When 95 degree washes go baaad!

[mattywashboy]

Ok so, thought i would make a video of me doing a 95 degree wash in the Whirlpool for everyone coz i figured everyone likes a nice 95 degree wash now and again. Well, popped in some tea towels and plain white socks as shown in the video and then the offending sofa throws, which had been washed previously (like a year before) with something that bled red dye, now these sofa throws were not washed many times after the event and so the unthinkable happened, pink socks, yay. You can watch my tale of horror and suds in the videos linked below.
Theres a first time for everything and this is the first time i have ever turned anything pink lol I feel like celebrating.....then again maybe i should just go buy some more socks hmmm.

Matt xx

 

[askomiele]

Hai! Jup new sock is the best way... the dye will go off after 20 more washes but that's a bit a waste of time. If you are not sure if the dye doesn't run out, wash them seperately! Or if you buy them new. Wash them, then soak them overnight (or even longer) in a mixture of salt 1cup per gallon of water. This will set the color. Afterwards one rinse a spin and that's it.

Vinegar will also do something about it.

And to get dye of whites, it's very hard but chlorine bleach can help, but BE CAREFUL!

 

[toggleswitch]

oooh sorry to hear about the pink socks!

Just get a pink polo shirt and a pink pair of shorts and Y-fronts and you will have a new outift for Spring (.....er... Fall over there)!

wait wait wait wait.

Did I just see a European "say" use chlorine bleach?
I think I am about to faint!

LOL. Does this mean it IS avaialable as a laundry additive on the other side of the pond?.

 

[jons1077]

Be careful...

I washed a load of whites in my Kenmore He4t once on the
sanitary cycle. The sanitary superheats the water to just below boiling from the way it looked. Anyways, the elastic portions of the clothing turned yellow and were stretched out. Basically we had to buy new underwear and socks after that. Don't wash your elastic articles on really hot water or damage may occur!

Jon

 

[askomiele]

Yes my dear we have chlorine bleach around here... but we don't bleach whites with them. We scrub floors, toilets, baths with it.

But even now it's not so much used around here. Every good household has a small bottle of bleach, but clothes don't get washed with it...

 

[panthera]

Well,

Yeah, it is a deep dark secret and no-one will admit to it except the Brits, but, yes - just about everybody over here has had a pink-sock experience, only with something worth a bit more to them than pink socks.
And that is when the chlorine bleach gets pulled out from the back of the cupboard, the label read and the offending stain removed.
Bet ya anything, we will now have two or three comments. One from a UK member who somehow sees this as an insult (wasn't). One from someone whose German or Austrian mom buys the stuff by the barrel and boil washes everything in it. One from a puzzled American who can't imagine that oxygen bleach really works...
Seriously, we don't bleach with chlorine or disinfect with it all that often for the simple reason that there are considerably less dangerous and equally efficacious chemicals.
What it is used for here in German households, more than anything else, is against mold and mildew.

 

[tomturbomatic]

We have Rit Tint and Dye Remover that is a sodium perborate bleach. Water is brought to the simmer, T&D Remover is poured in, clothes are immediately added and stirred. That rescued a friend's white dress pants after he washed them with 2 madras shirts.

My older Duet only heats to 155 on the Sanitary cycle.

 

[mielabor]

Strange, how did Americans get the impression that we don't use chlorine bleach?

Every home has at least one bottle, usually the thick ("dik") version as that clings better to non-horizontal surfaces. The best thing for cleaning toilets and bathrooms.

Just be careful. Any drops spilled on your clothes will result in white spots

 

[iheartmaytag]

Here in the middle part of America I bleach the hell out of everything. I take no prisioners and firmly believe that chlorine is my friend.

Yes, I even bleach my fruits and vegies. At least this way if some migrant worker takes a pee in my strawberries I have a fighting chance of killing his cooties. I use about two tablespoons of bleach to a sink full of water and then I rinse them in plain water. No change of taste, and my germophobia is much better. And hey the Dollar store bleach is cheaper than Xanax.

I also carry hand sanitizer in my coat, and sanatizing wipes in my lunch bag, car, and diaper bag.

This all started when I brought my daughter home from the hospital. She was a preemie and only weighed 2lbs at birth. I was always a clean freak, but I became more vigilant after that.

 

[launderess]

Just So You Know

One can use grapeseed extract to santise veggies and around the house. It is far less toxic than LCB,and probably more effecive.

 

[rolls_rapide]

I use...

...Unilever's "Domestos" for sanitising drains, etc. Still the best in my opinion.

Says on the bottle that it can be used: "To Bleach Whites: 15ml of Domestos per 5 litres of water for overnight soaking. Rinse after use".