I live for laundry.

Not really, however I should have a shirt that I proudly wear while doing the endless amounts of laundry that pile up throughout the week in our home.  You would think the Duggar family has set up camp.

Years back we came across a quick, simple and cost effective way to not only get brighter whites and bolder colors but also boost the power of our laundry detergent – white distilled vinegar.  You may frown, but seriously give it a try – you will be amazed at the outcome!

Enjoy the laundry vinegar tips – I’m off to go fold clothes…and yes I’m a dad!

• Prevent lint from clinging to clothes by adding 1/2 cup white distilled vinegar to the wash cycle.
• To remove soap residue that makes black clothes look dull use white distilled vinegar in your final rinse.
• Get stained white socks and dingy dishcloths white again. Add 1 cup white distilled vinegar to a large pot of water, bring it to a rolling boil and drop in the articles. Let soak overnight.
• Some stains on clothing and linens can be soaked out using equal parts milk and white distilled vinegar.
• Before washing a mustard stain, dab with white distilled vinegar.
• Attack spaghetti, barbecue or ketchup stains with a white distilled vinegar and water solution.
• Remove perspiration odor and stains on clothing, as well as those left by deodorants, by spraying full-strength white distilled vinegar on underarm and collar areas before tossing them into the washing machine.
• Forgot that you left wet laundry in the machine and it now smells moldy? Pour a few cups of white distilled vinegar in the machine and wash the clothes in hot water. Then run a normal cycle with detergent.
• Remove smoky odors from clothes by filling the bathtub with very hot water and 1 cup white distilled vinegar. Hang the garments above the steaming water and shut the door so the steam can penetrate the fibers.
• Remove musky smells from cotton clothes by sprinkling them lightly with white distilled vinegar and then pressing them.
• Get cleaner laundry! Add about 1/4 cup white distilled vinegar to the last rinse. The acid in white distilled vinegar is too mild to harm fabrics, yet strong enough to dissolve the alkalis in soaps and detergents. Besides removing soap, white distilled vinegar prevents yellowing, acts as a fabric softener and static cling reducer, and attacks mold and mildew.
• Eliminate manufacturing chemicals from new clothes by adding 1/2 cup white distilled vinegar to the water.
• Remove soap scum and clean the hoses of your washing machine with white distilled vinegar. Periodically run the machine with only a cup of white distilled vinegar in it—nothing else added to the wash cycle.
• Bring out bright colors by adding 1/2 cup white distilled vinegar to the rinse cycle.
• Fluff up wool or acrylic sweaters (hand or machine-washed) and rid them of soap smell with 1/2 cup white distilled vinegar in the last rinse water.

Peas Out!

~Daddy Bookins