Let’s be clear: that thing of putting the blouse that you like so much in the washing machine has also happened to you and when you take it out, horror! She has faded and has been left with bluish spots. Or even worse, washing the white shirt that you wear over and over again to go to work and, when you take it out of the washing machine, it is left with stains the color of the garment that you also put in by mistake. We know that white clothes must be separated from colored clothes when doing the laundry, and what’s more, the correct thing to do is to put three washing machines: one for colored clothes, another for those with a light color such as beige and a third only for clothes in immaculate white. But as much as we know the theory to the letter, disasters happen when you least expect it.

“I’ll have to throw away the blouse” you think. Hang on a minute! If you are reading this it is because you still have hope that your will be saved from that fade. And you are right. Discover these tricks to remove stains and fix fading in the washing machine and your clothes will recover their usual color. And no, we do not mean that you put a little dishwashing detergent on the discolored spots and wash the garment over and over again… Now there are other simpler and much more effective tricks.

Tricks to remove faded stains 

Mix water with salt

Put cold water in a basin (add a few ice cubes) and a little salt. Submerge the clothes that have faded, and after a few minutes wash them in the washing machine as you always do. Try adding a splash, perfect when the fade is of a strong color. Do you notice the difference?

Laurel, water and baking soda, it works!

Another great idea to recover faded clothes is to boil some water with some bay leaves and a pinch of baking. Put the clothes in the mixture you have made and soak them for at least an hour. If you see that they are difficult stains and that they have not come out completely, repeat the steps that we have just told you.

Egg and water, the home remedy of our grandmothers

Another of the home remedies that you can try is to cooking plenty of hot water, add the clothes that have faded and leave them for a few hours. Once you take it out, first wash it by hand to remove the remains of egg and then in the washing machine along with the rest of the laundry. If the item in question cannot be washed in hot water, instead of using eggs, prepare lukewarm or cold water and at least a pint of milk. Do the same steps: submerge the garment for a long time until you see that the color it picked up comes off and then wash it in the washing machine on the program that the garment requires.

Diluted ammonia to treat the most difficult fades

It is about using ammonia diluted in warm water. Put theclothesin the mixture for 10 minutes and let them dry in the sun. Ammonia is a powerful product so you should leave this method for cases that really need it, if you abuse it your clothes will end up spoiling.

And for faded white clothes?

You can perfectly use the tricks that we have mentioned before and you can also try putting the stained in water with bleach or hydrogen peroxide. Both are ideal for erasing fades from white clothing. The same as we have said with ammonia, do not abuse bleach or you will see that yellowish stains end up appearing on the clothes due to wear.