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Thread Number: 83661
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Came across this in my news feed ...I Could Never Get My White Sheets Really Clean... |
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Post# 1080017 , Reply# 2 7/6/2020 at 08:09 (1,389 days old) by donprohel  (I live in Munich - Germany, but I am Italian) |
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Seems a quite common issue I am not sure if the the technical term for that is "copy and paste" or rather "Internet contents supplier" CLICK HERE TO GO TO donprohel's LINK | ||
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Post# 1080019 , Reply# 3 7/6/2020 at 09:16 (1,389 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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Worth Remembering That modern US washers call 'hot' what we used to call 'luke-warm'. At best. They use too little water, too little heat, too little detergent and not sufficient rinsing to get clothes clean.
The rules of nature aren't subject to political (or, for that matter, religious) musings.
Oh, and, yes - Thomas is quite right. Heck, our dog's bed sheets get changed out more often at once a week than do many peoples' bedsheets. | ||
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Post# 1080022 , Reply# 4 7/6/2020 at 09:39 (1,389 days old) by philcobendixduo (San Jose) |
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I have noticed.....
....."oil stains" from my hair and/or face on my colored pillowcases - even after washing them in WARM water with detergent. I will have to try this baking soda wash and vinegar rinse to see if the stains are removed. BTW - I am using Kirkland liquid detergent in my 1987 Kenmore Limited Edition Electronic Fabric Care washing machine. 10 minute wash. Permanent Press cycle.
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| Post# 1080030 , Reply# 5 7/6/2020 at 10:43 (1,389 days old) by Maytagbear (N.E. Ohio) | ||
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Remember......... Baking soda is a source of water softening sodium. One might have an accidental oversudsing event. "Your milage may....." Lawrence/Maytagbear | ||
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Post# 1080040 , Reply# 6 7/6/2020 at 12:13 (1,389 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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 Well, with my Whirlpool front loader, I know my hot water wash can heat to 125 to 130 degrees just on the Whites cycle. That with Tide Ultra Stain Release gets my light colored sheets clean and stain free.
Each sett is used between 7 & 10 days each and then changed and and then both sets are washed together to make a full load. | ||
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Post# 1080124 , Reply# 7 7/6/2020 at 23:14 (1,388 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Post# 1080145 , Reply# 8 7/7/2020 at 07:13 (1,388 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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| Post# 1080170 , Reply# 9 7/7/2020 at 11:51 (1,388 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
Keeping bedding fresh, and white
I always use Foca detergent, and plenty of ammonia with whites. Bedding is laundered weekly. We shower every morning, and sometimes in summer take a second shower, if working outside. No problem with dingy sheets here. When sheets, and pillowcases are worn out, (always the bottom sheet, is the first to go) they are still nice and white.
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Post# 1080754 , Reply# 11 7/12/2020 at 13:35 (1,383 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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 We have over a doz. sets of Cal King sheets, 4 of them over 35 years old. I change the bed once a week on Saturday morning. I’ve always washed them in hot water, the four sets of white sheets get a dose of LCB most of the time, but not always. Even the four sets over 35 years old have no stains, no odor of body oils, and are clean as a whistle.
I’ve owned at least 20 different washing machines over the last 35 years, some have been better performers than others, but they’ve all gotten the sheets clean every week.
My current washing machine on the Normal/Regular cycle, which I use for all the sheets except the flannel sets, uses a lower, but adequate water level and spray rinses on the Auto Sense option and the cycle takes 34 mins with hot water. I was reticent to use this cycle at first, but thought well the only way to know if its effective is to try it. If I don’t like the results then don’t use it again. There are options for full fill washes and deep water rinses, even 2 rinses. I’ve tried them all, and I find that the 34 min. cycle I use most of the time does an excellent job on every load that I’ve washed this way. I think its because of the higher concentration of detergent in the water. And using HE Gain Original Liquid they have NO residual detergent when the cycle is finished. I realize that many here will take this as heresy for doing laundry. But the proof is in the pudding.
Bottom line, if you want your sheets to be clean, CHANGE them at least once a week, wash them in hot water, and have at least 3-4 sets so you can rotate them, minimizing wear and tear.
Eddie | ||
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Post# 1080797 , Reply# 12 7/12/2020 at 18:53 (1,383 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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I've told ya
That yellowing seen on bed linens is same as shirt collars; body oils combined with soil that has oxidized. Basically as with any oil the substance has gone off hence changed from clear to yellow.
