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mcpoz
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Getting laundry white!
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Apr 11 00:46 UTC 1995 |
What's your secret for getting whites REALLY white?
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n8nxf
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response 1 of 10:
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Apr 11 12:03 UTC 1995 |
Straight bleach for a week or a can of your favorite spray-paint.
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brenda
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response 2 of 10:
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Apr 11 14:49 UTC 1995 |
I've heard that soaking them in a bleach-water solution for an hour or
so before washing them does a lot.
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omni
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response 3 of 10:
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Apr 11 17:55 UTC 1995 |
A little vinegar added to the water can make things whiter.
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mwarner
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response 4 of 10:
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Apr 12 07:43 UTC 1995 |
phosphates, but duller is better
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rcurl
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response 5 of 10:
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Apr 12 16:41 UTC 1995 |
Do not add vinegar (acetic acid) to chlorine (hypochlorite) bleach. An
acid added to hypochlorite causes the formation and release of
hypochlorous acid (HClO), chlorine (Cl2), and possibly chlorine monoxide
(Cl2O). These are poisonous and irritating. A *little* vinegar added to
hypochlorite bleach will enhance the bleaching power because of the
formation of free chlorine - but do it outdoors, and stand upwind 8*x. The
mixture is also more destructive to fabrics than bleach alone.
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omni
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response 6 of 10:
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Apr 12 18:21 UTC 1995 |
Thanks, Rane.
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headdoc
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response 7 of 10:
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Apr 13 00:27 UTC 1995 |
Don't walk around all day wearing white socks and no shoes. The socks will
never get sparkling white. And that's what it's all about, isn't it?
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mcpoz
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response 8 of 10:
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Apr 13 01:22 UTC 1995 |
It makes a difference if it's cotton, nylon, or polyester. Cotton can
take the harshest treatment, but with home laundry, it's all the same.
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gracel
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response 9 of 10:
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Apr 26 17:56 UTC 1995 |
re vinegar: I have heard that vinegar in the rinse water helps
remove all traces of detergent -- so that if some non-whiteness
were in fact detergent residue, vinegar would be a suitable remedy.
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moti
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response 10 of 10:
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Oct 1 22:52 UTC 1995 |
I found this in my e-mail box as one of the winners in a "bad analogies"
contest. thought it was appropriate:
"You made my day, even a day as gray as white cotton sheets washed for
decades in cold water without bleach like no self-respecting women who
came of age in the 1940s would allow in her house, much less on one of
her beds, but up with whidh she must put whenever she visits one of her
own daughters, just as if they had never been brought up right.
(DEV, Madison, Wisconsin)
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