# Fix for bleach-yellowed shirt **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 11, 2004, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fix-for-bleach-yellowed-shirt/263985 "2004-09-11T01:53:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2004, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fix-for-bleach-yellowed-shirt/263985/1 "2004-09-11T01:53:22Z")
My white shirt was washed with bleach and turned dingy yellow. Usually bleach whitens the laundry, but I’ve found this yellowing happens about 10% of the time - at least here in Trinidad. Is there anyway to remedy this and get the shirt white again? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2004, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fix-for-bleach-yellowed-shirt/263985/2 "2004-09-11T02:14:50Z")
Bluing? (Do they still _make_ bluing?) ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2004, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fix-for-bleach-yellowed-shirt/263985/3 "2004-09-11T02:45:50Z")
I have a bottle of bluing that I bought around 1991 or so when Mr. S had put three of my favorite white logo T-shirts in with a red sock. It’s a lifetime supply. I have three white gauze shirts that I wear a lot in the summer, and at least once a year they get bleached and blued to take out the yellow dinge. Works like a charm.