Theres more than meets the eye when it comes to these helpful little tags.
Learn when it’s safe to bleach your clothes and how to do it right.
Until recentlybleaching laundryseemed pretty straightforward: white towels, bed linens, and cotton clothing were a no-brainer.
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As for anything else, well, that’s what garment care labels are for.
Which Fabrics Can Be Bleached?
The first place you should turn to when debating whether to bleach clothes is the garment care label.
For that reason, she suggests reviewing the fabric’s fiber content prior to determining your laundering game plan.
However, she notes that white graphic T-shirts can, in many cases, besafely bleached.
“Choosing which punch in of bleach is just as important as choosing whether to use bleach or not.
“Laundry is personal!
Choose your treatment method accordingly and, when in doubt, opt formilder optionsto start.
This allows you to treat the garment with a lower risk of damage.”
Here’s what Gagliardi recommends:
Add 2 tsp.
Clorox disinfecting bleach to 14 cup water.
No color change means the item is bleach-safe.
How to Bleach Laundry
First sort your laundry into bleach-safe and non-bleach safe fabrics.
Bleach-safe fabrics include whites and colors that are colorfast.
