Here are some simple but great laundry tips!

Boost for Whites: Fill a basin with warm water and add a 1/4 cup of powdered, automatic dishwasher detergent.  Add socks, under garments,  or whatever you feel needs whitening. Swish them around, and let garments soak for 1 hour. Wring them out and put them in the washing machine and launder as usual.

The first time you wash those new colored towels or bathrobe, pour in 1 cup of salt along with your detergent, this will set the color.

Keep your jeans from fading: Before you wash your jeans for the first time, soak the jeans for 1 hour in a mixture of 2 tbls. of table or rock salt and 1 gallon of cold water, or 1/2 cup of distilled white vinegar in 2 quarts of cold water. After the soak, turn the jeans inside out and run them through the washing machine as usual, using a cold water setting.