How Do You Get The "Whitest" Whites?

[sudsdudeshane]

retromom~

I agree..Lets have a Cease fire. After all, bottom line is we are Americans first and foremost. We can start bickering again come 2008..lol

 

[toggleswitch]

Cavender's in both of my kitchens!

Venus:

Have a peek-sie at my rack--er spice rack. See the Cavender's? Who loves you baby? (with Telly's lollipop in mouth).

 

[rolltideroll]

Toggle, You ever thought about throwing in some eggs to hard boil for lunch along with those clothes? I have a pot like yours and use it to boil eggs for pickling. I supply a couple liquor stores here with my Cajun pickled eggs. Just a hobby that I make a few cases of beer in trade for. 1 gallon eggs=1 case Budweiser.Ha but anyways Mom used to wash all us boys baseball caps in her dishwasher on one of those hat-holder thingies that you can find in thrift shops. Electrasol really did the job on em. Better than Tide if you ask me on sweaty dirty stained caps. I have found that Electrasol's extreme grittiness makes for a more of a scrubbing action on extremely soiled clothes. Kinda like a scrubboard effect but this also may be a placebo effect.

 

[lederstiefel1]

Toggleswitch

Hey Toggle - bitteschön!
You did it the same way I did it - yes! Dankeschön for the pix!

Ralf

 

[oxydolfan1]

Why is Electrasol the recommended powder for this recipe?

Is it substantially better than other DW powders? I already have a box of "America's Choice" powder with chlorine-would that suffice?

In addition, would using less than one cup...like perhaps one half cup...significantly depress the effectiveness of the whitening action? Could a small amount of actual Clorox be thrown in for good measure, to help make up the difference?

I'm curious to see how this process could work for me.

 

[oxydolfan1]

Well, it worked. I'm flabbergasted!

No more grayish socks (I am a sock-walker and no matter how clean your floors are....)

The only casualty was a hole in a small washrag that was ready for the dustcloth bin anyway.

And I soaked everything, at lowest water level, for half an hour...and I didn't DIE!! LOL....

So much for Quixtar's "white socks" recipe! I'll bet the chemicals involved are virtually identical....

 

[pturo]

Cotton, linen, white fabrics will respond to bleach and hot water well, they are hydrophyllic fibers-take on water from the inside and out. Synthetic fibers and fabrics are hydrophobic, they are made of oil/resin/chemical based things, not plants & animals, and once they dull, they dull, and do so with exposure to the atmosphere and heat, from the outside in. Look at how old plastic white things yellow. Blends are tricky, but will bleach out somewhat. Fabrics are classified as follows: 1.)Natural Fibers:linen,cotton,wool,cashmere,ramie,silk. 2.) Man Made(synthetic)Fibersolyester,dacron,acrylic. 3.) Blends: Natural and Made fibers like cotton/poly, wool/acrylic, linen/silk. They should be treated like sythetics, as should "wrinkle free" things. 4.)Man Made Natural Fibers: Rayon-it is made from wood pulp and then made into fibers, so it is hydrohphyllic(loves water) but hates bleach due to the pulp resins,so it should be treated as a synthetic. It is a cooler fabric to wear however because it wicks water away from the body a hell of a lot better than polyester. Did you know that the "wrinkle free" tretments in clothing contain femldohyde? Use the low heat setting for these as you want them to last as long as you do when embalmed.

 

[pulsatron]

not so bad after all.

There you go Oxydolfan,
soaking for 30 minutes is not so bad after all is it?,L.O.L.,actually I must admit to have made an error in my 1st post on this thread about the name of the soaker I use it's correct name is "You'll Love Coles Oxy-Advance booster and soaker",not Y.L.C nappy soaker as I mentioned earlier, sorry about that.
I believe the main ingredient is 5%oxygen activated sodium perborate and other fillers and bleaching agents.
Cheers.
Steve.