Laundry Tricks : Whiten Dirty Socks

Socks take an incredible beating during a day. It is almost impossible to keep a white set from getting stained. Once the washing machine stops getting out the stains are those socks done for good?

Not if you have a few marbles around. Dump some glass marbles into each sock and tie them with rubber bands, sealing in the marbles. Do laundry as usual and you will find those stained socks aren't stained anymore.

The marbles help clean in a couple of ways. They break the soap bubbles into very small bubbles which increases their cleaning ability. The marbles also help by rubbing the socks from in inside like agitators do. WARNING: Some front load washers may have too much force and smash the marbles.