Do you have white shirts, or other items of the same color, that have lost their shine and are dingy? There is a simple trick that can help make them look like new.
The tip is from the Tips for Your Home page.
How to make white clothes look like new
If your white clothes are dingy, yellowish or grayish in appearance, follow these steps.
You will need:
2 liters of warm water
1 tablespoon of baking soda
1 tablespoon of 10 volume hydrogen peroxide
How to apply:
Mix the ingredients in a basin. Leave the white clothes to soak for 1 hour. Wash normally in the machine or by hand, if you prefer. Place to dry, preferably in the sun.
"The combination of warm water, sodium bicarbonate and 10 volume hydrogen peroxide helps to enhance the cleaning of the fibers, helping to remove accumulated dirt and the yellowish appearance of clothes", explains the page.
The technique can be used on shirts, towels, kitchen towels and other items that have lost their original shine.
Before applying the mixture to the pieces, we recommend doing a small test, especially on delicate fabrics. It's also important to read the clothing's care label to avoid damage.
With sodium percarbonate
The Joana at Home blog highlights another technique, made with sodium percarbonate.
"Sodium percarbonate is a powder product that, when it comes into contact with water, breaks down into oxygen molecules. And this oxygen helps to loosen various types of stains from clothes", he explains.
As a pre-treatment on stained items:
Place the pieces in warm water, above 40 °C, with sodium percarbonate.
Use 2 tablespoons of percarbonate for every 4 liters of warm water.
Leave to soak for up to 2 hours. Wash normally in the machine. As an additive in machine washing:
Add the percarbonate to the laundry detergent. Use 1 tablespoon of percarbonate for every 5 kg of laundry. The product can be placed in the machine compartment or in the dosing ball.
Wash with warm water, above 40°C.
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