Dingy white towels
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Comments (13)Oxyclean!! Every couple of months or so, I gather all items that have tough to remove stains and white items. Fill the washer tub with cold/warm water and add clothing. Add about 4 scoops of Oxyclean. Agitate long enough to mix--then leave it overnight. My 44 yr old daughter was with me recently and brought the nastiest looking pink robe you could imagine. Her dog had drug it outside into the mud. Stains were very set. After Mom's treatment, she gasped!! Good stuff when you learn how to use it right. I prepare a lot of old linens for resale. Oxyclean gets the yellow out and yet it is safe for the most delicate linens. karen...See MoreBM White Dove looking too cream/dingy - color/finish help!
Comments (17)breezygirl, thanks for your input - it really does look yellow green in this room, no matter what time of day. I don't think I'll be using it, too bad I stupidly bought an entire gallon already! I did pick up a bunch of samples of whites from BM and Behr (while I was at HD to pick up the sample tile) to study over the next week or so, and thankfully I have not done all the work of cabinet painting - I'm just out $45 for the gallon of White Dove, better to cut my losses now and repaint the ceiling when I do the cabinets rather than go to all that work and not be happy. The subway tile is a soft white but not as yellow-green as the White Dove, and looks GREAT with the James River Gray and the appliances etc. I'll be taking pics throughout the project to document, I'll either be really happy at the end or I'll have filled my kitchen with a lumpy mass of concrete! To me, this is great fun although there is often a point about halfway through when I just wonder why I'm doing it, don't think it will ever come out right... but when it ends up well in the end the feeling of accomplishment is worth it. It's actually the second time I have made a major mistake purchasing white paint. At least this time it was only 1 gallon. When I was painting and doing flooring in the whole house (had less than 14 days to finish everything and move in as we only had a short term apartment after selling our condo) I bought *4 gallons* of Super White for the ceilings for some silly reason - having chosen Mascarpone for the walls (I thought I had to do "plain" white on the ceilings. Partway through the first gallon I realized it looked terrible. I just hated the idea of wasting that much money on the paint, but could not stand the idea of finishing the job that I would hate. So I bought more Mascarpone and did ceilings the same color (which looks great) and tried to sell the Super White unopened cans on Craigslists to no avail. Ace wouldn't let me return them even for a store credit or restock fee :( I ended up donating it. I thought I learned my lesson but I was so sure that White Dove looked lovely in everyone else's photos and was such a universal favorite (and who could not like the name) that I would love it too. Lesson learned - test the color in your own space even if it's "just" white! On the other hand, they do not have test sizes for the whites in my paint store and a quart is $17 vs $45 for the gallon - so it's better just to buy the gallon....See MoreDingy white linen jacket, how to whiten
Comments (48)Do you want to see stacks of damask napkins?...I even have some in the freezer....awaiting their turn on the ironing board! Huge linen table cloths? There are fine linens being made today, you won't find them on Amazon, but those who will pay for them can find them. What do you suppose the Queen uses on her breakfast tray? and there were coarser linens, spun on a flax wheel and woven at home....I have a sampler dated 1823 on a very coarse linen base. It's just that for the past 15 or so years that fairly coarse linen has been popular....and it will survive boiling just fine, but the color may not!...See MoreDo Matte White faucets/shower hold up or turn dingy/yellow over time?
Comments (1)Do you have significant iron in you water supply? Is it considered “hard” water? Do you have a water softener? Can you install one if you have hard water? Time to check your municipal water supplier website. Maybe call the faucet manufacturer once you know what your water is like and ask them what they recommend....See Moresocks
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