Revive your brown stained socks using 'game-changing' natural cleaning method

White socks can quickly become a laundry nightmare, but fear not, as cleaning buffs have shared their top tips for keeping them pristine without reaching for the bleach.

Katherine Cerpa took to the Mrs Hinch Cleaning Tips and Tricks Facebook group in despair, posting a photo of her brown-stained white socks fresh from the wash, despite an OxiClean soak.

She pleaded: "These socks just came out of the washer. They were washed with warm water and soaked with OxiClean."

"Please give me some recommendations to remove these brown stains and make them look whiter."

The post sparked a flurry of responses, racking up over 160 comments, with many advocating the wonders of soda crystals.

Jane Ireland advised: "Soda crystals are really good and you can get them from most supermarkets and on Amazon.

"Depending on how stained they are, add half a cup to one cup of soda crystals to the washing machine and put it on a 60-degree wash."

Natasha Smith, a mother to a bustling brood of five boys and a girl, swears by soda crystals for their socks, saying: "I'm a mum of five boys and one girl and I always use soda crystals on their white socks. It's game-changing."

Meanwhile, Michelle Walker added her voice to the chorus, saying: "Soda crystals. It's amazing stuff. It gets my blokes socks looking new again. I just add the soda crystals straight in the washing machine drum."

Susan Wilson stated: "Get yourself some soda crystals. It's the best thing I've ever used to get my boy's grubby white socks up."

Alisha Dobbs suggested: "Soak in soda crystals and then wash as normal. The brown stains will be gone and the socks will come out like new."

Debbie Powell shared her insights, writing: "I have two boys and used to have the same problem. Now I just add a scoop of soda crystals to every white wash and they are now lovely and white."

Soda crystals, touted for multiple uses from unclogging drains to laundry boosting and stain removal, offer a substantial benefit.

For shifting organic blemishes, only a dab of this natural cleaner along with your regular washing agent is needed.

More stubborn marks may require a preliminary soak - a mix of warm water and soda crystals soaking the socks for an hour prior to regular wash does the trick.

Incorporating soda crystals into routine laundry is straightforward merely combine the necessary quantity with your typical detergent either directly into the drum or the drawer.

To prevent clumping of soda crystals by liquid detergents, it's best to use one ingredient in the drum and the other in the drawer.