Bleaching fabrics that require hand washing can be carried out using potassium permanganate. In a basin, make a weak solution of potassium permanganate. The water should be hot and slightly pink. Place the washed laundry in the solution and add a handful of detergent. Then cover the basin with a plastic bag. When the water has cooled, rinse the bleached items.
Food stains are most common on children’s clothing. Traces of berries and juice are more difficult to wash off white. If the stain is fresh, then it will be possible to return the whiteness with the help of ordinary boiling water. Boil three liters of water. Stretch the soiled item over the container and pour boiling water over the stains until they disappear. Just put the little thing in the sink and pour boiling water over the dirt.
It is possible to whiten a white bra by boiling if there is no prohibitive marking on it. Fill a pot with water and add a little washing powder, a couple of tablespoons of baking soda, and submerge the laundry. Place on fire and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes. Then rinse your bra in cold running water.
There is a popular method of washing faded clothes. Clothes are washed in water with the addition of ammonia. Faded paint comes off and the original color remains. Two bottles of alcohol are added to ten liters of water. After washing, things need to be rinsed.