How to boil linen in a pan?

Everyone loves to buy white things. But not everyone knows about how to boil linen. But this process is simply necessary when the hostess compares the new thing with the old one and realizes that it has lost its original freshness and whiteness. These are the consequences of constant washing in the washing machine, which turns the laundry into obscure gray rags, no matter how much you pour the washing powder. To keep the laundry clean for a long time, you need to know the secrets of past generations.

Why boil white things?

Boiling white textiles is the oldest and most effective way to disinfect and bleach it. Once upon a time, all bedding and linen were made from natural materials. The only obstacle to digesting linen at home was its color. Now the fabrics are different, so you need to consider their features. For example, synthetics are generally not intended for washing, not only with boiling water, but even with hot water. But flax and cotton easily acquire a snow-white hue, if boiled. For this reason, before you start washing, you need to look at the product label.

Basic Rules

Mistresses from ancient times developed the rules for bleaching tissue products.

1. You need to take a pot of 10 liters.
2. Mix water with the selected product, and then lower the textiles into the solution. To household soap dissolves faster, it must be rubbed.
3. If the linen is clean, then it should be boiled so that it does not lose its whiteness and is disinfected at the same time.
4. If the laundry is contaminated, then it can be pre-soaked in exactly the same solution with soap, in which boiling will be carried out.
5. When the water in the pot with things boils, the fire must be reduced so that the foam does not fall out of the dishes.
6. It is not recommended to throw dirty laundry into boiling water in order to avoid brewing dirt, which then does not wash out.
7. During the entire bleaching process, things should be mixed so that they boil evenly.
8. If after boiling dry the textiles on the street from the sunny side, then it will acquire an unusual freshness.

These are simple rules on how to properly boil linen, will help any housewife to make her things unusually clean, to give them snowy whiteness and icy freshness.

Recipes for solutions for boiling clothes

If you could not bleach things in a normal soap solution, then there are several alternative methods of washing clothes.

1. You need to take 25 grams of soda and the same amount of salt per 1 liter of water. The boiling time of the product does not differ from the usual method and is 2 hours. After such an event, things should be simply rinsed in warm water.
2. Also, ammonia (2 tablespoons) and hydrogen peroxide (2 tablespoons) can be added to this solution. With this tool, bleaching textiles should be no more than 50 minutes.
3. Such a remedy can whiten things at home: in 10 liters of water, mix half a liter of bleach and 500 grams of salt. Chlorine can be replaced with bleach.

Young mothers do not consider it necessary to bleach diapers, but doctors recommend digestion for babies' things. This is especially true in the first weeks of a baby’s life, when the umbilical wound heals, which is a vulnerable spot for various infections. To bleach baby clothes, you need to use only baby soap, and reduce the boiling process to half an hour. Rinse such things more carefully.

Recommendations for the digestion of white things

Wash white things has always been very difficult. The boiling method in this case is the most effective, but requires certain skills and knowledge.

Traditionally, linen is boiled in a special pan, which is popularly called "boiling out." It should be enameled or stainless steel. Aluminum or zinc is not suitable for such a process because of the property of these materials to oxidize when heated, which entails the formation of rusty rust on things.

• The vessel must be large in order to accommodate as many things as you need to wash. It is necessary to count on such a ratio of water and linen: 10 liters per 1 kilogram.
• Detergents must be mixed in water before you load textiles. Do not immerse things in hot water. All the time you should mix the linen in the pan with special wooden tongs.
• If you pre-soaked things, then forty minutes will be enough for bleaching, if not, then boil them for up to two hours. When using powder instead of laundry soap, the digestion process takes less time. It is possible to take out linen only after the solution has completely cooled down.
• Cotton or linen items are suitable for digestion, while synthetics will acquire a yellowish tint. Batisty things can be damaged in general due to interaction with hot water.
• After you take out the laundry, it should be thoroughly rinsed in several waters to remove all detergents. It is recommended to dry it in the fresh air, which will give things a pleasant aroma.

Now you know everything about boiling laundry. It remains to put this into practice - and the title of the best housewife is guaranteed to you. Because white tablecloths, sheets always cause the envy of negligent housewives who do not know about ways to make things snow-white at home.