![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-have-11-kids-and-keep-all-their-shirts-bright-white-with-easy-washing-trick/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_Clean-white-shirts-hanging-on-a-washing-line-in-the-sun.jpg&description=A mum of 11 has shared her simple hack to ensure that children's white shirts stay as gleaming as possible without much effort and fuss - and without bleach as well It can seem like an impossible task to make your whites stay white, and while adults may have the option to avoid clothing of that colour, kids often have to wear white shirts as part of their school uniform, meaning that parents have to find innovative ways to make them look as good as new. And as many parents turn their backs on bleach, wanting to use something a little more natural, people can become stumped about what actually works. But one mum of 11, Joanne O'Rourke, has shared her "washing hack" to help others who are sick of stains on their kids white shirts. Joanne used to put the 32 shirts in to soak in a bucket to keep them "bright and white", but when her friend shared a different method of cleaning. Upon trying it, she instantly knew that it was a better way to clean, adding it was a "gamechanger" as it was "less hassle" and just "brilliant." She started by putting all the whites into the drum of her washing machine, then you need to get some washing pods and chuck them in and a "few scent boosters for good measure". She then she added Vanish Oxi Action into the washing machine drawer, and also added fabric conditioner. She turned the temperature up to 40 degrees, and then put it on a 60-minute wash. But the magic lies in the wash itself. "What I do now, I leave that machine on, on a Saturday night, for the first 15 minutes so it gets really soapy and really foamy," she said. "And then what I do, I pause the machine, then I leave the machine on pause for the whole night so the whites then sit there, and they sit there in the Vanish and all the bits that I've put in there, so it's just like an overnight soaking, so when I get up on Sunday morning, I then press un-pause and the wash will continue." Joanne said that it's just a "quick way" to get whites to stay super white, and smell amazing. S){kind=link}
A mum of 11 has shared her simple hack to ensure that children’s white shirts stay as gleaming as possible without much effort and fuss – and without bleach as well
It can seem like an impossible task to make your whites stay white, and while adults may have the option to avoid clothing of that colour, kids often have to wear white shirts as part of their school uniform, meaning that parents have to find innovative ways to make them look as good as new.
And as many parents turn their backs on bleach, wanting to use something a little more natural, people can become stumped about what actually works. But one mum of 11, Joanne O’Rourke, has shared her “washing hack” to help others who are sick of stains on their kids white shirts.
Joanne used to put the 32 shirts in to soak in a bucket to keep them “bright and white”, but when her friend shared a different method of cleaning. Upon trying it, she instantly knew that it was a better way to clean, adding it was a “gamechanger” as it was “less hassle” and just “brilliant.”
She started by putting all the whites into the drum of her washing machine, then you need to get some washing pods and chuck them in and a “few scent boosters for good measure”. She then she added Vanish Oxi Action into the washing machine drawer, and also added fabric conditioner.