Aspirin for Whiter Whites ?

[toploader55]

Never Ever heard of some of these as Laundry Aids.

In the comments read the one on Milk.

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/life/6-secret-laundry-ingredients-2457417/

 

[dj-gabriele]

That's quite disgusting if you ask me!

If I have "impossible" stains (almost never), I just send the garment to be cleaned.

Why would you resort to those tricks when you can simply handle your garment to a qualified dry-cleaner and have it cleaned to perfection in a safe way!?
I would never risk a piece of clothing with homemade stain removers with unknown results!
What's the point in ruining your 100 euros shirt when you can give it to the laundry for 4 euros and get it back perfectly clean and ironed?!
And if the laundry ruins it (very unlikely), they simply have refund you!

 

[hoovermatic]

*rolls eyes*

A dash of extra virgin olive oil does wonders for my dark tee-shirts.

 

[toploader55]

Ah Ha !!!

Milk in the Washer.

I wonder if these people complain about the odor from their washer. Hmmmm ??? Could you imagine the odor from Sour Milk in your clothes ? Yuk.

 

[hoover1100]

Or...

you could just buy a decent detergent in the first place so you don't need to pour coffee on your clothes!

Matt

 

[pekedogs]

Mrs. Meers' Recipe

I always use Mrs. Meers' spot remover. Soy Sauce!!! I always think of the party scene when Julie Andrews uses it to remove mascara stains in Thoroughly Modern Millie.

 

[3beltwesty]

Using Aspirin for sweat stains is ancient. My grandmother used this method sometimes.

It is at least 50 years old since that is about when she passed away.

There are man homemade ways for cleaning, many are not as important as once before. Plus homemade solutions are often out of vogue, buying latest produst is!

In the USA generic Aspirin with 500 tablets of 325mg on a super sale is sometimes 1 dollars.

salicylic acid

http://www.mahalo.com/how-to-remove-armpit-stains-from-clothes/

 

[3beltwesty]

Removing Sweat Stains From Clothes india

"Mix 1 tbsp cream of tartar, 3 crushed white aspirin and 1 cup warm water. Apply to the stain and work in with a toothbrush. Leave for 20 minutes and strain with lukewarm water."

http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/how-to-get-rid-of-sweat-stains-1761.html

 

[3beltwesty]

Grandma Andrews' special mix. Everybody seems to have their own "secret" formula for fighting the laundry battle. According to Marcella Andrews of St. Paul Park, Minnesota, the best way to fight ugly yellow armpit stains is to take six or seven aspirin, dissolve them in warm water, and soak the yellow-stained area in the mixture overnight, then wash it with the regular hot water wash load the next day.

http://www.sharpman.com/get_rid_of_those_yellow_sweat_stained_shirts.htm

 

[3beltwesty]

Red wine White Wine

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http://www.wisebread.com/secret-homemade-stain-removers-that-kick-butt

 

[dirtybuck]

I'll have to try some of these methods on the dress shirts I use for job interviews. I use an anti-antiperspirant, and I still sweat like crazy when I wear these shirts (or any other shirt for that matter).

 

[mrb627]

Cool!

I have never heard of the aspirin for yellowing solution.  I sense an experiment coming on...

 

Malcolm

 

[3beltwesty]

Another thing in the "old days" folks would pretreat a shirt with fels naptha soap somehow to prevent the stains from sticking.

By pretreating I mean somehow a brand new UNWORN YET shirt was like washed just once; then pretreated with fels naptha to somehow guard the shirt from getting stained

 

[passatdoc]

Aspirin is salicylic acid

It's acidic, which probably accounts for its stain-leaching properties. But why someone would subject a valuable piece of clothing to an acid soak is beyond me.

 

[3beltwesty]

RE

"But why someone would subject a valuable piece of clothing to an acid soak is beyond me. "

Some folks want to remove perspiration stains on a 25 dollar dress shirt and not ruin them. Thus they spend 5 cents worth of Aspirins and remove the stains.. ie 5 cents saves a 2500 cent shirt!

Others might want to just go for it; and if the stain does not come out the dryer heat gives you a permanent yellow stain, that looks great during a Disney job interview!

Buying new 25 buck dress shirts once they are stained; or investing 5 cents worth of Aspirin is not a close ratio at all.

****One could also ask is why would one ruin a 25 dollar nice dress shirt to save 5 cents too?

Whys folks do things often is irrational too.

 

[franksdad]

Salt

I've heard of washing material you did not want to fade in salt.  It "sets" the color.