Getting Socks Clean

[Alex]

I'm sort of embarrassed to even ask this question because it shows a serious deficit in the department of domestic skills, but how do you get your light-colored cycling socks clean? My socks are dirt magnets, even on road rides, and I can't ever seem to get the socks white again. I did try Oxyclean or something that sounded like that. While it got dirt stains out of my t-shirts, it did nothing for my socks. I'm afraid bleach will ruin them, so I haven't tried it.

Any suggestions?

Alex (I'm no Martha Stewart)

[KnottedYet]

If plain ol' washing in the machine doesn't do it, I pre-treat my socks with Dr. Bronner's Castile soap and leave them sit overnight. (eucalyptus soap works the best, for some reason). And if that doesn't work, I just ignore the problem and wear the dingy socks.

(my laundry world is simple: if Dr. Bronner's doesn't solve the problem, I pretend there is no problem. )

[LBTC]

how do you get your light-colored cycling socks clean?

Don't buy white socks.

I'm no martha stewart, either.

H&B
~T~

[crazycanuck]

Don't wear white socks... Support some other odd colour..ya won't have to wash them as often...

I normally wear grey socks...I won't say how often i wear them either...

If you really do want to get those white sockies white..do they sell Napi-San in the US??? It works!!!

C

[VeloVT]

I usually throw a little bleach in with all of my non-delicate whites. My running/biking socks stay white!

Of course this means there are some white/light jerseys (and other things) that have to be a separate load (since I don't want to bleach them) that might otherwise be able to go in with the rest of the whites. But oh well.

[ChainsOflove]

Very interesting, I have same question! I ruined a really cute pair of black/white Terry socks by MTB in them. I tried soaking them in Oxyclean and it did NOTHING.

[ShubieGA]

I had never heard of NapiSan, so I looked it up on the Net. There are some US sites that carry it, www.simplyoz.com. And they carry varieties of TimTams too! Hmmm.