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Don’t throw away your dingy white socks — here’s how to make them look whiter and brighter

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Don’t throw away your dingy white socks — here’s how to make them look whiter and brighter

White socks start crisp and clean, but it doesn’t take long for that ‘just new’ brightness to fade into a dingy shade of grey, with stained soles.

Even though I always sort my laundry into whites, colors and darks, when I pull those white socks out of the washing machine, you’d think I’d taken no care at all.

Fortunately, you don’t need to replace your entire sock drawer to restore that fresh, new look. With a few kitchen staples and specific washing techniques, you can lift the grime and bring those white socks back to life.

Pre-soaking grimy white socks gives you a better chance of restoring them, especially if they can almost walk themselves to the washing machine. So, instead of chucking them in with your normal white load, give them a head start.

Here are three methods to get those gray white socks back to white.

Oxygen bleach is a gentler alternative to chlorine bleach for whitening socks — there’s less chance of your whites turning yellow. I regularly add it to my detergent drawer, along with my normal detergent, before washing white bedding.

To presoak your white socks, add ⅛ to ¼ cup of powdered oxygen bleach per gallon of warm water, but check the specific product’s recommendations. Soak the socks for eight hours — I find it easier to leave them overnight. They are now ready to wash as normal.

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