[ronsroni]

All of a sudden, my whites in the washer are coming out PINK... constantly. I am using bleach, an oxygen booster and a color fast sheet for good measure and every article is pink.... sometimes deep; almost red. We do not have water treatment hookup... the 6 grand units that they swarm over you about. They never mentioned pink whites in laundry.
ANY IDEAS?????
thanks.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by ronsroni

All of a sudden, my whites in the washer are coming out PINK... constantly. I am using bleach, an oxygen booster and a color fast sheet for good measure and every article is pink.... sometimes deep; almost red. We do not have water treatment hookup... the 6 grand units that they swarm over you about. They never mentioned pink whites in laundry.
ANY IDEAS?????
thanks.

This fan of Proctor and Gambles Tide and former Cincinnati girl says..

Just try Tide and nothing else and see what happens.

[Phanatic Luvr]

Is it possible that the three things you are putting into your washer is causing a chemical imbalance. Try just detergent. I always use ALL Free and Clear as I have allergies and smells set me off. We do have a water softener and filter (definitely NOT the $6,000 kind) but I hardly think that the water has anything to do with it.
Try just detergent and let us know who you make out.

[Uptown Girl]

There may be some reaction between the bleach and the oxygen booster.

Try washing those whites again using a box of Rit ( You know, like Rit dye?)
They make one to whiten whites. It will say WHITES on the box. ( Walmart carries it)

Follow the directions exactly... don't improvise by adding anything other than what the instructions call for.

For extra insurance, first run the washer through a short cycle with no clothes, just a color catcher sheet. If you want, you can scoop out a cup of water while it is in cycle, to see if it is clear water. This is just to insure that there is no possible stain inside the tub that you can't see.

This Rit treatment may not return your whites to perfection, but should remove almost all the unwanted color deposit. It worked for me after a real tie-dye T-shirt snuck in with my whites in the washer one day.

I gave up on oxygen boosters.
They caused too many problems for me.

[jflynn1]

Originally Posted by ronsroni

All of a sudden, my whites in the washer are coming out PINK... constantly. I am using bleach, an oxygen booster and a color fast sheet for good measure and every article is pink.... sometimes deep; almost red. We do not have water treatment hookup... the 6 grand units that they swarm over you about. They never mentioned pink whites in laundry.
ANY IDEAS?????
thanks.

Have your water checked? The water here is not the greatest.

[rubicon]

Man you have to be a chemist now a days just to washing your clothes.
Geeezzz.