Whiten tulle at home 🥝 how to remove organza from grayness

Window decoration with snow-white tulle gives the home freshness, elegance and airiness. But like all white fabrics, tulle accumulates dust, and eventually loses its dazzle. The sun's rays negatively affect the structure of the material, and street dust pollution, soot and tar turn the light, delicate, dazzling white tulle into a dull gray fabric similar to used gauze. The most radical housewives begin to think about changing curtains. But you should not resort to such hasty decisions, as today we will tell you how to bleach the tulle from gray at home, so that it shines again, while spending a minimum of financial resources.

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How to remove tulle from gray at home?

How to beat off an old veil from soot and other pollution? A normal wash using white powder can, of course, remove the yellow tint of the fabric. But frequent washing will quickly spoil the product, and instead of the expected white shining color, the result is gray and smoky. The problem can be fought only with proven and professional bleaches or folk remedies.

In the article, we tried to collect all the effective methods of whitening curtains, let's start with chemical bleaches.

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Household chemicals for whitening

The modern chemical industry produces a great variety of bleaches, not only with a stain-removing effect, but also with bleaching.

Important! The downside of household chemicals is the one-time effectiveness. After repeated washing, the bleach does not give the desired result. In addition, when using chemical agents, one should strictly adhere to safety rules - use personal protective equipment and strictly follow the recommended dosage.

Application

To bleach kapron tulle at home in a washing machine:

• Dilute or add to the compartment of the machine according to the instructions.
• Chemical bleach can also be used after washing, soaking the curtains in the product for 20-30 minutes. Rinse thoroughly after soaking.

Important! Do not try to mix two incompatible types of bleach, as means in 99% of cases neutralize each other's work. In addition, as a result of such an experiment, toxic fumes can be released that are very harmful to your health.

Effective Bleach

As a bleaching agent, you can use:

• “Bingo tulle” is an oxygen-based whitening product.
• “Frau Schmidt” - flawless whiteness in tablets. To wash the curtains, one tablet is enough.
• “Pilotex tulle” is an oxygen-containing stain remover for whitening delicate fabrics and tulle.
• “Dr. Beckmann ”- for really white curtains. Special products provide quick assistance to yellowed and grayened fabric, restores original whiteness and freshness.
• “Vanish Oxi Action” - stain remover. For a machine wash, ½ cap of the product is sufficient.
• “Cashmere” - washing powder for curtains. Designed for machine wash at a temperature of 30-50 degrees.
• “Whiteness” is a Soviet jet bleach.If you need to quickly bleach tulle from gray at home, buy a chlorine based composition. The only drawback is that the drug is very aggressive, after repeated use, the curtain will begin to tear and decay. Therefore, for continuous use, such a composition is not recommended - it is better to alternate with safer products.

Advice:

1. To get rid of the pungent smell of chlorine, and at the same time to make the curtains soft, add fabric softener at the end of the wash.
2. When washing curtains in a car, select the following modes: "Delicate", “Gentle” or “Hand wash”. The water temperature should be no higher than 30 degrees, and the spin speed not more than 400 rpm.

Important! An increase in water temperature will lead to the opposite effect - the tulle will turn yellow, and a high spin speed will ruin the fabric structure.

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How to bleach tulle folk remedies?

The choice of method for bleaching curtains depends on the type of fabric from which they are sewn. The most common materials for tulle:

1. Organza is a beautiful, but very moody fabric. It does not tolerate contact with hot water and chemical bleaches. From folk remedies for whitening tulle from organza, fit:
   1. Hydrogen peroxide and liquid ammonia for soaking.
   2. Brine with green rinse.
   3. Blue rinse solution.
2. Kapron is a fairly gentle synthetic material. He needs gentle washing and delicate whitening. Kapron is not afraid of washing and soaking in saline, rinsing with brilliant green. Perfectly bleaches kapron product potassium permanganate.

Important! Perhaps, when you are done with the recovery procedures, the following information will also be useful to you:

• How to smooth curtains on weight?
• How beautiful to hang a tulle?

How to use home bleaches, we will describe further.

Method number 1. Salt and water

This is one of the cheapest ways to clean curtains. A pack of salt is found in every home, and you can use the product both before washing and after it.

