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Post by susan on Jun 18, 2012 11:01:41 GMT -5
OK, I don't use bleach in any of my laundry. Mike nor I can handle it not rinsing out of the clothes. I do use a color safe bleach. I used Vivid for a long time until I suddenly can't find it. I refuse to pay $9 for a bottle of Clorox color safe bleach. >:(I looked at the ingredients of the last bottle before it went in the trash and it's hydrogen peroxide. They add in something to thicken it,color it, perfume it and charge a fortune. So I'm trying to think of what I could add to hydrogen peroxide to get the same affect. Or is there something you ladies use to help get stains out of your clothes.
Susan
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Post by Cyngbaeld on Jun 18, 2012 11:23:15 GMT -5
Oxyclean is hydrogen peroxide and washing soda.
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Post by Valerie on Jun 18, 2012 16:12:22 GMT -5
Borax is supposed to work sort of like a bleach.
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Post by susan on Jun 18, 2012 21:58:39 GMT -5
I used Oxyclean years ago when it first came out and it ate my towels.  Seriously, the towels were fine and after a few washes they looked like they were 10 years old. I do use borax in the wash. We have very hard water plus with all the animals it makes the wash smell better. The color safe bleach I sometimes pour right on a spot to make sure it comes out. I did think of something. I might try adding some hydrogen peroxide to some laundry detergent (ALL free clear) to use for spot treating. Susan |
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Post by Granny Smith on Jun 19, 2012 7:12:26 GMT -5
Susan, you can make a paste of baking soda and peroxide to use for spot treating. Also, if you need to do a whole load, half a bottle of peroxide and half a box of baking soda works well.
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Post by debi on Oct 3, 2012 18:31:09 GMT -5
I use oxyclean or peroxide. either one.
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Post by Sheila on Oct 3, 2012 20:15:42 GMT -5
ZOTE.
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Post by michelle on Oct 4, 2012 9:20:42 GMT -5
I use Seventh Generation Free & Clear Non-Chlorine bleach
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Post by lilmommajnn on Nov 23, 2012 15:21:20 GMT -5
I go to the paint department and get TSP powder...1/8 c. per washerload, along with detergent. Works WAY better than bleach and gets greasy stuff out too. I had several work sheets I thought I was going to have to replace, on account of staining from massage gel...a couple washes with TSP and they are MUCH better!!!
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Post by Valerie on Apr 18, 2013 8:26:28 GMT -5
I'm gonna try this TSP on some of Becky's shirts. She washed white shirts with Brandon's work clothes and they picked up greasy stains in the washer (which she swears came from my washer, but they don't get on my clothes!) They also picked up that grungy, washed-with-darks, look.
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Post by Granny Smith on Apr 18, 2013 12:20:27 GMT -5
Valerie, if the shirts are white, you can use bleach with the TSP. That's what I've been doing and it has made a much bigger difference than either one alone.
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Post by Valerie on Apr 18, 2013 13:36:11 GMT -5
I did. The cotton one came out looking great! The other one is synthetic and she got grill rack grease on it. It might take a few more washings.
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Post by susan on Apr 26, 2013 8:44:32 GMT -5
I discovered a while back that a paste of dish washing detergent and baking soda rubbed into a grease spot on cotton will take it out fairly well if the stain has not set. Dish detergent is made to cut grease when you wash dishes with it and I've always put baking soda in a load of Mike's mechanic clothes to help get the grease out.
Susan
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Seriously, the towels were fine and after a few washes they looked like they were 10 years old. I do use borax in the wash. We have very hard water plus with all the animals it makes the wash smell better. The color safe bleach I sometimes pour right on a spot to make sure it comes out. 
