How to wash socks

Socks are a piece of clothing that is most often washed. Of course, you can stock so many pairs of socks so as not to wash them for two weeks, but this will not solve the problem, you will have to do it sooner or later anyway. Knowing how to wash socks correctly, you can significantly facilitate this process and save your time.

What to choose a typewriter or basin?

The question arises, what is the best way to wash, in a typewriter or manually. It is impossible to give a definite answer, it all depends on the specific situation. You can erase both this and that. But there are some nuances. If there are too few socks, for example, 3-4 pairs, then the machine is 5.5 kg automatic, you should not wash them, you will need to put something else on them, otherwise there will be an imbalance, a program error will appear on the display.

This is not a reason to refuse machine wash. Socks can be washed in a special small sock clipper. Thanks to such a machine, you can save water and save your strength. But if, you don’t have such a machine, and socks are all of different colors, then hand washing simply cannot be avoided.

In addition, handwashing is convenient when you need to refresh your socks or wash fresh dirt. For example, it is better to wash white socks immediately and do not wait for dirt to enter the fabric, and therefore you should not wear them more than once. To wash one pair, you can do without a basin at all if there is a sink in the bathroom. Importantly, do not forget to wash the sink after such a procedure.

Often housewives resort to double washing. First, the products are soaked in a basin, and then to enhance the effect, scroll them in the washing machine.

Erase colored socks

Before washing, be sure to shake off dust and spools from all socks, and then sort. Bright and Wash white socks separately from dark and black. You also need to sort the socks by type of fabric, wool socks are washed separately from cotton and synthetic. For washing cotton socks, you can use any powder. Manual washing is as follows:

1. socks need to be well wetted and densely soaped with soap, for example, household;
2. dissolve washing powder in a basin with water of 40-60 degrees;
3. put soaped socks in the solution and leave them for 2-3 hours, it can be longer;
4. at the end of time, rub each sock, paying special attention to contaminated places;
   

   Do not rub your socks too much, otherwise literally rub into holes. Better lather again and leave for a while.

5. when the socks become clean, you need to thoroughly wash the soap, rinse them and hang them to dry.

As for machine wash, you can use any mode with water heating no more than 60 degrees. Best of all, of course, is the Cotton mode. Before washing, you can fasten pairs of socks with clothespins, so they will not lose each other, and it will be easier for you to hang them to dry. Well, if you still lost your sock after washing, read the article Where socks go.

How to wash white socks

The most difficult thing is to wash the white socks by hand, especially if they lay dirty for several days. During this time, the mud has dried and eaten into the fibers. Therefore, do not wait, wash your white socks immediately. Lather well enough with ordinary household soap or soap with whitening properties and leave to lie for 40-50 minutes. During this time, the dirt will dissolve, you just have to rinse the products and hang to dry.

You can bleach darkened socks with the help of oxygen bleaches, instructions for using such products are attached. Follow everything as the manufacturer indicates, and the result will be obvious. Lemon and mustard helps to remove stains and dirt from white socks if applied for a while on the product. Before washing in the machine, be sure to rinse the mustard so that it does not get into the internal parts.

Important! White socks are best washed in water at a temperature of 40⁰With, from too hot water socks can darken.

If the above tips did not help you, then you will have to soak or boil. For soaking fit:

• boric acid mixed with water in the ratio of 1 tablespoon of acid per liter of water. After keeping the socks in this solution for 3 hours, wash the socks in the washing machine in the "Cotton" mode and dry;
• hydrogen peroxide mixed with ammonia. In a basin with warm water, add 3 tablespoons of peroxide and a spoon of ammonia, put socks in the water and wait 3 hours. The grayed socks after such a soaking will become snow-white. Rinse them well and dry;
• a quarter cup of soda ash. Add it to the water, it will help remove white socks. We'll have to soak them for several hours and wait.

And finally, the most time-consuming process is boiling. Socks are boiled for 10-15 minutes in water with the addition of powder and lemon slices, which has a good whitening property. We hope you now understand how to wash white socks.

Dry white socks in limbo, but not on the battery. Battery socks may become yellowish.

Features of washing wool products

Wool socks will have to be washed in a special way. Here are some guidelines for caring for woolen socks:

• They are washed using a special liquid detergent.
• It is possible to wash socks in the washing machine, but only in the “Delicate Wash” mode or in the “Wool” mode; in these programs the drum rotation speed is reduced, which means that the washing will be gentle.
• When washing wool socks by hand, use warm water with a temperature of no more than 30 degrees. Otherwise, the socks will sit down, their size will become smaller.
• Wash products not only from the front, but also from the wrong side.
• Squeezing warm products, do not twist them too much and do not hang them to dry on a rope. Do not dry them on the battery. Optimum drying on a flat horizontal surface close to the heat source.

How to wash socks, everyone should know. Therefore, we have collected for you all the important rules for washing these products both in the machine and manually. In addition, you can watch a story about the return of whiteness to white socks.