Keeping White Socks White

"I love Jerry Baker's helpful tips and household recipes, and here's another from his book. Dirty white socks will come clean as a whistle if you try this:"
 
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Ready In:
6mins
Ingredients:
2
Yields:
1 pot
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ingredients

  • water (1 medium or large pot, size of pot and amount of water depends on how many stained socks you want to)
  • 1 lemon
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directions

  • Boil water with the (sliced or quartered) lemon.
  • Add socks.
  • Boil for a couple of minutes, then wash as usual.

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Reviews

  1. I admit I was skeptical when I tried this. I used this treatment on 4 socks at various stages of dirtiness, boiling them for 5 minutes. I put safety pins on them, and then washed a batch of socks. After they were done, we compared the treated socks and the untreated socks. There was no visible difference.
     
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