My white clothes have come out pink (and I'm a guy)?

Question

Hi. Normally I just mix white and colored when I do my laundry and it goes fine. But yesterday I was using a new washing machine and the white clothes came out pink.

Is there anyway to restore the color of these clothes back to white?

Answer 1

I don't think you can restore you clothes to their natural color. But I hope you start separating your loads.

Answer 2

Yes there is a way for you to get your whites white again and I will show you how, it is a possibility that you put something red in during or prior to washing your clothes and this is what turned your clothes pink, okay now all you do is add one cup of White Vinegar to a small or medium load of wash, do not add detergent just add clothes and run through a full cycle, also allow before actually starting the cycle to soak about three hours first. when all this is done you can then wash again this time using a detergent plus adding half cup of vinegar to the rinse water this time, no need to add fabric softener as vinegar softens, your clothes should be back to normal.

this is what you can do the next time you do your washing if you have reds that bleed
Stop reds from running

Unless you have a fondness for pink-tinted clothing, take one simple precaution to prevent red -- or other brightly dyed -- washable clothes from ruining your wash loads. Soak your new garments in a few cups of undiluted white vinegar for 10-15 minutes before their first washing. You'll never have to worry about running colors again!

Good Luck !

Answer 3

Hi Appel, If your whites have gone through the dryer then the colour is set for good. As a last ditch effort, run your whites in the washer with hot water, add 2 cups of bleach, bluing, and 1/2 cup of borax along with your regular detergent. It wasn't the machine than turned your whites pink but rather a red colored item that wasn't color fast which means the colour won't run. Bluing can still be found in the detergent isle of major grocery stores like Albertson's. If you have 3 laundry baskets, you can sort your clothes as they get dirty by putting whites in a white basket, colours in a blue basket, and dark colours in a dark coloured basket. Directions for doing laundry are on most boxes or bottles of laundry detergent. have a great day everyday. Pink is a colour for everyone. Open your mind.

Answer 4

First of all, never wash white clothes with colored clothes! Whites carry more lint and if you wash them with a pair of black slacks, the white lint sticks to them. The best way that I have found to get the color out of your white clothes is to use 1 cup of Clorox Bleach and 1/2 cup of Pine-Sol plus Tide or Gain to make them smell fresh. No! Your clothes will not smell like Pine-Sol.

Answer 5

bleach the crap out of them, first start out slow like 1 cup of bleach to a large load, then spin them and start again this time with 1 cup and a dab more (but not too much) it will weaken your clothes, by the third wash it should be back to normal if not they pink for good :o( I once turned everything pink and to cover it up I dumped half of the bleach container my clothes became like paper I even put my sock on and my foot ripped right thru it !

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Rit Color Remover. Hopefully you haven't dried the clothes in the dryer, because it might have set the pink color permanently. Good luck.

Answer 8

There are products in the supermarket specifically for this purpose. I even think one is bleach-free. Here they are called "Run-Away", but if you don't have that, just look in the stain removal aisle for an equivalent. Works a treat.

Answer 9

If bleaching really doesn't work, get a machine-dye and bung them all in and dye them black. This is what I'm tempted to do with a load of my whites that have gone funny colours, except I'm going to do them dark purple. :)

Answer 10

If you haven't dried them yet try bleaching only your whites. Sometimes it gets all of the pink out otherwise be brave and wear the pink!!

Answer 11

you will have to buy everything new and throw those out and start washing your whites and darks seperate from now on.i wash my towels and washrags as 1 load and my whites as 1 load and my darks as 1 load.it saves money in the long run.