White color is not only a symbol of cleanliness and innocence, but also the basis of office and school style, summer fashion, as well as home interiors. Many housewives try to avoid it, as white things lose their whiteness after only a few washings and acquire a gray or yellow hue.
There are many ways to deal with this problem.
Folk ways
Once upon a time, women bleached the canvas in the sun. To do this, they spread wet linen directly on the grass under the rays, waited for it to dry, and again poured clean water. The procedure was repeated several times, and the linen really became snow-white under the influence of oxygen and sunlight.
Later, pine turpentine was used for bleaching: 5 tbsp. substances were dissolved in 5 l of water and the already washed laundry was lowered into the resulting composition for 7-8 hours. After that, it was rinsed and hung out to dry in the sun.
In the second half of XX, the housewives used not only whiteness, which required 100 ml per 15 l of water, but also other available means: hydrogen peroxide, vinegar, soda, ammonia and bleach.
1. The simplest and most famous bleaching method is boiling. Here you can do without even special tools - just dissolve 1 tbsp. ordinary powder or soda for every 5 liters of water. Boil the laundry for a maximum of 15 minutes, constantly moving it with a wooden spatula, then rinse thoroughly in warm water.
2. Hydrogen peroxide as an independent bleach is not suitable - the effect of it is negligible. But if it is strengthened by some alkaline composition, for example ammonia or soda, the effect will be obvious. The washing solution is done as follows:
· For 1 liter of water take a little washing powder, 0.5 g of ammonia or soda and 25 ml of hydrogen peroxide 12%;
· Water is heated to 60-70 degrees and the linen is soaked in it for 10-15 minutes;
· After washing, rinse thoroughly.
3. Chlorine lime is not only a powerful disinfectant, but also a good bleach. To return the clothes to whiteness, 50 g of the substance is dissolved in 0.5 l of water and this composition is added to a bucket of warm water. Linen in bleach can withstand 15 minutes.
4. To bleach things with vinegar, 1 cup of acid is diluted in 6 liters of warm water and soak things for 20-30 minutes. If kitchen towels are not washable, they are left overnight in water with a little vinegar.
5. Liquid ammonia restores the freshness of white fabric to better-advertised bleaches. For this, 1 tbsp. ammonia is bred in a bucket of water.
6. To remove stains from white tissue, 5 tbsp are diluted in 5 l of water. soda and 2 tablespoons ammonia. The linen is soaked in the solution for 3-4 hours, after which it is washed well.
7. If the tulle curtains turn yellow, they are left in salt water for several hours, after which they are washed in the usual way.
8. To bleach kitchen towels, they are soaked overnight in boiling water with the addition of 2 tbsp. ordinary powder and 2 tbsp. vegetable oil.
Household chemicals for bleaching
Chlorine-containing powders and gels are suitable only for white fabrics of natural origin.
For synthetics and material with color fragments, oxygen-based products such as Bos, Sodasan, Chirton are required.
Returning white things to their original shade is quite simple - there are plenty of ways to do this. The main thing to remember is that light fabrics are washed immediately after contamination, not allowing them to lie in the laundry basket.
