Bleach can be scary. Experts share their advice on how to soak and spot-clean without ruining your clothes – and it involves a hefty amount of caution
Bleach is an intimidating laundry product. It comes with the vague threat that it might ruin your clothes, it smells like a swimming pool and just generally feels like something that shouldn’t be poured into waterways. But it is a great tool for keeping white clothes white – a never-ending odyssey.
Like me, Zoe Mellick, a fashion lecturer at Queensland University of Technology, has always approached bleach with caution. “I have heard lots of horror stories about garments turning yellow or being eaten away,” she says. “I generally speak to my trusted dry cleaner before using any bleach product at home, as they have a lot of knowledge about removing stains on different types of fabrics.”
