DIY: How to Whiten Your Sheets with Laundry Bluing - Remodelista
There’s nothing like a new set of clean, crisp white sheets. Natural cotton is off-white, so your snow-white sheets were most likely bleached and/or dyed with the slightest bit of blue. Above L: A yellowed pillowcase. What Is Laundry Bluing and Is It Safe? Laundry bluing is an age-old washing practice whereby whites are rinsed with a bit of diluted, nontoxic, biodegradable blue powder. Laundry bluing requires only a few drops to a 1/4 teaspoon per wash. Always use glass or metal measures with bluing; it will stain plastic. How to Use Laundry Bluing To avoid staining, I wait until the drum is almost full with water, before adding the blue solution. The old once dingy pillow case L looks much brighter after a couple washes with Mrs Stewart s Laundry Bluing I found that laundry bluing... ...was effective at maintaining my whites and was well worth the effort especially when you consider that it s a more environmental alternative to bleach One note of caution, extremely discolored linens will not come out bright white after one rinse. If this happens, do not use bleach in an attempt to correct the problem, as this will just set the blue. Reckitt’s Crown Blue is another age-old favorite; Reckitt’s Crown Blue; $14 for 48 squares at Amazon.. For me, Reckitt’s was definitely less user friendly than Mrs. Stewart’s, resulting in more blue stains. For darker blues, I found Reckitt’s, which is more concentrated, to be most effective.