Whiter than white linen - laundry tips please?

Try bluing. It's an old-fashioned solution: http://www.mrsstewart.com/

I wore white for over 6 years everyday while I went to med-school in Mexico.

Try a bar of soap called "ZOTE" you can get it at Target or walmart for under a buck.

Take a cheese grater and grate it into your washer and run it with the hottest water possible. You can add a very small splash of Clorox Advantage (or how ever it's called now), the "splashless" thick kind.

I would not do this everytime, but maybe once a month or so to bring back the brightness.

In my opinion, this works better than oxyclean.

I also have friends that said they used pine cleaner, they soak it in water with the cleaner, and then laid them flat and sprinkled corn starch on them. The corn starch would then suck up the liquid (pine and water) taking the "yelowish" color out of the fabrics. This works especially well with polyester and polyester blends. This I never personally tried but some colegues swear by it.

Bleach will damage whites over time. They will turn yellow or gray. I've heard that drying in the sun will brighten whites.

I use "Shout" and "OxiClean" and I never use bleach. Try using a bluing agent. I use "Mrs. Stewart's" brand. This will restore your whites (unless there is bleach damage, then nothing can bring them back). Make sure you dissolve the bluing agent in your wash water before you add the laundry.

"Rit" dye also makes a whitener.

I daresay someone has already told you this but you need to 'blue' the wash. You can buy it at any hardware stores. It brings white washing up to a crisp blue-white which makes the linen look new. Try it.

Use Vanish crystal white in your wash. It really does work!

Only ever use an oxygenating bleach, never chlorine bleach.

To get back the color or whiten whites I soak them in oxiclean dissolved in warm water 1hour to overnight,

Works great for tuff stains also!!!

Tide the powder not liquid and clorox bleach in hot water will give you the whitest results bar none!

i dont know if your in the UK or US but try whitewizard you can get it from lakeland