There are some household tasks we don’t really mind… vacuuming and loading the dishwasher comes to mind. But laundry is definitely not one of those tasks.
Laundry is annoying. It would be great if there was some magical way to make it easier and faster. Well, we’re not sure these tricks are magical but they can definitely make the task of cleaning, drying, and ironing your clothes a little bit less tedious.
Lemon and Baking Soda for Pit Stains
Mix some lemon juice and baking soda together and apply it to those stubborn yellowish gray armpit stains on your shirts. Let it sit for an hour before you toss it into the laundry as normal. This will completely eradicate the stain.
Ice Cubes to Unwrinkle
Do you hate the iron? Us too. If you have something that was worn once but isn’t quite ready for a wash and just needs to be de-wrinkled and freshened up you can toss it in the dryer for with a dryer sheet and an ice cube for about 10 minutes. It will come out wrinkle-free and smelling like it went in for a full wash.
Don’t Forget About the Delicates and Shrinkables
Use a dry erase marker to write a reminder on your machine about what clothes you don’t want to go into the dryer.
De-Dirt With a Nail File
Use a nail file to dislodge dirt from suede items.
Dry Faster With a Towel
Towels are used for dry things so placing a dry towel into the dryer with your laundry for 15 to 20 minutes will help your clothing dry faster.
Keep Your Washing Machine in Tip Top Condition
There’s nothing more annoying than having to put in a load of laundry more than once. So you’ll want to make sure your washing machine does a good job the first time around.
To keep grime and gunk from building up inside of your machine and getting onto your clothes you can run your machine on highest water setting to run the longest and add in four cups of white vinegar to the water.
Close the lid and let it swish around for a few minutes. Then open it and let it sit for an hour. Then run the cycle through normally. This will get rid of any funky smells, bacteria, mold, or mildew in the machine and its hoses. Get additional tips on this here.
Make It Last Longer
Spritz your shirts with vinegar to make it last longer in between washes.
Prevent Shoes From Rattling Around
If you have a pair of shoes that are machine safe, you can close the laces inside of the dryer door to prevent your shoes from banging around the dryer and making a ton of noise and beating your machine up.
Aluminum Foil in Place of Dryer Sheets
Ball up some aluminum foil and toss it in your dryer with a load to prevent static cling when you’re out of dryer sheets. That ball will be good for at least a month.
Turn Jeans Inside Out
Turn your jeans inside out before tossing them inside of the washing machine. This will help them to keep their color. Make sure you zip up the zipper and fasten fastener to prevent your other clothes from snagging or ripping.
Never Lose a Sock Again
Tired of looking for that missing sock? Place all of your socks inside of a mesh laundry bag so that you’ll never lose another one again.
Shaving Cream For Stains
If you stained your clothes with some makeup try pretreating the stain with foaming white shower cream.
Clean Your Iron
Your iron can get pretty dirty and you don’t want to burn those dirt stains into your clothes. Clean your iron off by rubbing it down with some dryer sheets.
Grease Stains
Pretreat oil stains with baby powder and let it sit overnight so that the powder can soak everything up.
Ink Stains
Pretreat ink stains with hairspray and hand sanitizer for 10 minutes to get out ink stains.
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