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Towels and also kitchen cloths lose their beautiful color over time and can turn gray or yellow. This problem is very common, but thanks to this trick your towels will be snow-white again!
For kitchen cloths
We need:
- about 3 liters of boiling water
- 2 tablespoons sunflower oil.
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 100 g washing powder
- 2 tablespoons table salt
Method:
1. Mix all the ingredients in the hot water and immerse the dirty cloths in it.
2. Put the pot on the stove and boil for about 5 minutes over low heat.
3. Let cool and then wash in the usual way in the washing machine.
4. The result will pleasantly surprise you and you can once again enjoy the cleanliness.
For whitening towels and restoring the softness of the fibers
How to do it?
I got this trick from a former chambermaid at a hotel. You should bear in mind that this treatment is done a few hours before you wash the towels.
1.) So we prepare ordinary citric acid – I bought the one in a tub.
2.) Pour it into hot water (we should obtain a 30% solution, so I used 3 parts acid to 7 parts water).
3.) Let it dissolve and then add the towels. I left it to act overnight (at least a few hours).
4.) Then wash as usual. I also added 2 tablespoons of the acid to the wash.
And do you know what was best? The tub in which I soaked the towels overnight was perfectly whitened overnight – no brown stains. I call that a 2-in-1 job :-). And the towels, of course, were wonderfully soft and finally fragrant. No scrubbing.
Other gentle whitening methods without aggressive chemicals
Aspirin
Use aspirin tablets not only for headaches but also as a bleaching agent. Acetylsalicylic acid penetrates deep into the fibers and removes the gray tint as well as yellow stains.
Vinegar
Pour a cup of vinegar into a basin of water and let it act overnight. The next day wash in the washing machine and you will see the difference.
Hot water with lemon
Pour water into a pot, add sliced lemon and bring to a boil. Then remove the lemon and soak the laundry in this solution for an hour. Afterwards wash and the whites will be much brighter.
