How to whiten underwear at home, effective remedies and folk recipes
Panties and bras from washing turn yellow, acquire a gray tint. This raises the question of how to properly launder underwear at home. A large selection of stain removers and detergents does not reduce the problem. You must be able to use them correctly.
Washing rules
Panties and bras are important items in a woman's bathroom. There are well-established rules for taking care of it:
- before washing, sort the laundry by color, type of material, do not load them together in the drum (tub);
- carefully study the icons on the label, use them to choose the program, water temperature, bleaching method;
- choose the most delicate detergents;
- do not keep dirty laundry for weeks, wash it immediately;
- use a mesh bag when machine washable;
- favor hand washing;
- if there is no icon prohibiting ironing on the product, iron on the wrong side by setting the recommended temperature.
How to wash in a washing machine
The material from which linen is sewn is thin, so you should reduce the amount of detergent when washing in the machine so that chemicals do not accumulate in the fibers of the fabric.
Panties and bras do not need to be put together with bedding and other personal items.
Mode selection
The automatic machine of any model has modes for products from thin fabrics: "Delicate", "Manual", "Silk".
Temperature
The choice of temperature depends on the composition of the fabric. If the composition is made of natural cotton, plain panties, shirts, T-shirts, bras of light tones are washed at 60-90 ° C, multi-colored - at 40-60 ° C. The optimum temperature for natural and synthetic silk linen is 30°C.
Effective methods and means
Beautiful underwear is easy to damage. After a wash, you can say goodbye to the ensemble, trimmed with synthetic laces, if you add bleach with chlorine to the water.
Boiling
Vintage cotton pants, leggings and t-shirts are boiled over low heat for 40-60 minutes to remove stubborn dirt.
salt and soda
A reliable folk method allows you to wash off faded things. Soda is added to the water for washing hands - 3 tbsp. tsp, salt - 2 tbsp. I. After 2-3 times, the lace lingerie will be like new again.
Oxygen bleaches
When using oxygen bleach, whites become whiter, colors more vivid. Before first use, you must read the instructions. Specify method of application: soaking, machine washing.
Disappear
To strengthen the powder when washing white silk or cotton linen, powder or gel is added. The Crystal Whiteness tool gently removes traces of blood, cosmetics and food impurities (coffee, wine).
Bos Plus Maximum
Before washing discolored or gray laundry, soak for 15 to 20 minutes in a bleach solution:
- water - 10 l;
- product - 40 g;
- ordinary powder - at the rate.
Bleach can be added to water when washing by hand (40 g per 10 L) and machine washing (70 g per 3-4 kg).
Mr DEZ
Used for machine and hand washing. The composition contains oxygen bleaches. They eliminate yellowing and organic stains.
Make the oxi action disappear
The composition contains active oxygen. It helps to restore lost freshness to laundry (colored, white).
Amway SA8
Concentrated detergent for the main wash of colored and white items.
Synergistic
The finest laundry can be washed. The product for delicate fabrics has a unique composition:
- vegetable surfactants;
- green chelates;
- essential oils.
Dr. Beckmann
Resists yellowing, gray blooming on any fabric.
Frau Schmidt
Whiter White Lingerie tablets are suitable for panties, bras, silk, polyester shirts and other materials. Applied in hand wash mode.
white
Aggressive chlorine bleach that penetrates deep into fabrics. It can be used to whiten linen and cotton products. When preparing the solution, the proportion is observed - 1 tbsp. I. liquid agent for 3 liters of warm water. Things are soaked for 30 minutes, then rinsed 3 times.
Optical means
Suitable for synthetics and natural fabrics, but only in white.
Convenient and unconventional whitening products
Using club soda, hydrogen peroxide and other available products, you can remove stains and wash dirt from panties and bras. Original methods:
- aspirin for old yellow spots - 1 tbsp. water, 2 tablets, moisten in solution, wash off after 20 minutes;
- dissolve a few crystals of potassium permanganate in a glass of water, add the solution to water to soak white linen, soap things up, put in a basin for 1 hour, then rinse.
Lemon juice and white vinegar
Lemon juice removes grease stains, sweat, whitens. The laundry is soaked for 2 hours in a lukewarm solution (30°C):
- water - 2 l;
- juice of 1-2 lemons.
