Laundry STRIPPING for the first time // Oddly Satisfying Laundry CLEAN WITH ME
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- Laundry Stripping for the first time // Oddly Satisfying Laundry CLEAN WITH ME! I've never heard of stripping laundry before and boy was I surprised by the amount of dirt that was on my CLEAN laundry. This is oddly satisfying to clean. Have you done this before?
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#laundrystripping #stripwash
For those wondering, I can't do this in my washing machine because I have a front loader. As far as detergent, I always use ECOS and vinegar as my fabric softener for my towels and sheets. I use powdered tide for cleaning.
My sister has front loader so she goes to. Laundromat
You can add it into your laundry as you wash them. I use the same arm and hammer product every time I do laundry which is once a every 3 weeks. I believe you will achieve the same desired effect, your clothes will get cleaner. overtime.
I hate my front load washer 😢
Here’s my question. Why aren’t we washing our clothes on washing soda and borax and put ona. Soak cycle. Then wash. Wouldn’t that do the same thing?
@@crazycroney I came here to write same...borax does this for me. I actually throw a 1/2 cup of borax in all my sheets and towels. Its hard to find now for some reason but you can get a 10lb bucket of it on the 'zon for like $15
For me, this is called, "Living in the hood with no washer and dryer" in the early to mid 90's. When I was a kid my mom would separate the clothes and put them in the tub with much of the products you used and detergent, then the kids would take turns stomping them. Then we'd drain the water and put fresh water and stomp, that's the rinse cycle. After 2 rinse cycles we'd start the spin cycle by twisting each piece of clothing as hard as possible before throwing in a bucket to go outside on a clothes line to dry. Man I hated laundry day!
I grew up in South Africa and stomping the washing was definitely a thing we did... loads of fun !
Sheets dried from hanging outside on a clothes line is the BEST ever. Wish I had the time.
Yes!!
@@sunrae7680 They always smell SO good! I wish I had the sunshine, it rains here 3/4 of the year.
Yup!
My mom use to do this. I use to think she was crazy for washing clothes twice. My mom grew up on an island. Everything was manual, done by hand, food was home grown and raised. This is how she raised her kids lol. She would soak the clothes in the tub overnight. Rinse with cool water, then let them soak in plain water, then rinse. When we she FINALLY (and I mean DECADES later) got a washer and dryer in the LATE 2000s. She would do the same but in the washer overnight. One thing I can say, my mom's clothes ALWAYS came out like they were brand new. If I had a shirt that had yellow stains from deodorant, she use to tell me bring it to her, and she got it like brand. Man, I miss my mommy :(. She would get a kick out of people "suddenly" discovering this hack lol.
Blessings to you!
Do you know how she got the armpit stains out?? With this technique or did your mom have another life hack. I need it
My mom has done this forever too ! She’s from Mexico so they wash by hand and let me tell you she has always used vinegar and washing soda a life changer !
@@madieorwhatever I remember back in the day my mom would add detergent to the ring around the collar and armpit and scrub then soak overnight and do a fresh wash the next day. I grew up on an island as well. We used to hang our clothes on the line outside as well.
@@lashantasaunders-rolle652 Thank you!
Some of it is the dyes in the fabrics leeching out. Not necessarily “dirt”.
I agree. Would be nice to try it with white clothes and see.
And soap residue from not rinsed enough.
I think part of it could be the fillers in the dry detergent.
@@jerijames2876 exactly. A teacher showed us years ago how bath soap makes the water look dirty. Same with laundry soap. We were to have a discussion and come up for a reason for this. 16 year old mind. Big corporations want you to buy more products what better way then make you think things are dirtier than they are so you use more product to get rid of it. 52 year old me thinks it may just be a chemical reaction, but likes the way 16 year old me stutter and all spoke up on that theory and got a solid B+
I’d like to see someone do this with the detergents only.
Coming from someone who has had to wash laundry in the bathtub, climb in and stomp the water out and it's so much easier than trying to hand wring them out. Save your arms and back ♥️
Thanks for that tip
@@tlane8266 hey, no problem 😁 find something nice to listen to while you do it, it makes the process less boring lol.
Also, I like to split what I'm pressing the water out of in half, and push one pile to the back away from the drain, and push the other one closer to the drain so the water doesn't get soaked up by the other pile, and then do a switcheroo. I'm sure there's other methods that would work too, this is just what I've found works for my set up.
Keep in mind .most of this is from laundry detergent and fabric softeners that are caked on to the clothing fibers. It is not actual "dirt". If you continue to use those products, your clothing will always contain that trapped gunk
I stripped our clothing several years ago and then went all natural with laundry. I dont use any scented beads, fabric softeners or dryer sheets.
about 3 months ago I did an experiment and stripped some clothing again and I had none of that dark water. Again, because I dont use any fillers, scents etc.
