White clothes and especially white underwear and lingerie tend to yellow with the passage of time and continuous washing. How to whiten it without using bleach, which is very aggressive and could damage it?
Whiten without damaging
- Con agua oxigenada. Una de las opciones clásicas para blanquear sin lejía es añadir agua oxigenada y unas gotitas de amoniaco al agua del aclarado. Sin embargo, esto no es apto para las prendas más delicadas.También con agua oxigenada, pero con un poquito de detergente en lugar de amoniaco, es como se blanquean las prendas de lana que han amarilleado. Deja la prenda en remojo en agua fría con tres o cuatro cucharadas de agua oxigenada y un poco de detergente. Pasada una hora, ya puedes aclarar y escurrir sin estrujar la prenda, y dejarla secar extendida para que no se deforme.
- Lemon juice. It is another of the natural bleaches par excellence. Soak the garment with a handful of salt, the juice of a couple of lemons and a little neutral soap. Let it sit for an hour or so and then dry it in the sun. If you don't have time to soak the garment and be aware of the process, you can do it at full throttle with this simple trick: put half a lemon in a sock and add it to the inside of the drum before starting the normal wash of your laundry in the washing machine.
- Use the baking soda. It does not whiten by itself, but it neutralizes lime and improves the action of the detergent, as well as softening. You just have to add a 500 g pack at the last rinse and that's it!
- And put them in the sun. Yes, in the sun. Although it is the worst enemy of dark and colored garments because its powerful rays damage colors, this same effect helps to whiten garments that have yellowed. You just have to let the garment dry well exposed to the sun and let its rays do the work.
And wash without rubbing
Underwear, as it is usually delicate, should not be rubbed hard with your hands. The trick to doing it gently is to put it in a salad spinner, and then rinse it with cold water. Wrap it in a towel so it finishes absorbing the moisture and hang it carefully.
