Terribly dull, but I gave our sheets a spa day yesterday. My husband tends to be a sweaty/oily kinda guy, and whenever I buy new sheets, they always end up looking dingy and yellowish (especially the pillowcases) after a couple months. This is despite washing them weekly.
I had read on the internet (and you know the internet is never wrong) that this problem can be solved by giving your sheets a nice spa day - oxiclean, hot water, and a good long soak. So, I filled up the bathtub, added some oxiclean, dumped in both sets of queen-sized sheets, and let them soak for 6 hours. Removed the sheets, then laundered as usual.
I cannot believe the difference it made! They look so much cleaner! I cannot believe the amount of staining that came out during the soak - the water was really murky when I took the sheets out. I’m so pleased that it worked, although wondering why nobody told me this before!
I’m going to make this a regular thing, probably a couple times a year.