Over time or due to perspiration, white sheets eventually yellow.
To find white sheets, avoid using commercial whitening products or worse, bleach!
They are often aggressive and can damage the fibers of the fabrics. So, how to de-yellow white sheets?
Luckily, my grandmother gave me her effective tip for gently whitening laundry.
The trick to sparklingly white sheets is to wash them with baking soda . Watch:
- 4 liters of water
- 55 g baking soda
- 1 tablespoon of salt
1. Pour the water into a large pot.
2. Bring it to a boil.
3. Add salt and baking soda.
4. Mix well to dissolve them.
5. Immerse the laundry in the pot.
6. Leave to act for 1 hour, watching that it remains well immersed.
7. Rinse it thoroughly with cold water.
8. Wring it well.
9. Lay it on a drying rack.
There you go, your sheets have now regained all their whiteness :-)
Easy, natural and effective!
Your sheets have regained their dazzling whiteness! It's as if they were brand new.
No more yellowed sheets in the wardrobe!
And you don't even need to use bleach to whiten your sheets.
This method is also super economical.
Also think about it to clean a yellowed pillowcase or old yellowed sheets.
But wait, there are better ways to have brighter white sheets.
- To have an even whiter linen, hang it out in the sun. The sun also has a whitening action.
- If you want to whiten large pieces, feel free to double or triple the quantities of the ingredients.
Perspiration leaves mineral deposits which tend to yellow the sheets.
However, bicarbonate combined with salt neutralizes the dullness of linen and revives the shine of linen.
It is the deposits of limescale, minerals and detergents that turn the laundry gray.
Bicarbonate with dissolved salt limescale deposits and stubborn stains that make the fibers of the laundry dull.
It's the perfect natural option for loosening your sheets.
Linen regains its natural radiance and whiteness .
You are probably wondering why sheets tend to yellow?
It's the sweat emitted by the body when you sleep which tends to yellow the sheets.
Sweat is made up of minerals, especially salts.
These minerals are deposited on the tissues.
But above all, they tend to turn yellow when they come into contact with certain deodorants or antiperspirants.
One solution is therefore to use natural deodorants.
You can take a shower before going to bed to remove traces of these products.
In case you're wondering why sheets also turn yellow when left in the wardrobe, here's the answer.
It's true. Some sheets also tend to yellow, especially at the creases.
In this case, it's weather and humidity which are responsible for these yellow traces.
