Comments on: Get my whites back to whiter than white!

Question: Get my whites back to whiter than white!

badlydubbedboy — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 07:25:20 -0800

A treasured white T-shirt (with logo) has gone from bright white to dull blue thanks to an errant blue T-shirt...

We've tried using Rescue It, but that has merely mutated the dull blue into a dull grey.

Do you have any ideas how to rescue my T-shirt? :)

(PS: I'm in the UK so references to most US cleaning products are alas useless to me!)

By: magodesky

magodesky — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 07:38:07 -0800

Bleach maybe?

By: itchie

itchie — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 07:58:07 -0800

How old is the t-shirt? I'm not sure if this is available in the UK, but Rit dye's White Wash or Whitener and Brightener might be helpful. (It's also available to buy on their website, if you have faith it'd work.)

By: ottereroticist

ottereroticist — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 08:01:22 -0800

More to the point is Rit Dye Color Remover:: "specially formulated to remove dye stains from whites washed by mistake with colored items."

By: parmanparman

parmanparman — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:54:59 -0800

I second Rit Dye Color Remover. I gave some to my girlfriend in England and she was floored when it worked on a white ramones shirt that turned orange in the wash.

By: winston

winston — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:33:28 -0800

Rit comes in small light packages. It should be inexpensive to mail if it's not available in the UK (I'll volunteer if you don't have anyone else).

By: Sallyfur

Sallyfur — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:32:12 -0800

If nothing else, one could claim to have attempted the old whitening technique using the substance called "bluing", where a slight blue tint was added to white laundry to fool the eye into thinking it white rather than dull beige.