How to keep white underwear white?

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Despite always washing my underwear with the whites, they start going grey, i've tried Ace laundry bleach but just can't seem to get them white again, any ideas?

Do you use washing powder?

Could be a sock or pair of pa ta stuck in the filter...

This happened to me!!! Filter had eaten a blue sock, gold bangle and a few other items! Lots of ruined whites for months and months!

Is there a reason you like white underwear? I haven't found a solution other than not to buy it but a nude colour is better under light coloured clothes anyway

I mainly have nude stuff too

Cheap cheap dishwasher tablets can help. The big problem with some whites is that they're actually a cream material that's dyed white so no amount of bleach ever brings it back.

Do you do sole white loads? Colour catcher sheets are your friend if not. You could also consider dying them?

I put a colour catcher sheet in with my totally white washes and that still comes out a little bit grey but at least the whites stay white. I can only think it's either the inks on the clothes labels that leach a bit or the grey seal.

I put the whites in at 60°, bio washing powder a scoop of oxyaction white, and a colour catcher. Even DS's white socks stay white after that!

I don’t let my husband wash them.

I always put sole whites in together with bio powder on a 60 wash, children's white school shirts are still white, it's just the white underwear that seems to be grey?, re. nude underwear, I'm aware it's better under white tops however I still like white under other clothing

Whites do off colour when Lycra begins to decay, either by age, or washing them too hot. I find that white undies stay white if you have wash them in hand-hot water.

60???

Who does a 60 other than on pure cotton???
Washing powders etc are designed for lower temperatures

I wash most stuff on 40. 60 for towels/bedding

I used to do everything apart from towels and bedding on 40° but putting the whites on at 60° has made a massive difference.. DS prefers white pants and socks, spends half his free time rolling in mud. His stuff is actually white again.

Napisan in the wash,soak in it if grotty grey then wash.i don't do chewing gum white