This expert-backed guide will help you achieve and maintain your brightest whites when doing laundry Even with the most detailed fabric-care label ... in the wash water. There are no guarantees ...

No color change means the item is bleach-safe. Remember to check the fiber content on the care label and only test garments made from fibers you know are bleach-safe, such as cotton, polyester ...

Those labels ... for bleach’s chemical name, sodium hypochlorite. WHAT IT MEANS: Dry-clean. WHAT IT REALLY MEANS: Always take delicate fabrics like silk to a dry cleaner. You can hand-wash ...

How often should you wash your towels ... or microfiber. Reading the care label is important so you know whether bleach is ...

It’s happened to most of us: we’ve had to wash a ... are on the care label. These look like triangles and there’s only three options: a single triangle means you can use bleach, an X through ...

Instead of making it a guessing game—no, that’s not an ... found in the square on the care label. Be sure to check this before tossing your clothing in the wash to avoid shrinkage—unless ...

Now the indecipherable world of the wash-care label is to become ... dots and crosses that already appear on labels, there will now be symbols denoting non-chlorine bleach and professional ...

Follow the garment’s care label ... bleach. Bleach can be tough on synthetics, and hot water can stretch synthetic clothes or damage the fibers that make them stretchy. Don’t wash them ...