HOW TO REMEDY WHITE ITEMS THAT HAVE BECOME PINK AFTER A BAD WASH | March 23, 2025

How many times have you happened to remove the laundry from the washing machine and find a white shirt that has turned pink without being able to fix it?

It can often happen that when sorting clothes to be washed based on color, we can make mistakes and end up with our white items faded .

However, don’t panic! Here are all our tips to remedy when a wrong wash causes color dispersion .

Let’s see together what they are!
Vinegar

To whiten a shirt or shirt that has turned pink, it is advisable to act as soon as possible. And now we will discover how to use vinegar as a natural remedy for a washing mistake .

The first thing to do is rinse the clothes with pink stains before they dry completely. The heat , in fact, could help the color to set and thus make it difficult to remove.

Then prepare the washing machine or a basin and add a cup of vinegar to the wash .

If the pink stain persists, soak the stained clothing in a basin with water and two glasses of vinegar overnight. Then, proceed with washing.
Hydrogen peroxide

Hydrogen peroxide is also a grandmother’s remedy for faded clothes , but also for eliminating sweat stains under the armpits, as you can see in this video:

We usually use it to disinfect small wounds and for this reason hydrogen peroxide is never missing in the house! But not everyone knows that it has whitening properties and that it is also useful for laundry . It can be a valid alternative to remedy a bad wash .

All you need to do is add a spoonful of it to your usual ecological detergent in the washing machine, insert the stained clothes and proceed with the usual wash.

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Bicarbonate

Another remedy you can use to recover your pink-stained clothes is baking soda