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  2. Bluing (fabric) - Wikipedia

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    Laundry bluing kit from France, with the bluing pellets. White fabrics acquire a slight color cast after use (usually grey or yellow).Since blue and yellow are complementary colors in the subtractive color model of color perception, adding a trace of blue color to the slightly off-white color of these fabrics makes them appear whiter.

  3. Bleach - Wikipedia

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    Bleach is the generic name for any chemical product that is used industrially or domestically to remove color from (i.e. to whiten) fabric or fiber (in a process called bleaching) or to disinfect after cleaning.

  4. Sodium hypochlorite - Wikipedia

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    Bleach packaged for household use, with 2.6%. Household bleach sold for use in laundering clothes is a 3–8% solution of sodium hypochlorite at the time of manufacture. Strength varies from one formulation to another and gradually decreases with long storage.

  5. 6 Things You Should Never Clean With Bleach, According To ...

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    And how to clean them instead, according to professionals.

  6. Optical brightener - Wikipedia

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    A white surface treated with an optical brightener can emit more visible light than that which shines on it, making it appear brighter. The blue light emitted by the brightener compensates for the diminishing blue of the treated material and changes the hue away from yellow or brown and toward white.

  7. How to whiten white clothes without bleach - AOL

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    Aside from bluing, you can also use liquids like a cup of lemon juice or distilled white vinegar to clean white fabrics, according to Rodriguez. Top-rated products for whitening clothes without bleach

  8. Textile bleaching - Wikipedia

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    Early method of bleaching cotton and linen goods on lawns A bleach worker The textile bleaching (or bleaching of textiles ) is one of the steps in the textile manufacturing process . The objective of bleaching is to remove the natural color for the following steps such as dyeing or printing or to achieve full white . [ 1 ]

  9. How to Use Bleach in Laundry the Right Way - AOL

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