How to Use Bleach With Laundry

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When used correctly, bleach can get nasty stains out of your white clothes and brighten them to keep them looking as fresh and new as when you bought them. When used incorrectly, it can burn holes through your clothes. So if you want to get that favorite shirt looking nice again, just follow these simple rules for cleaning with bleach.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

A load of dirty white clothes
Bleach
Small glass cup
Washing machine

Step 1

Put the clothes in the washing machine. For stained articles, experts recommend spraying the stain with some sort of stain release formula that can be purchased at most grocery stores.
Step 2

Add the laundry detergent and set the cycle you wish to use on the washing machine. Most machines will have a cycle for white clothes. Turn the washer on to start the cycle.
Step 3

Open the door to the washing machine. Do this only if it opens from the top of the machine--do not do this with a front loader and fill the small glass about 75 percent full with the water. Fill the rest of the glass with bleach.
Step 4

Find the bleach dispenser on your washing machine and fill it slowly with the bleach/water mix. From there, it will slowly be added to the wash and will safely and effectively. If you do not have a bleach dispenser, wait until the clothes are completely submerged in the water and then slowly add the bleach/water mixture.

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DragonLilly said

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on 1/20/2009 This won't work either if you use a commercial laundromat...the machines don't all have bleach dispensers. Better to start the machine, add the detergent and bleach and fill the washer, then add the clothes. If you let the machine agitate for a moment the bleach will be dispersed in the water.