I have very hard water and need to know how to wash whites without bleach so they win't come out dingy?
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Brightening White Clothing
You should be able to restore dingy clothes to white (and not damage the fibres of the fabric) by soaking them them in lukewarm water and color safe or oxygen bleach for 24 hours, then rinse them with vinegar and water. Use one tablespoon of vinegar to one quart of water. Your clothes may be turning gray because you have hard water, and this diminishes the effectiveness of detergents, and often leaves a residue on clothing. If you think this is the case, you may want to add a powdered water softener to your wash, particularly when washing white clothes.:)
There are great bleach alternatives like Clorox 2 and Oxy Clean. I use both and they work great. I also use plain old hydrogen peroxide straight out of the bottle on tough stains, so you can use that to spot treat whites. All three of these products are available at grocery stores, Target, WalMart, KMart, etc. Good luck to you!
Another alternative would be to add borax to your laundry soap.
Personally I make my own laundry soap.
1cup borax
1 cup washing soda
1 bar of soap
5 gallon bucket
Shred bar soap in pan of hot water and heat until dissolved. Then add borax and washing soda. Stir until dissolved. Pour into bucket and add HOT water from tub until 3/4 full. Stir occasionally for 2 days until it gels up. It lasts my family of 5 for 3-4 months.
There is some stuff called white out it is in a jug it is used for laudry for whites for people who have well water and hard water, peroxide also works on whites I use peroxide because I am allergic to bleach. You can buy the white out stuff in the laundry section of walmart K-mart sometimes walgreens.
Tide w/ bleach alternative works great! It brightens colors and whites and smells good!
Tide
Gain
Cheer
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Wisk
All
Surf
Clorox 2
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