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  • adjective Capable of being bleached without excessive damage, as articles of laundry.

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bleach +‎ -able

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Examples

  • Obey care labels about bleaching on any fabric or finish that is not generally bleachable.

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  • • Disinfecting and deodorizing kitchen cloths bleachable dishcloths and synthetic sponges and the sink at the same time: See chapter 13, pages 175-76.

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  • Some prints and colors are bleachable, but the bleaching will hasten the fading; and unless you wash all pieces of a set at the same time in the same loads, some will fade at different rates from others and they will no longer look good together.

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  • Thus, although I find prints hard to resist, I have moved gradually during a very busy period of my life to white and bleachable mostly white bedding of all sorts.

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  • • By using chlorine bleach on white fibers that are bleachable in principle, such as cotton, linen, or polyester.

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  • Generally speaking, white and colorfast colored articles made of bleachable fibers are the components of the wash that can benefit from bleach of some sort.

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  • • Disinfecting and deodorizing kitchen cloths bleachable dishcloths and synthetic sponges and the sink at the same time: See chapter 13, pages 175-76.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Obey care labels about bleaching on any fabric or finish that is not generally bleachable.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Although the major laminated-surface manufacturer in the United States does not recommend this, as a last resort use diluted household chlorine bleach on laminated surfaces to remove ink stains or other bleachable stains, even though this risks harm.

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  • If the fabric is chlorine bleachable, you might try chlorine bleach in the amount the manufacturer recommends, but do not add this until the enzyme product has had a chance to work, as it may inactivate the enzymes.

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