Just something to keep in mind.
It's from all the crap in commercial laundry products.
I only use "free from" detergents on my laundry; no dyes or scents. Haven't used fabric softeners in decades and never scented beads. Since I don't have a dryer, I hang my laundry on a rack. All of those additives isn't necessary, just a marketing ploy of corporations. When I was a child in the 60s, women used a simple detergent and threw washing soda into the wash. Clothing is just supposed to be clean and scent free!
@@YT4Me57 amen girlfriend. I feel the same way. I use vinegar in rinse cycle to keep towels fluffy and sheets crisp. Love how CLEAN my clothing and linens are at all times
@@lorieann8522 there are no color dyes in her white sheets.
So what would you recommend people use to wash their clothes? We’re a family of 6 and I wash about 2-4 loads per day.
This gives you a real appreciation for women who took those clothes and bed linens out to the yard and boil those cloths over an open fire in a big pot of water and lye soap. Laundry days were long laborious days.
Yesss! Same thought!
I have been thinking for years that I need a big ol' cauldron for the fire pit out back for this very reason. Line dry afterward. Oh my goodness. Cleanest sheets and towels in town. lol
Really good point. And you know those clothes were super clean.
I’d love to do that I just don’t like the smell of sun dried clothes 🤢
@@Darktimes17 I find that amusing, that’s one of my favorite smells.
I’m cracking up. She keeps saying “it’s so hard to mix!” I’m over here like “Girl! Yes it’s hard to mix, your using a 10 inch Barbie kayak! Go get your broom stick!”
That's what I was thinking - or a 2 x 4
Wooden kitchen spoon!!! :)
A brand new plunger works best
All ANYONE needs to do is mix all powder cleaners together and then sprinkle it in the water..... it's all mixed, problem solved.
QA
It's not all dirt in the water, it is dye from the clothes making it that dark, especially if you use hot water. Sheets will also pick up dye from clothing you're wearing in bed that you may not notice, so then that will come out in the water too.
That's what I was thinking, too. I'd like to see this on all-white laundry. I do hear that stripping works well, but I feel like it'd be a better example with all-white contents.
exactly what I was thinking
Right !! I couldn't help but be so mad at the red towel. . Etc 🙄
The detergent also has dye in it the water can get green or white even if you don't put any clothes and it dissolves
AMEN it's not it's totally dye dark colored clothes have Plenty no matter how many times they've been washed
you should put the cleaning solution in the water first. Then you can see how cloudy it is before the cloths start releasing dirt.
Exactly what I was going to comment. She isn't mixing the ingredients well enough in the water and she keeps leaving them for to long.
Makes sense. If you mix soap, washing soda, and borax you get "homemade" laundry soap, which is really murky and gel-like at times..... probably why I had only ever heard of using vinegar.
My thoughts exactly.
Great idea!
Agreed! I don't think I would wash them first either, this would just become step 1.
I can remember back when I was a kid and Mom would "soak" clothes or bedding, then hand then out in the sun on a clothes line to dry, then smell them. It is a smell that can not be duplicated today. If sunshine had a smell, it would be that.
I still hang my laundry out when I can. Especially the sheets. And the smell! You ate so right.
Same here and we still do
Sun's UV light kills off a lot of germs, and takes away the smells they cause. It's why people would hang their clothes on the line inside out. Getting the sun on the surfaces that touch your skin. Less nasty rashes this
Yes! It got them so clean crisp and fresh. My mother did sheets and towels and really smelly clothes from the arm pits. I’d like to practice it at least every two weeks.
That what my mom did when we didn't have a Washing machine and I started doing same thing 17 yrs later, tbh it's satisfying
This is how we wash our clothes in Mexico, since we don’t have washing machines.. but I’m going to say most of the “dirty” water is color stripping from your clothes.
YOU didn't have a washing machine. Pretty sure millions of Mexicans have them.
My grandma has had one since before the 90s, way before the 90s!
@@techmarine83 ikr! Don’t generalize
@@techmarine83 chill.
People in Mexico have washing machines and laundry mats.
In case you aren't aware, the predominant funky tint you got in your bath water was dies leaving the darkly colored items that you tossed into hot water with your whites. If you rinsed and dried and then did the same thing again, the water would look the same.
Yeah, I’d love to see this same process done with all white items. I bet the outcome would be very different.
My previous reply to your comment was done before the video was finished. I saw the result when she later did a bunch of white or light-colored bed sheets. The water did look a little murky, but it was nothing compared to when she did the colored fabrics. You were absolutely right about the fabric dye being part of why the water looked so funky the first time.
