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Kids hoodie sweatshirt before and after:Īll the stains came out and the grayed sweater returned to white. The slightly grayed and yellowed sweater returned to a fresher looking white. It’s really difficult to photograph white clothing, so some of these may not be as obvious in photos as they are in person. Also I had to run the clothes through two extra rinse cycles to get rid of the chlorine smell.

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Problem: the whole house smelled like a public swimming pool so I had to open some windows and turn on some fans.Except kids socks – even bleach couldn’t tackle those stains! 2-1/2 cups of bleach for a small load (which is less than the bleach bottle recommends!).Some stains lightened slightly, but that’s it. My original attempt was with 3/4 cup bleach for a regular load, but I barely noticed a difference in the clothes so I had to use more.

Measure the bleach and follow the directions on the bottle of bleach.

After the washing machine has finished the complete cycle, set it on another rinse and spin cycle until the clothes don’t smell like bleach anymore.

Sounds like a no-brainer, but I didn’t know that!

Add detergent to the washing machine, then bleach (in the dispenser if you have one), then let the machine run for awhile to mix the bleach and water before adding clothing.

Bleach your whites in a hot water cycle for better results (apparently chlorine bleach is most effective in hot water, who knew?).

I started by searching around the internet and found a few important tips that I had no idea about: In my typical science-experiment-methods, it took a few tries to see the results that I wanted, and even then, it didn’t make everything perfectly white. So, does bleach actually make whites whiter? To my surprise, the answer is, only sometimes and to a certain degree.

#WHITE OUT LAUNDRY WHITER HOW TO#

Did you ever actually learn how to properly bleach white clothing to get out stains and get them white again? I never did – in fact, the first time I ever even bought bleach was back in December when I wanted to clean my plastic cutting boards.

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