bleach alternative?

[mezzBreath]

i have been super blessed to recieve hand-me-downs from friend. but the whites are soooooo dingy. i would never consider using bleach before but am considering it lately! maybe its cause im preggo...

ideas on how to effectively destain with a preferably inexpensive, organic cleaner?

[mamacat]

Do you have well or city water with chlorine? Sometimes clothes that have been washed a lot in city water actually get MORE dingy. You might try washing and then sunning

[mezzBreath]

Do you have well or city water with chlorine? Sometimes cothes that have been washda lot in city water actually get MORE dingy. You might try washing and then sunning

i have never washed them. they are "brand new" to us. just came to us dingy... don't know if there is chlorine in our water.

[mamacat]

Do you have a well? If not probably chlorine. Baking soda actually helps to whiten also.

[mezzBreath]

baking soda? great! i will give that a try. what about vinegar? what does that do to clothes?

[mamacat]

Yes was going to mention vinegar too! Might soak in a mixture

[shekinah]

7th generation makes a chlorine free bleach. They list the ingredients as being water and hydrogen peroxide. Would that work for you?

[ShangriLewis]

You could try washing them in tide or blue dawn. Then use blueing.

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[Auroras mom]

Try Oxyclean?

[cro]

We have city water and most of our whites have gotten dingy over time. Blueing doesn't help that much. (haven't tried blue Dawn, though.) Oxyclean and really HOT water does brighten them. :rockon And sunning helps too.