What is the best way to get dirty white socks really white again?

Uh…bleach?

yeaaaa

I use Bleach but they are still not as white as I would like them to be…

Bleach and water then sun dry

I 5th the bleach. How white do you want them to be? there socks.

when they come out of the wash and are still damp, spray them with hydrogen peroxide, then hang them to dry in the sun.

I learned some tricks from my mom and it works. Her whites are ALWAYS bright white. First, of all you soak the whites in COLD water for an hour or so. I usually soak them overnight. Then spin it. I then was then on COLD/WARM and add some bleach and detergent. There is always this stuff called “Mrs. Stewart’s” it’s concentrated liquid bluing. My grandmother used to use it in the olden days and my mom just found here. It’s a blue bottle and she found it at Safeway. Seems like a long process, but it’s works.

@baby; I find that life is too short for your mom’s system. I’d just buy new socks. And how many people check out socks anyway..Many manufacturers put artificial whiteners in their clothes, I think. Too busy to do the research. (they’re = they are; *there is opposite of here, if anyone still cares.)

gailcalled- if your answer is about me, tell me or say my name on here because I just noticed I put “there” and shouldve put they’re… I was in my class and on my phone so I wanted to type it fast, sorry about the bad grammar (I do still care, it was simply an error)... Next time let me know it was me because it makes me feel stupid, like you’re hinting it!

But I agree with you gail, life is too short and socks can be quite cheap.

Sorry; TheHaight. I thought it was more tactful to make a general statement. It is an error that comes up so often. The trick is to see whether “they are” works. On this sidebar, there is a recent question about multi-tasking. I am too old to do more than one thing at a time. How in the world do you manage class AND iPhone at the same time :-)

This cat has been Crankycat today, and that has made me cranky Gail. Sorry, again.

I appreciate the correction! I really do.. And it makes me feel a bit nostalgic because that reminds me of my mother (who is a teacher and has corrected me all of my life!)
I really shouldn’t be on here, I’m in my biology class… But its addicting! If you look at in a positive way I am learning a lot on here as well. Again, Gail- its nothing and I appreciate your opinion:

or Vanish (trust Pink!)

“Omo wast door en door schoon, niet duur!”

@gail: It’s not like you are washing the socks one by one. The washing machine is doing all the work while you do other things around the house. Tossing out the old and buying new socks is taking the easy way out. We are talking about dirty socks. Not worn out holly socks!

Apparently, someone cares about getting their socks white or they wouldn’t have posted the question.

@babygall, that is a good idea for white shirts, and I’ll probably take your advice into consideration.. But for socks I really dont think I care how dull they are, thats just my opinion.

buy new ones

While I appreciate the new sock approach, in thinking about the environment, and the whitening that was done to those cotton socks to get them white in the first place, maybe trying to hold on to them is a good idea—“Green” -wise. And, in that light, not overdoing more chlorine would probably also be a good idea. So, washing in some good environmentally healthy soap, and using the cold-water method first suggested above by @babyg would be the tack to take. If you want them to be whiter than white.

what does Snoop Dogg wash his socks with? BLEYOTCH!!!!

Hanging them in the sun to dry is cheap, easy on the environment and does help whiten them. My grandmother would have said to lay them on some nice green grass to dry in the sun. Something about the grass would help whiten them, chlorophyll maybe???