Are white clothes difficult to wash? That's because you're not using the right method!

There is always a white piece of clothing in the wardrobe, but it looks ugly when it is stained with sweat and oil. Here is a cleaning trick to make your white clothes as bright and white as new immediately.

baking soda

Ingredients: 4 liters of warm water + 250 ml of baking soda

Soak baking soda in warm water until dissolved. Then soak the clothes in water for 8 hours before washing. The washed clothes will be soft and white.

aspirin

Ingredients: 1 aspirin tablet + 8 liters of water

Dissolve aspirin in water, immerse the clothes completely in water, soak for 8 hours before washing and drying.

vinegar

Ingredients: 250 ml white vinegar

Add white vinegar before rinsing the clothes to prevent the white clothes from turning yellow.

Salt

Sprinkle salt on the stained area, rub it gently, and wash it after it dries. The clothes will be very white (not suitable for dried stains).

6 habits that make your clothes dirtier the more you wash them

Wash all clothes at the same water temperature. Water temperature is important if you want to wash your clothes clean. Generally speaking, warm water (30°C ~ 60°C) is conducive to the full dissolution of detergent, increasing the activity of activated molecules, promoting the saponification of greasy dirt in water, and improving the washing effect. When clothes come into contact with water, their fibers will swell, become moistened, and stretch. Due to the different heat resistance of the fibers that make up the clothes, the temperatures that clothes can withstand are also different: the best water temperature for cotton fabrics is 40°C ~ 50°C; for woolen clothes, the most suitable water temperature is around 35°C; when washing linen clothes, the water temperature should be controlled at 30°C or below.

Soak overnight and then wash. Many people soak their clothes for several hours or even overnight before washing, thinking that the longer they soak, the cleaner they will be. However, the opposite is true. If the soaking time is too long, the chemicals in the laundry detergent and the stains in the clothes will be more easily decomposed, producing a bad odor. If sewage cannot be drained away, it will enter the fibers of clothing over time, causing the clothes to fade and age. Generally speaking, it is advisable to soak dirty clothes for 15 minutes. Even for thick clothes, the soaking time should not exceed 30 minutes.

The more laundry detergent the better. The more detergent there is, the more foam there is, and the cleaner the laundry will be, right? In fact, this is not the case. Too much detergent makes it difficult to rinse clean, and it wastes water and time. Clothes tend to become hard after washing, and people with sensitive skin may easily cause allergies when wearing them. It is recommended that when washing clothes, you should first add half the amount according to the instructions of the laundry detergent. If there is less foam, then gradually increase the amount.

Wash them together. Urban white-collar workers lead a fast-paced life and devote most of their time to work and study. They don’t have time to wash clothes every day and often “do it when they have enough”. This only makes the clothes dirtier the more they are washed. First, in hot weather, sweat stains will remain on clothes. Clothes soaked with sweat are prone to mold. If they are mixed with other clothes to be washed, the scope of contamination will expand. Second, accumulating a large number of clothes to wash together makes it difficult for the detergent to fully contact the clothes, making them difficult to clean. It is recommended that the amount of clothes washed each time should account for about 70% of the washing machine's drum volume.

Rub the stains vigorously. When clothes are stained with juice or soup, people tend to rub them hard when washing, which will make the stains on the clothes bigger and even wear out the clothes. The correct way to deal with it is: once the stain is stained, it should be immediately absorbed with a clean rag or paper towel to prevent it from staining other places, and then gently scrub it with clean water and detergent.

Don’t dry the clothes immediately after washing. Many office workers like to throw their clothes into the washing machine in the morning and leave, and then hang the clothes out to dry when they come back in the evening. Damp clothes left in the washing machine for a long time are prone to breed bacteria, so they should be taken out and dried within 30 minutes after washing. Once washed clothes are left in the washing machine for more than 1 hour, they should be washed again.