Bleach is suitable formaking whites whiterwhile baking soda helps make white clothesfresher.
But does baking soda whiten clothes as well?
Here’s how to use bleach, baking soda, or both when washing your white garments.
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The best thing aboutbaking soda in the laundryis its ability to act as a natural boosting agent for bleach.
The baking soda masks some of the bleach smell and makes the bleach even more effective.
The white laundry comes out whiter and fresher as a result.
Chlorine Bleach
Bleach has been the gold standard for restoring white clothesback to pristine condition for years.
When used properly, bleach excels at removing stains and grime from white clothing and sanitizing your garments.
In machines that have a bleach dispenser, just fill the dispenser to the fill line without measuring.
Most white fabrics and some colored garments can be bleached.
Warning
However, don’t bleach with wool, silk spandex, leather, or mohair.
Apply one drop of the mixture to a hidden area of the garment.
Wait a minute and then blot with a towel.
If you don’t see a color change, you canbleach the garment.
Adding baking soda to the laundry gently cleans your clothes and removes tough smells and stains.
It also softens clothes and boosts the detergent’s power.
It even keeps the washing machine clean.
To use baking soda in the laundry, add the detergent and clothes to the water as usual.
Then add 1/2 cup of baking soda to the filled washing machine.
Baking soda is a natural stain remover that can be used on most types of fabric.
Mix baking soda with water to form a thick paste then apply the paste to the stain.
After it dries, wash it off with water.
This mixture works to remove stains resulting from food, oil,grease, and dirt.
Tip
Baking soda in laundryacts as a natural boosting agent for bleach.
you might use 1/2 cup of bleach and 1/2 cup of baking soda together for white loads.
The baking soda masks some of the bleach smell and makes the bleach even more effective.
Use any of the above ingredients and run a normal wash cycle to remove yellowing from white clothes.
Yes, you’re free to use both vinegar and baking soda to white clothes.
Baking soda has the added bonus of deodorizing laundry as well.
Distilled white vinegar can help turn dull, gray clothes white again.
