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watrwefitinfor

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5. I really wasn't saying that it would whiten them - just that

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 04:57 AM

Oct 2012

my folks thought it did. Whether it did or not, it seemed to be a little empirical evidence I could add to the OP. (Before I got carried away with all the childhood memories that came flooding back.)

I don't really think they put anything in the water - the only cleaning product I remember in the house was that home made lye soap. They used it for everything - laundry, dishes, floor and wall scrubbing, and I remember my aunt washing her hair in it. Later they used things like Ivory bar soap.

But I don't remember any "additives".

Wat

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Get your white socks white white again [View all] left-of-center2012 Oct 2012 OP

I think I'd run them through the washer first Duer 157099 Oct 2012 #1

I think I'd run them through the washer first left-of-center2012 Oct 2012 #6

Old-timey method, getting whites whiter. watrwefitinfor Oct 2012 #2

What great memories! NEOhiodemocrat Oct 2012 #3

So are you saying Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #4

I really wasn't saying that it would whiten them - just that watrwefitinfor Oct 2012 #5

Loved reading your memories and, being from the rural South, I'm sure my grandmother japple Oct 2012 #7

Their probably is some truth to it. juajen Oct 2013 #10

back in the olden days I remember my ma using a thing called 'blueing' for her whites/laundry. Whisp Nov 2012 #8

Bluing in liquid form, should still be available. SoapBox Nov 2012 #9

My mom used bluing for the whites in the laundry! When I was very little, Nay Nov 2013 #12

Bleach and pay attention to the percentage... JCMach1 Oct 2013 #11