This is not new and laundresses, laundries and others have been dealing with it for centuries. If bed linens and whatever are coming out of wash yellowed, then it isn't a matter of "stripping" anything. Rather wash day habits are slovenly and want changing. In particular whatever detergent or soap being used, and or technique for wash day isn't doing what it should; remove all those oils from textiles. Remember those old "ring around the collar" Wisk detergent adverts? That liquid detergent contained something powders then (and most today still not), solvents and emulsifiers that will break down and remove oil and grease. WE know from that other television advert (Seven Seas salad dressing) that oil and vinegar don't mix. Well neither do oil and water. Hence you need some sort of emulsifier just as when making mayonnaise. Powder detergents then (and many still today) relied upon brute force of high pH; all that washing soda, sodium hydroxide, sodium metasilicate, soap and other alkaline substances that break down oils by saponification basically. Those of you adding ammonia (ammonium hydroxide) to wash are doing same thing. AH is a base gas suspended in water creating ammonia solution. That whiff you get from the stuff is ammonia quickly evaporating back into a gas. Fels Naptha soap of old was great at getting out oils (and is why many used it for shirt collars), thanks to addition of Stoddard solvent; essentially dry cleaning petro chemical bonded to soap which enhanced cleaning. At one time one could buy soap with benzine or simply added the stuff to wash (very dangerous). Key to keeping whites that way is simple. Don't wear/use things for days or weeks on end, and send them to wash promptly. Taking linens off bed, and leaving them to sit in hamper for several days, week or longer just prolongs contact and gives those stains time to oxidize. Rest is pretty basic, using proper detergent, in right water temp with good mechanical action should keep things white. Addition of good oxygen bleach with each load, or the occasional use of chlorine bleach should help things along. In old days laundries would use oxalic acid to bleach out yellow on sheets and shirts. But that substance can do a number on cotton and linens so is best left alone. What's that you say? What about bluing? For things that are already white but have just a tinge of yellow, the stuff will work well enough. But if we're talking about moderate to severe yellowing bluing does nothing. You end up with a white article tinted blue and the yellow area an odd color due to blue overlay. | ||
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Post# 1080817 , Reply# 13 7/12/2020 at 22:04 (1,383 days old) by lakewebsterkid (Dayton, Ohio) |
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ea56 What kind of machine do you have? A GE TL? I am shocked you find that rinsing adequate based off of hearing other people's stories. The newer GE HE TL I have used actually does a good job. | ||
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Post# 1080822 , Reply# 14 7/12/2020 at 22:20 (1,383 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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Lakewebsterkid its a Roper RTW4156FW TL with a dual action agitator. Purchased at Lowes for $399.00, such a deal. Since I bought mine 14 mo ago its gone up in price. If I use it with the deep fill option its just like a conventional TL of yore. The turnover is remarkable. But living in California where we have a perennial shortage of water I feel guilty using that much water when its not necessary.
The Auto Sense fill option works great with the spray rinses. When I wash something bulky like pillows, a king bedspread, blanket or comforter I use a deep fill. For everyday loads of clothing, linens, towels, ect. this works very well. And even tough the spin speed is only 700 rpms, the loads spinout well, damp and not excessively wet. Most loads dry in the time it takes the next load to wash for a 34 min. Normal/regular cycle. I wash just about everything in hot water.
Eddie CLICK HERE TO GO TO ea56's LINK | ||
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Post# 1125139 , Reply# 16 8/6/2021 at 15:30 (993 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 1125144 , Reply# 17 8/6/2021 at 15:57 (993 days old) by Mrsalvo (New Braunfels Texas) |
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Glenn, yes I noticed that too. Had to read between the lines! Would read it, “washing their underwear after every five uses...”. I can’t imagine there’s any detergent out there that could take care of the severity of stains. Would be better off buying new underwear.
Barry This post was last edited 08/06/2021 at 16:31 | ||
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Post# 1125148 , Reply# 19 8/6/2021 at 16:04 (993 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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Wearing your underwear five times before changing it and washing it is disgusting! These people must stink to high heaven.
Its one thing if for one reason or another you’re unable to change you underwear, like your stranded in the jungle, lost in the forest, on a battlefield during a war, in a submarine during wartime or kidnapped and locked up. But if you are free and domiciled there’s no reason to be so filthy other than plain laziness. And why would you proudly share this information with anyone? Ya just gotta be clueless! Eddie | ||
| Post# 1125159 , Reply# 21 8/6/2021 at 17:21 (993 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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| Post# 1125362 , Reply# 22 8/8/2021 at 16:10 (991 days old) by sarahperdue (Alabama) | ||
True confessions
Sheets once a year! Ugh!
A friend of mine once told me that people sleep under duvets without sheets--she said that's what duvet covers were for. Ick again. Now for confessions-- Yeah, we probably let our sheets go more than a week, but probably never as long as two. I prefer it when we wash them more often. I'm a poor cleaner and borderline hoarder. I've done a lot of selling on eBay but am not diligent with listing items, so they pile up. We don't have accumulated rotting things or filth, but I need to do a lot better. I have bipolar disorder which might be an explanation but not an excuse. Regarding underwear, I have had cotton underwear since young adulthood and washed every wear except on very depressive days. I had two very large babies naturally and have light bladder leakage. For many years, I've been wearing disposable liners and washing underwear every day. I hated disposing of so much waste especially since the leakage is very light. Even with the liners, I would have a slight urine smell, and I am determined to do everything I can to avoid being one of those older people who smells like urine all of the time. About a year ago, I took a page out of the cloth diapering play book. I knitted untreated wool, felted it and sewed it in to my underwear. Natural wool with lanolin fights bacteria and odors like nobody's business. I pushed the limits when testing my new underwear. I'd wear a pair all day long, hang it up liner side out over night, give it an embarrassingly thorough sniff and wear it again. There wasn't a hint of odor for as long as five days--after which I washed anyway. I rarely wear them more than twice now, but the wool is truly amazing. I don't smell of urine at all any more. Clothes--again I wear several times before washing. There are more than a few companies manufacturing performance wool clothes that don't have to be washed very often. I have several garments including a dress that I wear almost every day. I have to wash them to get the cat hair off long before they smell dirty. woolx.com wool&.com Now y'all know some of my darkest secrets, Sarah | ||
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Post# 1125592 , Reply# 25 8/12/2021 at 03:30 (987 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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