To whiten the tulle with salt at home, proceed as follows:

1. Dissolve with water 3-5 tbsp. tablespoons of coarse salt (not iodized).
2. Add half a glass good washing powder.
3. Mix everything thoroughly.
4. Immerse the tulle in the resulting solution for at least 3-4 hours (you can also overnight).
5. Wash curtains in the machine with heavy soiling, and rinse with light.

Important! Salt can be used even after washing as follows: add 1-2 tbsp in a bowl of warm water. tablespoons of salt and leave the tulle for 15 minutes. Then gently wring out and hang. Salt will give a light shine effect, and washed curtains will look starched.

Advantages of the method:

• Low cost. High-quality whitening will cost several rubles.
• Availability. Salt is always present in every kitchen.
• Hypoallergenicity. Salt can even be used for curtains from the nursery, as it is not an allergen.
• Ease of use.

Important! Minus - the bleaching process will take several hours.

Method number 2. Zelenka

Do not be surprised, because with the brilliant green you can not only process knees and turn children into “grasshoppers” during chickenpox, but also bleach the tulle from grayness at home. You can use this universal tool even for very yellowed curtains.

Use a brilliant green solution after normal washing as follows:

1. Stir 200 ml of water and 10 drops of brilliant green.
2. To enhance the effect, add 2 tbsp. tablespoons of salt topped.
3. After a few minutes, look at the solution to see if a precipitate has formed. If not, pour the solution into the rinse basin. If there is a precipitate, mix the ingredients until completely dissolved or strain the solution.

Washing tulle with salt and brilliant green is as follows:

1. Pour 7-10 liters of warm water into the basin.
2. Pour the finished concentrate there.
3. Place the tulle in the basin and leave it for 3-5 minutes, periodically turning it over.
4. Get the tulle without squeezing, hang it to drain the water.
5. Dry the curtain straightened.

Important! By the way, with the help of this medical solution you can get a very interesting result and thereby diversify the interior. Find out, how to dye fabric with green.

Advantages of the method:

• Availability. Zelenka is in every home.
• Cheapness. The solution is very cheap compared to household chemicals.
• Whitening takes a minimum of time.

Important! Minus - it is likely that the material will not acquire a snow-white hue, but light green stains, if you do not mix the green well enough.

Method number 3. Blue

To wash the tulle from yellowness at home, you can use a small amount of blue.

Manual whitening

If you wash the tulle manually, proceed as follows:

1. In a bowl of warm water (7-10 l), add one cap of blue.
2. Stir the solution thoroughly so that there are no lumps.
3. Pre-washed tulle immerse in a solution, rinse for 2-3 minutes.
4. Rinse the product with clean water.

When washing in a car:

1. Add a cap to the rinse compartment.
2. Do not mix with powder.

Advantages of the method:

• Efficiency. Tulle becomes really snow-white.
• The whitening process does not take much time.

Important! The disadvantages of this method of bleaching tulle from grayness:

• Find blue in stores is almost impossible.
• The likelihood of stubborn stains. If you do not thoroughly mix the product, then spots may remain on the fabric. It is for this reason that it is better to rinse the product with blue manually, as some models of washing machines do not sufficiently thoroughly dissolve the bleaching agents (lumps of blue may get into the drum).

Method number 4. Hydrogen peroxide and ammonia

If you found vials with funds in your medicine cabinet, then you do not need to buy bleach, since you can cook it yourself.

Application

You can bleach tulle with hydrogen peroxide and ammonia as follows:

1. Pour water into a basin with a temperature above 50 degrees (80-90).
2. Pour in there 2 tbsp. tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide.
3. Add 1 tbsp. a spoonful of ammonia.
4. Mix the solution thoroughly with a spoon.
5. Dip the curtain in the solution for 20 minutes. Turn the product over periodically.
6. Rinse the tulle thoroughly with running water.
7. Without pressing, hang the tulle to dry.

Important! Minus of the method - can be used only for cotton fabrics of sufficient density.

Advice:

• If you wash the product in an automatic machine, add 20 ml of hydrogen peroxide solution to the washing powder compartment. Set to “Delicate wash”.
• You can leave the curtain for the night in a solution of water and a bubble of ammonia. Rinse the product thoroughly in the morning and hang it to dry.

