How to whiten a white shirt at home?

The neat appearance has always been admired by all people. And this is understandable, because a good looking person will also cope well with the tasks. And successful people achieve a pleasant appearance because they know how to wash correctly, including that they know how to bleach a white shirt at home. But you, too, will be able to cope with such a task by reading the material below.

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The most effective, proven bleaching methods

After multiple washing processes, these products lose their pristine snow-white appearance and acquire a certain shade of yellowness. But fortunately, you can restore the lost whiteness without even resorting to the use of chemicals. For these purposes, there are folk methods and recipes that are actually tested by a large number of housewives and have been recognized by them as quite effective and efficient.

We cope with difficult places

Parts of a shirt such as a collar and cuffs are most often dirty. In order to give them whiteness, you can use hydrogen peroxide:

1. Pre-prepare a composition of 2 liters of water and 3% hydrogen peroxide, which must be thoroughly mixed.
2. Soak in it for 30 minutes, distribute the entire product over the container, or exclusively the collar and sleeves.

Important! In order to get the best result, some of the housewives add a small amount of baking soda to the prepared composition.

We wash the shirt with laundry soap

In some cases, in the fight against the aging appearance of the product, as well as yellowness, ordinary household soap is used:

1. Pre-moistened in water with a pinch of salt, rub with household soap, paying special attention to all contaminated areas - which lose their whiteness in the first place.
2. After that, leave it for 3 hours.
3. Then wash and rinse.

Bleach with ammonia

Cotton shirt perfectly whitens ammonia. To achieve the whitening effect, soak it for 3 hours in a solution of 5 l of warm running water and 4 tbsp. l ammonia, then rinse.

We use potassium permanganate

It is quite difficult for many to believe that with the help of potassium permanganate it is possible to absolutely beloved things to restore its former whiteness and freshness. But in fact, this is quite possible subject to the correct application of this proven tool.

To whiten a white shirt at home:

1. Add a few crystals of potassium permanganate in a soap solution so that the water has a soft pink color.
2. Soak dirty things in the solution prepared by you for 5 hours.
3. Once the specified time has passed, wash them as you like, then rinse thoroughly in several sets.

Apply citric acid

In order to whiten a shirt, sometimes citric acid is used:

• Soak contaminated things with water with a small amount of citric acid and leave for about 2 hours, then rinse.
• In order to ultimately get a greater effect in water, you can add a small amount of soap chips or washing powder.

Take soda

It takes quite a bit of time the bleaching process using such an ordinary tool as baking soda. To achieve the desired result, add it with the powder to your washing machine or to the basin with a dirty product in the amount of half a glass.

Important! To get a snow-white look of a shirt, even powdered milk is used. This method consists in the following action: pour 1 cup of powdered milk into a container in which there is warm water and mix thoroughly, after which wash the product slowly and rinse.

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Drastic measures

One of the oldest whitening methods is boiling. In any suitable container of water, add your favorite washing powder, and then immerse the product in it, boil for half an hour.

Important! In order for the fabric to retain its properties, do not carry out this procedure for a long and often. Things made of dense fabrics are best suited for this purpose.

White

For a more complete and effective whitening:

1. Soak the contaminated product for 20 minutes in the composition you previously prepared. It consists of 2 tbsp. l funds and warm water.
2. Stir occasionally.
3. After the above time has passed, rinse the product thoroughly in running cold water.

Based on the fact that “White” is a representative of chlorine-containing products, do not leave it near foreign objects with frequent use, because if White is accidentally spilled onto them, a faded spot may appear.

Important! To avoid damaging the skin of the hands, be sure to use rubber gloves.

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Use of special substances

How to whiten an originally white shirt using special substances?

• Chlorine-based bleaches are a fairly aggressive, but also effective substance. They are used for fairly dense fabrics and have an extremely negative effect on delicate chiffon and silk.
• Oxygen bleaches are a hypoallergenic product that can be used to bleach children's shirts. Bleaches do not harm the structure of things, do not destroy, and also do not deform the material. The use of bleaches with oxygen is most often recommended in cool water.
• Optical bleaches - this tool does not have any effect on the material itself. Whitening occurs by forming a thin optical film on the surface of the shirt, which gives the desired result.

Important! As a bleach, you can use a more affordable tool from the following options: “Vanish”, “Bos” Amway, “Persol”, “Eared Nanny”, “Antipyatin”, “Sarma”, “Sail”.

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Some great tips on how to whiten a white shirt in a home environment:

1. Before choosing one or another tool, carefully read its components and the rules for its use.
2. In no case should you carelessly use whitening substances so as not to damage the structure of the material and not spoil the color.
3. Do not forget that violation of the rules of storage and use of highly concentrated products can harm your health - cause itching, allergic diseases. Therefore, be extremely careful when choosing a product, so as not to harm the tissues and those around you.

Important! After you have managed to bleach the most difficult areas on your clothes, you have to completely put them in order. To do this, read the instructions and rules in the following articles:

• How to wash shirts in a washing machine?
• How to iron shirts?

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Rules that must be strictly observed during hand washing

There are several rules that you need to know when doing manual whitening:

• bleaches are potent substances, which is why in no case overexpose the product in such solutions;
• in no case do not wash white things together with other colors of things;
• strictly follow the instructions on the package, do not reduce or increase the dosage of the drug;
• Do not start the process of preparing the solution in the container in which the laundry is located;
• if you use enameled utensils for bleaching, make sure that it is free of any defects that can leave rusty spots on the surface of the laundry;
• Do not use bleach every time you start washing, so that the thing does not deteriorate, do this, observing a break of 3-4 washings.

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In this article we told you about all the best tools and ways so that you can easily keep your neat appearance without buying new things. Make sure the proposed methods are effective!