How to make yellow clothes white

Everyone pays great attention to their own image and hopes to leave a better impression on others, but dressing must be appropriate. Many people's white clothes will turn yellow due to improper washing or storage problems, which would be a pity to throw them away. If we can master some washing methods, we can make the clothes white as new. Let's learn how to make yellow clothes white.

How to make yellow clothes white?

Here’s a trick for home: If white clothes turn yellow, you can add a few drops of blue ink when washing, then soak the clothes for a while, and the white clothes will become snow-white again.

Principle: The reason why yellow stains are left on washed clothes is not because the sweat stains are not washed clean. These yellow stains are actually a substance called xanthocyanate left over from laundry detergent or soap. Blue ink contains divalent iron ions. When white clothes are soaked in clean water with drops of blue ink, the divalent iron ions react quickly with xanthate, and the remaining yellow stains on the white clothes are removed.

◆Ink drop method: drop 3-5 drops of pure blue ink in a basin of clean cold water, stir it with your hands, then put the washed white shirt into the water, pull it up and down 3-5 times, and take it out to dry.

◆Hydrogen peroxide method: To bleach silk and wool fabrics, you can use 3% hydrogen peroxide, the liquid volume is 10 times the weight of the fabric, and add a little ammonia water to make it weakly alkaline. After bleaching for 5-10 hours at normal room temperature, wash and dry.

◆Add lemon juice method: When washing white silk fabrics, add some lemon juice to the water to make the clothes whiter.

◆Skim milk soaking method: Soak white silk fabrics in skim milk before washing, or add 2 tablespoons of milk to the water during the last rinse to maintain the original color of the white silk fabric and prevent it from turning yellow.

◆Radish soup washing method: If white clothes have a lot of dirt, you can use radish soup to wash them, and they will be as white as new.

◆Orange peel water soaking method: When washing white clothes, you can put orange peels in a pot and heat them to boiling. Use the yellow soup to soak and scrub the clothes, and the clothes will be as white as new.

The above is an introduction to how to make yellow clothes white. After understanding it, we know that there are many ways to make clothes whiter. We can choose the method that suits us according to our actual situation. In addition, when our clothes turn yellow, we should not use irritating bleach to wash them, as this will cause certain irritation to the skin.