Whites Laundry Bleaching Q?

How exactly are you supposed to use bleach when you wash your whites?





Do you put the bleach in the washer with the detergent? When I do that my liquid detergent turnes from blue color to a light orange. Does this affect the CLEANING ability of the detergent?





Should the water be hot or can you bleach with warm or even room temp water?





A lot of stains don't come out for me unless I hit them individually with a bleaching pen. Is that normal?

Whites Laundry Bleaching Q?
Add the bleach to the washer as it is filling, then your detergent, then add your clothes when the washer is almost full of water.. The color change when you add detergent is normal; it's just the coloring in the detergent reacting to the bleach. It won't hurt your clothes or affect the bleach.


You can really use any temperature, but the warmer, the better. Whatever temp the tag on your clothing says is the one you should use.


And bleaching pens are great! They beat the old fashioned way of taking a q-tip and dabbing bleach into a spot. As long as it isn't the same spot every time, and you are washing the article right away, you should be fine.
Reply:My washer has a separate place to put the bleach, but if it didn't I would make sure to let the washer fill with warm or hot water (hot would bleach best) and then put the bleach in without putting the clothes in first, to avoid splatters and marks. If the clothes are really needing the bleach, put them in the hot bleachy water for a soak (shut off the washer for now). If not, put them and the soap in and go ahead and let them wash.
Reply:When the washer starts to fill with water, add your bleach and detergent. Let it agitate, to mix the bleach with the water, then add your clothes. The color change won't affect the cleaning power of the detergent, nor will using warm or cold water.





Depending on what the stains are, you might want to try using a "pre-soak" before you wash the clothes or add a cleaning booster, such as washing soda, to your load.
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Hmm, do they still make calgon water softener? I wonder if that would help?





I love using oxiclean. It is safer than liquid bleach. You can probably find it at most stores that have laundry detergent.





Oxiclean attacks the toughest organic stains and will effectively remove:





wine, pet stains, mold and mildew


prespiration, food stains, coffee


juice, blood, and much more





The liquid bleach you are using is only changing the color of the dye in your detergent.





You should always put the liquid bleach in the water first and fill the tub with water and let it agitate for just a bit before putting in your clothes.





Mostly people wash whites in Hot water, but it depends on the fabric. I would think bleach would work at all water temps.





Even with bleach some stains are not going to come out.
Reply:i put it in with my laundry soap let the water run then put my clothes in i use hot water for my whites