Content
- 1 Care white socks: 5 Rules
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2 Tools and tricks wash
- 2.1 Machine wash: 7 recipes
- 2.2 Features hand-washing
- 3 Finally
You think wash white socks can be the same as the rest of the stuff? Then do not be surprised that they are shades of gray, stretched or not dostirany. If you want to keep them white, then I'm ready to tell you how to wash white socks at home.

Care white socks: 5 Rules
The main drawback of the white stuff - they are soiled and the ability to quickly lose "commodity" form. Before describing how to whiten white socks, I want to share with you a few secrets of care:
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Rule 1. Do not wear socks more than one day. Cope with light pollution (which can not be avoided) is much easier than to wash embedded dirt. |
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rule 2. Do not forget to pre-soak. Before washing, soak the socks, rubbed their soap and after waiting an hour or two. |
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rule 3. Do not use hot water. Them like dirt "baked" in the tissue, causing it to wash will be many times more difficult. |
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rule 4. Do not rub the fabric is strong. If you wash the socks with your hands, be extremely careful. Excessive friction are more likely to disrupt the shape of things (especially when it comes to products with high content of cotton yarns). |
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Rule 5. wash separately. Always sort laundry, separating the color and black from white. |
Tools and tricks wash
Adults and children's socks and you can wash out in the washing machine with the same efficiency, and manually. But that they remain pure white, you need to know about some of the bleaching agent.

Machine wash: 7 recipes
Before white socks washed in the machine, they must be thoroughly soaked in the bleaching liquor. There are many solutions for it, only to tell about checked on personal experience.
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Method 1. Boric acid Tablespoon acid (it is sold in any drugstore, and the price she had available) dissolve in a liter of water. Leave the socks in the liquid for several hours, and then extend in the machine in the normal mode. |
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Method 2. Lemon juice In bowl add water, mix it with lemon juice and leave the socks otkisat a couple of hours. Due to the citric acid products snow white will remain for a long time. |
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Method 3. vinegar In the not too hot water (40 ° C), dilute teaspoon vinegar. Hold socks in this solution need to half an hour. |
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Method 4. Baking soda Dilute teaspoon of baking soda in a glass of water. The resultant liquid fill the rinse compartment. The interaction of soda and washing powder will not only save on the dirt, but also to preserve the snow-white kind of clothing. |
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Method 5. Laundry soap Wet socks in warm water and rub them thoroughly soap on both sides. Wrap the items in a bag and leave them overnight. The next day, wash in the machine in the mode of a quick wash. |
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Method 6. Ammonia and hydrogen peroxide Mix the ingredients in a proportion of 1 to 2. Soak the items in the resulting composition of about half an hour and wash as usual. To get rid of the unpleasant ammonia odor socks hang out to dry in the fresh air. |
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Method 7. Turpentine This option will restore the original color of socks, long ago lost its snow-white look. In 10 liters of water, dilute 3 tablespoons of powder and the same amount of turpentine. Soak in the composition of socks for a day, then thoroughly rinse them. Hang to dry the product in the open air, to eliminate the unpleasant odor. |
Features hand-washing
It would seem, hand wash, do not fraught with special secrets and is elementary. But in this process there are some secrets that will help increase the effectiveness of the procedure.
To simplify your process of hand washing, try one of the pre-soak, the recipes for which I have brought. Do not get too rub the fabric, so it will wear out faster. And to keep the snow-white kind of socks, resort to digestion.

- In a saucepan with cold water, add the juice of ¼ lemon and grated soap.
- Dip in a solution of socks and put the pot on the fire.
- After boiling water boil socks another 20 minutes.
- Thoroughly rinse the product.

Note woolen socks not withstand digestion, they can be washed in a little warm water with a conventional shampoo.
Finally
As you can see, there are many recipes for washing white socks, you can only try it in practice and enjoy the result. A video in this article will give visual instructions on how to wash white clothes. In comments sure to share your personal experiences or ask me questions that interest you.
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