Help with Stains
newtexasmom
Hi,My husband did the laundry last week and he mixed up a few clothes which are colored and white. And now all the whites are PINKISH RED.How should i get them back to their beautiful white color again? I did run another load with little bit of more bleach but only helped the discoloration a little bit.Will getting these dry-cleaned get their color back??Also, just to get a feel of how and what is the standard method of doing laundry??WHITES - do a separate cycle with HOT WASH - should i use bleach regularly?Intimates - do a delicate cycle with WARM WASH -- bleach?? I have seen some bags to put the intimates and wash instead of directly putting in the washer. Do they really work? I mean clean properly???Colors - do a normal wash with WARM/WARM or WARM/COLD -- Use color safe bleach??Children's clothes - Same rules as above applies??Also, just need one more advise from you parents out there.I started my 2nd daughter on potty training and they do it in her school too. So i get a bag of dirty clothes in the evening may be like 3-4 pairs and underwears.Now my dilemma is i don't want to let them sit in the washer till the load is big enough to run a cycle or atleast do a express wash( i have this setting on my washer). But at the same time i don't want to run the express wash cycle everyday just for 3-4 pairs of clothes as i am worried of the electrical consumption.I do not have the time in the evening to HAND wash all the dirty clothes and air dry outside on the back patio.What is the best method i can take??
Astonished Foreigner
Can't help with all the questions but here's some tips that I hope help you: A lot depends on how strong the dye is that got on your whites. However, you can make a slightly more concentrated solution of bleach and water in a bucket and dip the clothes in it for 10-15 minutes. Don't leave clothes in a very concentrated solution of bleach for much longer - the clothes will probably turn to mush. Best way to get the bleach out of the clothes and see if it has made a difference is to have some vinegar in a bucket sitting next to the bleach. Take the clothes out of the bleach and rinse in the vinegar once - you'll see if the bleach made any difference. Then rinse thoroughly or better still, run through the usual wash cycle to rid of the bleach completely. Using bleach regularly - not good for the clothes, the environment or the air in your laundry room. Use sparingly - like once a month when you think that the whites are getting dull. The lingerie bags do help. However, if you're washing your bras, remember to hook them up to themselves before throwing in the bags and the washer - my delicates last much longer without getting deformed since I started using those bags.
K--Lee
Do you have a diaper pail you could put the soiled clothes from school in? Usually it is a large bucket with water and some detergent in it. you just let it soak in there till you have a full load. When I get some colors in with my whites I usually don't dry that load- the whites goes back in the wash, still wet with a bit of bleach and borax. And I wash them again. It is really hard to get any type of stain out once the clothes are dried- Try to catch it before it goes in the dryer. Color safe bleach is fine for colors. If I don't have a full load, I sometimes just wash everything together in cold water- and it usually comes out fine. I rarely have colors bleed- I also wash and dry clothes at bed time, I start them up on my way to bed- the electric co. usually has reduced rates for late night!
ju-ju
My husband is forbidden from using the washer for exactly this reason! I have found that having an assortment of pretreaters for my laundry room is your best defense. I use spray-n-wash on most spots, allowing it to sit for 20-30 min's before going into the washer, I also use clorox-2 as a pretreater, which may help with any bleeding of dye problems too. I use bleach as often as is necessary but in warm water (unless it's hopelessly dirty, then I use hot), and will likely help your "pink" problem. I keep a Tide Pen handy for pretreating as well. And for soiled potty training clothing, I would run a smaller load of laundry daily (and you don't have to seperate these clothes from adult clothes-run them together!). I remember those days and actually miss them now (my kids are 5 & 7), but, for odor and stain control, those clothes should be washed realtively quickly. Good luck!
catwoman708
Try soaking them overnight in hot water with bleach, Biz, or Oxyclean in a stronger solution thatn normal wash. You might also try some of that "bluing" treatment, I can't remember what it's called, but it used to be used years ago. Ask an older person, like your grandma what it is called. If you use chorine bleach, don't soak them as long because it weakens the material. Then give them an extra rinse. As with most stains, if you've dried them first, it's harder to get the stain out. Always check first, and treat them again before drying them. So if the soaking doesn't get the pink out, then try it one more time before giving up and drying them. You may just have to live with pink sox.
eastOR
I have discovered a colour-remover that truly, really works - it's made in Germany, and it's called Carbona. It's in the laundry section of most supermarkets. I had a lovely pink sweater that got the blue from my daughter's jeans all over it - I had tried everything, all the products you see advertised, and nothing worked worth a darn. I couldn't stand to toss the sweater, because it was a gift, but left it up in my closet for a year. Then some work slacks also got a colour run, and I went back to the store - decided to try the Carbona - et voila - it WORKED! It is almost immediate - you can watch the colour disappear, and it doesn't affect the true colour of your clothing.
newtexasmom
Hi eastOR,Let me try this and see if it works for me. Where can you find it? Walmart, Target, Department Stores?
trojandoll
In a light colored wash I once had a favorite pale yellow shirt pick up some blue dye from another piece of clothing and turn a horrible dingy green. I found Rit brand dye remover (in the same section where the Rit dyes are in the grocery store - these are the dyes you use to tye dye). The dye remover worked even after the shirt had already been dried.
newtexasmom
Hey,Thanks for the update. I will sure check it.
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