As it turns out, ammonia is a great clothes whitener AND it doesn’t cause yellowing over time OR damage fibers.
According to ehow:
Chlorine bleach is often touted as the best way to whiten whites, but not all white fabrics can handle bleach. It turns some materials yellow after the first use and with continued use may turn even classically bleachable fabrics like cotton a buttery shade. Adding 1 cup of ammonia to your wash cycle in place of chlorine or oxygen bleach brightens whites without harming the fibers of most materials, and it won’t turn your favorite white shirt a dingy color.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that chlorine bleach and ammonia is a very dangerous combination. According to ehow:
Do not mix ammonia with chlorine bleach. Combined, the two produce a toxic gas. Skipping chlorine bleach when using ammonia in laundry is a no-brainer, but bleach is found in other cleaning products as well, including some dish soaps. If (the ingredient list) lists chlorine bleach, chlorine, sodium hypochlorite or hypochlorite on the product label, don’t mix it with ammonia.
Have you ever used ammonia to whiten your clothes? How did it go? Any other laundry secrets you can share with us?
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Hmmmm.?
Thank.
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Stinky laundry
Is that horrible smell going to be left behind on your laundry?
Wouldn’t your laundry have an ammonia smell ?
No, i use it all the time, cuts greese and dirt. My husband has had some dirty jobs,foundry and zoo. Just be carful of spandex, destroyes it.