-15 14:30:54 · answer #2 · answered by Barbara 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bypass for your community not straightforward ware save, and %. up a issue of "iron out" fill the wash bath with water, and upload a touch of the powder to it. by in the towels,and enable it soak a couple of minutes, then run load as usual, without the cleansing soap, run it a 2d time with the cleansing soap. Then get your self some water filters to positioned on earlier your water is going into the gadget. The yellowish stuff is Iron on your water. ensure you position a filter out on your sink pipes to, and a tap filter out, reason that stuff isn't sturdy to drink. The filter out at the prompt are not expensive.
2016-12-02 01:53:29 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when u wash the clothes wash drks wit drks and clrs with clrs whites hot h2o colors in hot but purex is not top quality washing power try woolites for drks and tide with blch for whites and if that dosent work as your land lord how old is the area u live in because the pipes may be old.
2007-03-15 14:35:06 · answer #4 · answered by rette-rette 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Borax powder works well in the wash cycle! Rit dye also makes a product that can remove color fom items.You could try that too!
2007-03-16 19:40:06 · answer #5 · answered by Kenner 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try borax...It is a laundry booster and water softener!
Hope this helps :)
2007-03-15 14:32:46 · answer #6 · answered by Kimnkicks mommy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