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How to keep boys shabos shirts white without dry cleaning?



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amother
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Post Sun, Apr 04 2021, 11:42 pm
how do you keep your boys' white shabbos shirts white if I cant pay for them to be cleaned at the dry cleaners??


do I you soak in bleach first? or just use a special detergent in the washing machine???

pls share your secret.

tia
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SingALong




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Apr 04 2021, 11:44 pm
I wish them in the white wash using tide with bleach. No pre soaking. I hang to dry and don’t even iron. They stay white.
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shirachadasha




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Apr 04 2021, 11:46 pm
amother [ OP ] wrote:
how do you keep your boys' white shabbos shirts white


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amother
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Post Sun, Apr 04 2021, 11:48 pm
I use regular tide.
Wash in warm water (one before hot).
If I see stains, I wet them and rub in zote (pink bar laundry soap) and/or oxyclean spray.

Eta I only wash whites with whites
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Coffee beanz




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Apr 05 2021, 12:15 am
Wash only with whites. I use stain stick. Hard to find but amazing I wash on cold delicate. Squirt some oxi clean Palmolive dish soap in with the detergent and usually run 2 cycles in a row. The spray n wash stain stick not the spray. BH it's been getting mud and food stains out!
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BrachaVHatzlocha




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Apr 05 2021, 12:16 am
My son googles and read vinegar in the wash helps
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amother
Teal


 

Post Mon, Apr 05 2021, 12:19 am
Longest hot cycle on washing machine with bleach!
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amother
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Post Mon, Apr 05 2021, 12:20 am
Wash only with other whites
Pre soak if necessary, and you can soak with lemon.
Spot clean
Use the exact amount of detergent not too much which also discolors whites
Use a detergent with bleaching tide + bleach
Add a booster
Use the hottest water
Do not dry if there is a stain when they come out.
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avrahamama




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Apr 05 2021, 12:42 am
My kids shout spray the collars and cuffs and stains as soon as they take it off to put in hamper. Then just wash with all my whites. Hot water, detergent and bleach.
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lucky14




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Apr 05 2021, 12:45 am
I've never washed with bleach before because I'm worried that it will stain the next load of clothing. Has anyone had bleach stains on the clothing in a cycle after the bleach cycle?

(editing to add that I'm not the OP but I have the same issue with white shirts.)
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Rappel




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Apr 05 2021, 12:46 am
lucky14 wrote:
I've never washed with bleach before because I'm worried that it will stain the next load of clothing. Has anyone had bleach stains on the clothing in a cycle after the bleach cycle?

(editing to add that I'm not the OP but I have the same issue with white shirts.)


Never had an issue. I just wash with straight bleach
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amother
Ruby


 

Post Mon, Apr 05 2021, 12:54 am
Wash with only whites. Put oxiclean powder in every load of whites. Spray collar and underarms with stain remover
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SecretNinjaMom




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Apr 05 2021, 1:28 am
I pretreat with OxiClean spray or Shout spray and leave/let it set for 5 minutes. Then I throw the shirts into the regular load with other clothes and the stains are gone!
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amother
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Post Mon, Apr 05 2021, 4:50 am
Wash with cold water and detergent first. I soak with nature bright for the kids shirts and I spray oxygen spray on the collars and cuffs of my husbands shirts. Then wash on hot cycle with detergent. Comes out stark white every time.
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salt




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Apr 05 2021, 5:10 am
BrachaVHatzlocha wrote:
My son googles and read vinegar in the wash helps


I use vinegar for stubborn smells. Never heard that it helps for stains.
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amother
Yellow


 

Post Mon, Apr 05 2021, 9:29 am
Oxi clean spray (the red bottle)
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