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Household Hints & Help

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12. My mom used bluing for the whites in the laundry! When I was very little,

Thu Nov 7, 2013, 01:18 AM

Nov 2013

in the 1950's, she had an old-fashioned wringer washer, too. I remember her running all the clean clothes through the wringer.

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Get your white socks white white again [View all] left-of-center2012 Oct 2012 OP

I think I'd run them through the washer first Duer 157099 Oct 2012 #1

I think I'd run them through the washer first left-of-center2012 Oct 2012 #6

Old-timey method, getting whites whiter. watrwefitinfor Oct 2012 #2

What great memories! NEOhiodemocrat Oct 2012 #3

So are you saying Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #4

I really wasn't saying that it would whiten them - just that watrwefitinfor Oct 2012 #5

Their probably is some truth to it. juajen Oct 2013 #10

Bluing in liquid form, should still be available. SoapBox Nov 2012 #9

Bleach and pay attention to the percentage... JCMach1 Oct 2013 #11