If you're obsessed with clean clothes, the fresh smell of clean laundry, and the soft feeling of your bath towel or fuzzy robe, you may want to pay special attention to just how clean these items are. Laundry stripping is a technique that has been around for a while, but this interesting way of removing built up grime from your clothing is really surging in popularity right now as one of the very best laundry hacks. It's shocking, it's gross... and it's really effective!
Let's face it, if you have children, you're doing a lot of laundry, and most people assume that putting clothing through the laundry machine and adding some detergent is going to get out all the dirt. The evidence is in that grossly discolored water that your washing machine spews out, right? Wrong. It's really not all out of your clothes at all, and that's about to be proven.
Shockingly, our clothes tend to retain a lot of the residue from soaps, detergents, and dryer sheets, and as much as we hate to admit it, much of what we're wearing and snuggling into is actually quite dirty. Just an hour into the laundry stripping process will give you all the evidence you need, and you'll soon become a firm believer in the laundry stripping process!
What Precisely Is Laundry Stripping?
According to Real Simple, " laundry stripping is a method of washing that aims to remove detergent residue, especially from homemade laundry soap, fabric softener, minerals from hard water, and body oils that have collected on your laundry over time."
The actual process is very simple to execute, but the wait time is a lengthy one, as the clothing has to soak for several hours to properly extract all the gunk from your clothing.
Laundry Stripping, Simplified
You won't believe how easy it is to do this, and you'll be strangely addicted to seeing the gross stuff that comes out of your clothing.
The ingredient list is very simple, and consists of just 3 items.
To properly strip your laundry, you'll need borax, washing soda, and laundry detergent. That's it!
The next step is to select the items of clothing that you want to strip. It's important to be careful about your selections. You won't want to put a black item in with a white sock, as there may be some dye that comes off the clothing. Basic laundry rules apply here, so group your clothing items accordingly.
Step-By-Step Stripping Guide
To get started in your laundry stripping adventures, simply plug the drain of your tub and let the very, very hot water fill the tub at least 3/4 of the way. Presuming you're going to strip one full load of laundry, Real Simple suggests you proceed to add 1/4 cup of borax, 1/4 cup of washing soda, and 1/2 cup of laundry detergent. It's important to let this mixture dissolve before adding any articles of clothing.
Launder your clothes as you would normally, then take your clean clothes (it doesn't matter if they are wet or dry), and put them into the tub that you've already filled with the hot water and ingredient mixture. Oh, and get your camera ready, you'll want to capture these before and after shots!
Feel free to check on your laundry concoction once in a while and stir it up, but don't say we didn't warn you. You're about to be viewing some very murky waters!
The Final Laundry Stripping Steps
After roughly 4 hours, or when the water in the tub has full cooled, your laundry is officially stripped. What you are about to discover is an absolute game changer, and you'll never quite view your clothes the same way again. Your tub will undoubtedly be full of really brown, very gross, incredibly dirty water. It's horrifying to think that all of this came out of your already-laundered, assumed-to-be clean clothing!
The sight of the horrifyingly dirty water may take your breath away for all the wrong reasons, but don't get too caught up in the staring process... you have a few more steps to go before your laundry stripping mission is officially complete!
You'll need to hand-wring all the water out of each item, as the idea, of course, is not to let your laundry absorb this gross, murky water after all this work! Once the laundry is wrung out, you should put it through the washing cycle on a water-only cycle - don't add any laundry detergent this time!
What NOT To Strip
Laundry stripping is essentially an extension of regular laundering of your clothes, and the same care and consideration must be taken when deciding which articles of clothing you're going to strip. Towels and frequently worn clothing items seem to be popular choices, as are bed sheets and pajamas.
However, you'll want to skip the really delicate items entirely. If the clothing labels indicate that your items cannot be washed in hot water, or if they should be run in the 'delicate' cycle, or are a sensitive, fragile fabric, they shouldn't be thrown into this mix at all.
July 30, 2020 at 11:00PM
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