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How Long Should You Soak Clothes in Bleach?
You can add bleach to every load of bleach-safe laundry along with your regular detergent to clean, whiten, remove stains and sanitize your clothes. Detergent alone is not enough.
Clorox® Disinfecting Bleach keeps white clothes their whitest and kills 99.9% of germs in your laundry. It works better than detergent alone on hard-to-remove stains including berries, juice, mud/dirt, ketchup, grass, coffee, red wine and tea.
Bleach is environmentally friendly
While they are sometimes referred to as “chlorine bleach,” there is no elemental or free chlorine in our bleach products. The sodium hypochlorite bleach active in Clorox® Disinfecting Bleach oxidizes soils and stains, and in the process breaks down almost entirely into salt and water. This makes it quite environmentally friendly. Since it’s even effective in cold water, you can save energy and still get great laundry results compared to detergent alone.
Remember to always check care labels to confirm fiber content before washing; avoid bleaching wool, silk, mohair, leather, spandex and non-fast colors.
Question
I always presoak my whites in hot water with Clorox® Disinfecting Bleach. Is there an optimal amount of time for this phase?
Answer
Generally, with presoaking, we recommend a limited exposure time prior to washing (1/4 cup Clorox® Disinfecting Bleach in a gallon of warm water for 5–10 minutes before laundering). Wash in the hottest water recommended on the care label with detergent and 1/3 cup Clorox® Disinfecting Bleach.