How do you keep your whites white?

[Missnurse]

Strange question I know but it is to do with DD!

I used to buy the comfort brighter colours/whites fabric softener for DD school uniform (red jumpers/tshirts etc so fade really quick) but it has now been discontinued and I am nearly finished my last 2 bottles. The red jumpers and her skirts trousers are easy as you can get colour washing powder but I wondered how I would now keep her white t shirt and socks etc White? I've found with white things in the past the grey eventually.

Any tips ladies?

 

[lindseymw]

I use an Oxy White (Vanish, Lidl's own, Asda etc) in the wash.

 

[Missnurse]

Thank you for that I'll keep my eyes open on the next shop!

 

[RachA]

What temperature do you wash your whites on?

I only ever wash them on 95 degrees. I use Persil non-bio and if they are really dirty I add a scoop if vanish oxi action to the wash. My whites always look really white although things like wipe board marker marks don't always come out.

 

[minties]

Hang out in the sun? Sorry, not sure as I have never had whites go grey.

 

[hattiehippo]

Hang out in the sun? Sorry, not sure as I have never had whites go grey.

Agree, hang things out in the sun as much as possible to bleach them.

I put a cup of Vanish liquid in with whites sometimes but otherwise I wash at 40 degrees and use non bio powder and I've never had whites go grey yet.

 

[RachA]

I tbh that whites tend to only really go really grey if you wash them with other items. I know people that wash all their clothes on 40 and the don't seperate anything and their whites end up grey.
Putting the out on the line is good too-I'm loving this unseasonable good weather as I'm getting my washing out each day

 

[minties]

I don't separate colours, but I only cold wash and most of the year I dry outside.

 

[Missnurse]

I seperate everything as I wash her uniforms separate to everything else and each other (red/black things together and white things together) I think I was just more worried her t shirts and things would go grey as I have had white things go grey in the past after many washes etc regardless of temp etc.

As for the line drying I do as much as I can but can't at the minute due to the not so glorious weather I'm having in Scotland, howling gales and torrential rain! I can only dry on a clothes horse thing then.

I will the oxy powder than someone suggested further up

Thank you ladies

 

[RainbowDrop_x]

I wash her uniform separate to everything else.

I do the whites on a 40 and add a few scoops of vanish in. The biggest problem I have is that I keeo shrinking the polo shirts