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Keeping white poloshirts with logo white?

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DTisMYdoctor · 20/08/2013 07:14

DS has just started school - white poloshirts with a dark colour and black logo.

I hate the way that the white in coloured clothes goes a bit grey after a while, and wondered if anyone had tips for keeping them white.

Should I wash them with my whites (and risk them all going a bit grey), or in with the coloured wash?

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Weelady77 · 20/08/2013 08:24

I was them in a white wash on a 60c turned inside out and they have always been fine ??

DTisMYdoctor · 20/08/2013 08:58

Lakeland do a stain remover cream - white wizard or something.similar - I find it really effective and it lasts for ages.

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Apileofballyhoo · 20/08/2013 09:23

Use those colour catcher sheets - I use these for any clothes with white or light stripes/patterns/logos compared to the other colour in the garment. So wash with the whites but throw in a sheet. To save money I wait until I have a full load of patterned type clothes, sometimes mixed with light coloured clothes, but I sometimes throw in a sheet just with my whites anyway because I think it catches any grime in the water. (I'm probably a bit OTT with this though.) I also wash those clothes at 40 if I can to minimise the colour run from the dark colour - though DH work shirts and things I wash at 60 anyway. There is an own brand Tesco version and sometimes Aldi have them a bit cheaper but only as a 'special buy'.

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OnFoot · 20/08/2013 09:39

soluble aspirin helps in a whites wash. DS has red and white PE kit and I can't use anything excessively "chemical" as it gives him ezcema. The aspirin works quite well.

Idespair · 20/08/2013 09:55

I wouldn't risk the rest of the washing. I'd wash however many polos you have in a wash on their own at the end of the week. And I'd use something like Ariel Actilift

DTisMYdoctor · 20/08/2013 17:50

Thanks for the replies ignoring my own accidental post on the wrong thread. We don't have a lot of whites generally and DS only has three of the offending polo shirts so I don't really want to do a separate wash for them.

I think I'll try the colour catchers so I can put them in with the other whites, though curious about the aspirin option!

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