Method number 5. Starch:

1. First of all, clean the tulle from dust and wash it with your hands or in the machine.
2. To prepare the solution, mix 200-300 grams of starch with 10 liters of warm water.
3. Dip the curtains into the solution.
4. Leave the product for 5 hours.
5. Hang the tulle without spinning.

Advantages of the method:

• The minimum cost of whitening.
• Starch gives a tulle a relief form.

Important! Minus - for the bleaching process it will take several hours.

Method number 6. Potassium permanganate

Brown manganese can also make tulle snow-white. For this you will need:

• 100 g of laundry soap grated.
• 1 cup of warm water.
• Potassium permanganate at the tip of a knife.

Application

Use the ingredients as follows:

1. Dilute the manganese with a glass of water to an intense pink color.
2. Add the solution to a bowl of water. The solution should be pale pink.
3. Pour the shavings of laundry soap.
4. Stir the ingredients thoroughly until a pinkish soapy foam forms.
5. Place the tulle for 30 minutes.
6. If necessary, wash the curtains manually or in the machine.
7. Rinse and hang the product.

Advantages of the method:

• An excellent result lasts long enough.
• Minimum time for whitening.

Important! Less - finding potassium permanganate is quite difficult.

Method number 7.Soda

Soda, like salt, is always in the kitchen. Soda can be used as an additional tool for soaking the product before machine wash.

Application

You can do this as follows:

1. To 4-5 liters of water add 50 g of washing powder and 1 tbsp. a spoonful of soda.
2. Stir the ingredients thoroughly until completely dissolved.
3. Soak the tulle for 20 minutes.
4. Put the curtain in the machine and wash as usual.
5. Rinse the product.
6. Dry the tulle straightened.

Pros:

• Availability.
• Cheapness.
• Ease of use.
• Fast and long-term action.

Important! Soda ash can become even more effective, and not only when bleaching tulle. About all its features and methods of application in everyday life, read our separate article "Soda ash".

Method number 8. Digestion

This method is also called passive washing, since digestion allows you to evenly remove all contaminants and pigments.

Application

For this method you need:

• Large galvanized pan.
• Stirrer.
• Washing powder or laundry soap.

If you got everything you need, then proceed as follows:

1. Dissolve the detergent in water.
2. Place the tulle in the tank so that it is completely immersed in water.
3. Put the boiling on the fire.
4. Boil the curtains for about an hour, stirring constantly.
5. Remove the container from the fire.
6. Rinse the tulle with warm water first and then cool.

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What to do with a strongly yellowed tulle?

Heavily burnt curtains are difficult to put in order using one of the following methods. In this case, an integrated approach is needed:

1. First of all, wash the product in a machine with the addition of powder.
2. Then boil the curtains in a strong solution of laundry soap for an hour.
3. After - soak the tulle in a solution of hydrogen peroxide and ammonia.
4. Rinse in saline.
5. Fix the effect by rinsing in starch solution. For how to cook this in a suitable concentration, see the publication for details. “Starching of tissues”.   

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Useful Tips

To whiten tulle from gray and yellowness to be the most effective, use the following recommendations:

• Be sure to shake the tulle before soaking.
• For soaking and washing, use only warm water (up to 35 degrees) so that the yellowness does not eaten forever.
• Take whitening measures immediately, at the first sign of loss of color.
• To make the curtains shine in the sun, add a little table vinegar to the washing water (for 1 liter of water - 1 dessert spoon of vinegar).
• Soak very dirty curtains overnight in water with the addition of powder or laundry soap.
• Be sure to wash the tulle before bleaching.
• For handwashing, do not rub the material, but squeeze lightly.
• After washing, do not unscrew the tulle by hand and do not use the “Spin” function during machine wash. Hang the curtains moist so that the folds straighten under their own weight.

Important! Do not use chlorine water during the bleaching process; never use hydrogen peroxide or ammonia in chlorinated water.

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We hope that our tips and tricks helped you whiten the tulle and it adorns the window with its graceful whiteness and airiness. All of the above methods passed the main test - the test of time. Therefore, boldly follow our recommendations in the future, so as not to harm the delicate, delicate and such thin material.