Underwear is disinfected and bleached with white vinegar. Things are soaked for 8-10 hours in warm water (30 ° C), adding 1 tbsp. facilities.
Hydrogen peroxide
For 1 liter of water, add 3 tbsp. I. facilities. T-shirts, panties, bras are soaked. After 2-3 hours, wash in the usual way.
Soak
With regular soaking before washing, laundry retains its appearance longer. Salt and soda are added to warm water.
Duru soap
Things are immersed in warm, soapy water. One hour later, wash it by hand or send it to the machine.
Rules for the use of chemicals
It is necessary to follow the mandatory procedures before using a detergent containing bleaching agents:
- look at the label, make sure there is an icon that allows the use of bleaching agents;
- read the instructions for the chemical;
- use it in the recommended dosage, without exceeding the allowed treatment time.
Features of working with different fabrics
Lingerie for home and everyday life is sewn from fabrics of different compositions. The specificity of care depends on the structure of fibers, finishing elements, colors.
Synthetic
Synthetic underwear that has lost its appeal is revived with oxygen bleaches. Gray and yellow stains are removed by adding BOS Plus powder to water.
Silk
Silk sets last longer when washed by hand. They are machine washable if there is an authorization mark on the label. Choose non-aggressive chlorine-free detergents and strong bleaches, do not wring.
Lace
Lace linen is washed at a temperature of 30-35 ° C separately from other items.
To remove stains, restore whiteness, use gentle agents such as Frau Schmidt.
Cotton
Before the main wash, the products are soaked in water with the addition of vinegar, then washed with soap, gel or powder.
How to remove complex dirt
Underwear gets dirty when worn. Traces of sweat, cosmetic preparations (cream, lotion), menstruation, natural secretions, urine remain there. You need to get rid of it in time.
Urine
From urine, yellowish stains remain on the fabrics, a specific smell appears. Eliminate unpleasant marks and odors in a variety of ways.
laundry soap
Panties with yellow spots are placed in a basin with hot soapy water for 12-24 hours, washed, rinsed.
"Antipyatin" or "nanny with ears"
Soap "Antipyatin" is used to lather the stain, after a few hours the panties are washed by hand. The children's product "Eared nanny" (soap, powder) also copes well with organic pollution and unpleasant odors.
A soda
Baking soda is good for removing traces of secretions from panties. For 1 liter of warm water, add 1 tbsp. I. means, soak the thing for 3 hours, then wash.
"White" or Disappear
Bleach helps remove stubborn dirt from cotton laundry. Panties when washed (soaked) become snow-white.
vinegar solution
Dirty panties and t-shirts are soaked in warm water before washing, adding white wine vinegar to them. For 5 liters add 2-3 tbsp. I. facilities.
lemon acid
Add 1 tablespoon to 3 liters of water. I. acid. Yellowed laundry is soaked in the solution.
Special stain remover
Store stain removers are used before washing. With their help, complex dirt is quickly removed. Read the instructions before use.
Fresh menstrual blood
A soda paste (water + powder) is applied to a fresh stain, left to dry completely, washed off, the panties are washed in warm water with laundry soap, rinsed.
dried blood
Old menstruation spots are removed using aspirin. Tablets are crushed, diluted with water, gruel is applied to dried blood.
After a few hours, the remnants of pollution are washed off with cold tap water, the panties are washed off.
Brown stains
The laundry is soaked overnight in Kolya, rinsed in the morning and washed.
How to dry well
You cannot use the tumble dry mode in the machine, you can damage thin fabrics, lace, decorative elements, linen elastics. Items should be hung on a line (dryer), unfolded to retain their shape, and secured with plastic or wooden clothespins.
Models made from the finest laces are advised to dry differently:
- spread a towel over the dryer;
- slightly squeeze the panties, lay them on the fabric;
- let the water drain out of the bra, then lay it on an unfolded towel.
Rules of care
The assortment of lingerie is wide. Different types of bras require special care. Cotton items are durable, machine washable and bleach safe.
Underwired push-up bras are best washed by hand.
Washed synthetics are pre-soaked in warm water with the addition of a mild detergent. The same procedure is carried out with the new kits. After soaking, things are washed on the hands. Bras are never twisted, let the water drain out and dry flat. With careful care, the linen is always neat and tidy, keeps its shape, does not spoil the figure.