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White clothes are one of the essential items in any wardrobe. A white shirt can be paired with different types of skirts and pants to create stylish outfits without being too complicated. However, white clothes are also “troublesome” because if not well cared for, they are easily stained. Not only that, washing white clothes also requires extreme caution or else they will quickly turn yellow and lose their color, looking very dull.
How do you usually restore white clothes to their original whiteness after using them for a while? Do you still use bleach? There’s no need to use bleach, what you need is just a lemon right in your kitchen. Did you know that lemon is one of the most effective ways to whiten clothes? If not, it’s time for you to learn this simple yet useful tip.
We often use lemons for cooking, making drinks, and sometimes for cleaning as well. And another great use of lemons you can’t ignore is whitening clothes. The enzymes in the acidic lemon can effectively whiten a variety of items, including clothes. Lemon juice will act as a natural bleach, helping to whiten the stains on clothes. How can you do it?
It’s simple, you just need to cut the lemon into thin slices, then put them in a pot with water, white clothes, and boil them on the stove. When the water boils, you stir the clothes with the lemon. After 5 minutes, you can take the pot off the stove and wash the clothes as normal. That way, the stains on the clothes will be completely removed, giving you white clothes as good as new.
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If you don’t want to boil the clothes and lemons, you can soak the white clothes with 60ml of lemon juice in 3.7 liters of hot water. Soak for about 1 to 2 hours, then wash with water, wring dry, and dry in the sunlight.
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