Make a paste with white vinegar and baking soda.
Bleaching white clothes turned yellow.
Consider a water softener if you have well water.
Overuse of chlorine bleach can also cause white clothes to yellow when hung in the sun to dry because the sun adds another layer of bleaching due to ultra violet rays.
Luckily you can easily bleach them to restore their original brightness and remove any discoloration.
Remove the paste with plenty of water.
Alternatively soaking your clothes in two slices of lemon and hot water should naturally brighten white clothes.
Another way fabrics are whitened is with a fluorescent dye that makes ultraviolet light visible and reflects bright light.
Washing clothes with white vinegar 1 separate your white clothes from your colored clothes.
Or borax in every load of laundry and have never needed bleach again.
When laundry day rolls around take 5 minutes to sort through all your dirty clothes.
They re also quite vulnerable to stains.
Naturally you want to get your yellowed whites white again.
Fortunately this isn t as difficult as it may seem.
Over time many white clothes start to turn yellow.
The chemical reaction between the bleach and the polyester almost always yields a yellowed result.
Even white fabrics made from natural fibers like cotton and linen can turn yellow if they are exposed to too much chlorine bleach.
You can use white distilled vinegar in the fabric conditioner compartment of your washing machine with your regular detergent.
When bleach strips the bluing from the fabric the original yellowish caste is revealed.
Never bleach white clothing that is polyester or a polyester cotton blend.
Never use bleach on anything synthetic.
Rit makes a whites brightener that you can try to get them white again or a dye remover.
I use a 1 2 c.
Wash clothing and let it dry in a normal way.
White clothes can eventually lose their brightness and may even start to turn yellow over time.
Apply this paste to the yellow spot and let stand.
White is a fabric color and may be created by adding a blue wash to the fabric dye to mask the presence of yellow.