what is thebest way to get white towels really white?

Answer 1

bleach.

Answer 2

Hi. Is there a stain on yellowing on them now that makes you ask this question?

Hot water and bleach are good, but the problem with bleach is that is breaks down the fibres of the fabric and weakens it. It tears and wears out faster. Try the new Clorox bleach that came out last summer; you might mistake it for fabric softener because the bottle is smaller than a typical bleach bottle. It has a blue top and I think it's called Gentle Care or something like that. It does not look like typical bleach either; it is thick and white. But it smells like cotton (don't inhale too hard though *smile*) and does a great job.

If your laundry is yellowed, try something called "Yellow Out". I found it in the Wal-Mart hardware department and it is a powder that removes yellowing and rust stains. It works really well and my husband's whites have never looked better. It will also take out dye that has run into the whites from coloured fabrics.

I hope this can be of some help!

Answer 3

Truly white cloth actually has the slightest tinge of blue to it. And, back in the old days, you used to be able to use stuff called bluing, which was added to your white laundry. It's kind of a blue, water-soluble liquid dye that gave whites enough of a blue tinge to make them brilliant white. You might be able to find it in the laundry section of a drug store (drug stores tend to have all kinds of strange products that are hard to find).

Another thing you can try is to wash the towels with something blue (like jeans). You might want to experiment first, though, so you don't end up with blue towels instead of white ones.

Answer 4

The best way is, to beging with, never to mix it with any other coloured things, no matter how light the colours are. If they have already gone to the "dark" side you're best bet is using washing powder and oxyclean.

Of course bleach would do too, but it's very harsh on the fibres, perhaps just once and very diluted with hot water.

Answer 5

Wash them in hot water and bleach after each use. Some people use towels more than once. Not me!!!!

Answer 6

Boil wash with any good detergent, don't wash any colours with the white washing. To make the towels fluffy Tumble dry.

Answer 7

Use something like vanish oxy. Bio Tex used to do a sachet you put in with your wash to brighten white towels etc.

Bio tex used to be available in supermarkets.

Answer 8

Provided the towels you refer to are 100% cotton, adding sodium hypochlorite to your laundry water will help immensely. Sodium hypochlorite is standard laundry bleach such as you would get from a supermarket. Hot water increases solubility, so make sure you wash in hot.

Answer 9

I add a scoop of OxyClean to my white loads.

I used to use bleach, but then soon noticed that most of my white clothing was starting to yellow. OxyClean doesn't contain clorine, so you don't have to worry about yellowing!

Answer 10

Hot wash with a bit of bleach chucked in.

Answer 11

Use "Reckitt Blue":
http://www.carbolicsoap.com/reckitts-blue-p-864.html

Failing that, pour some white vinegar (300 ml max) in your white load when washing.