I have yellowing plates, pillats etc. How do I get them white again? Please help.

I had the same problem and asked Wilton:

I forgot to add that I didn't try this since it was the glue that turned yellow not the plates or columns. Hopefully this will help you.

I use ammonia in my laundry and tubs when I want to whiten them. Maybe a long soak in a strong solution of this will help. I've never tried it, but give it a shot. I've always been told that bleach yellows items, so you might not want to go that route. I wonder if a laundry bluing agent would help??

I read in a post on here a while back that if you set them out in the bright sunlight it will whiten them up...Never tried it...so I don't know if it works...I have some very old pillars and they are very yellowed... Waiting till someone tries something that works...

I've heard soaking them in bleach water and I've heard about setting them out in the sun...I've never done this, so please let us all know what works!!!

good luck!!

I have soaked them in mix of bleach, soap & hot water.....nope, didn't work.

Then I said, 'what the heck' and let them soak in mostly bleach....nope!!

If anyone is out there and has a tried and true magical potion for this problem, PLEASE let us know. It will surely be greatly appreciated.

I have the Wilton tall tier set and haven't used them for a few years. Yesterday, when I pulled them out, they had yellowed some. I put them in the bathtub with hot water, bleach and Electrasol dishwater tabs and let them soak overnight. This morning, they were 99% better. The only yellowed spots were on the underside and they were hard to see. Thank goodness I don't have to buy replacement parts!

Any other suggestions??

I have the same white plastic plates/pillars that I received from a friends grandmother. They are pretty yellow however. I tried soaking in bleach mixtures and in pretty much 100% bleach and none of it worked...not even a little. Im tempted to just spray paint white and then put a clear coat over it as my cakes never touch the plate.

Any thoughts?

I have tried bleach only on some as well. I think it may have been the Electrasol dishwasher tabs that I crumbled up and put in. It kind of fizzed up like one of those fizzball things you put in your bath.

Well hmm.... I guess ill try that. We have those here at my house..

Hopefully I wont accidently make a concoction that will eat my stands hehehe

Has anyone tried the MR. Clean Magic Erasers?

For my 25th anniversary, I pulled out my original wedding cake topper, it was very yellowed. I soaked it in Oxyclean. It lightened; but didnt get nice enough to use it on a cake. As far as the glue yellowing; I think it's a lost cause, as I expect the glue yellowed throughout, not just on the surface.