All the sheets were white though
Do you mean if colored clothes are soaked then the water turns murky because it's fading the colors? Please help
@@DawnaLovesYarn Some of those sheets were off white at best when she started. Also, the cleaning supplies had blue in it.
In Ukraine, where I am from. This was a normal things to do. We call this soaking. Btw, I use dedicated wooden spatula for mixing. ;)))
I have a dedicated plunger :)
Tbh I’m a American and my mother and grandma always done this growing up(they were poor)... and we also call it soaking, I think because it’s new to tiktok they might have just gave it a new name because it’s new to others.(we use a big bin not a bathtub)
I know right! Us too in Africa (At least in Zambia 🇿🇲) and after soaking overnight you hand wash them! Looooool washing machines have nothing on our hands!
@@astoldbymayaba7279 yes🇦🇴
I grew up poor in America and we just called it washing our clothing lol
I got sick and tired of dealing with broken public washing machines, and all the extra grime left on my whites and black clothing. So you inspired me to get myself a couple of 5 gallon buckets and a brand new toilet plunger, and I just started doing my laundry one bucket at a time, with the superwash washing powder, and liquid detergent, soaking overnight. It takes a day to dry on the clothes line, so a bucket a day is what I can do. (Only 2 of us)...thanks for posting this!! Yes I plunge the toilet plunger and force the soapy water through, and rinse out about 5 times, using 2 buckets, squeezing out as much dirty water as I can. My honey is so impressed with the different feel of the clothing and towels. It really works well. Try mixing your powders and soap in first then add the clothes, and get yourself a brand new toilet plunger!! Works on upper arms and abs too!
You can buy a small, portable, apartment-oriented washer and dryer. They are maybe 3/4ths the size of a standard residential washer or dryer. They can be put on castors and stowed in a closet or room corner. You can buy a garden hose adaptor for your sink faucet and use it to get the washing machine its water supply. The drain hose can be put into any sink, tub, toilet, or drain. You could even put it out the door or window if you really had to. The electric dryer makes no carbon monoxide, so the vent hose of the exhaust CAN be directed into a product designed for this which is basically a 5 gallon contractor bucket modified to catch the lint. It would be better if you got a scrap piece of plywood/plexiglass/thick cardboard and made an insert so you could put the vent out the window. Venting it in the house with that bucket makes the house pretty humid and makes the AC work much harder in the summer months. Anyway, you can also find free washers and dryers on Craigslist or similar places because people buy new machines and simply want the old ones outta the way. You can also find free machines which are broken and only need a simple thing to be repaired and then they work fine again. A friend gave me a stacked washer/dryer combo laundry center machine for free and said it didn't agitate. The belt was broken, that's it. It was kinda yucky so I tore it all down and put about $150 in parts into it to replace all the stuff that was worn or broken. It was squeaky clean, perfectly functional, and it was completely rebuilt from the ground up. Those units are very expensive to buy new, and still pretty spendy to buy used in working order, but I basically got a refurbished one for $150. :)
After the islands went through a hurricane, the buckets and plungers were all that could be used to have clean and decent clothes!
@@mannys9130I almost got one of those from Amazon. But then I saw the bucket/plunger method. I love it. It's just me and I don't let my clothes pile up. I think I am addicted to the plunge and dirt. And I just have a shower, so the bucket doubles as my shower chair. Lol. 😂❤
I love how "new" this concept is in the western countries. We call this "soaking" in Africa. We do it before hand washing the clothes and it gets them way cleaner than using a machine. What it does is basically "loosen" the dirt up, before giving the clothes a good old scrub. ☺
Yes! Same in Brazil.
It's nothing new here in England used to do it as a kid my gran would hand wash right up till she was sent to a nursing home . I love the smell of clothes dried outside way fresher lol
It's not new here either, just new to younger people. I'm 58 and pre-soaking was a regular part of washing for my mom.
Same in the Bahamas
I grew up in the US and we presoaked our loads. Only problem with my front loading washer/dryer combo in 1 machine. I'm buying a top loader just for this reason. Love the fact I can toss my scrubs in machine and wake up to clean dry uniforms ready to go...
*but currently soak in downstairs tub across the hall from machine...
I did this for my sheets with just baking soda and vinegar and it worked great. let's keep our oceans and waterways clean too not just our clothes ! 💚🌍
Don't those two cancel each other out? Acid and base?
❤thank you
I thought this was called
“washing clothes out by hand” 🤷🏽♀️
You know how trends go. Meanwhile, nothing new under the sun.
Okay. I’m wondering the same thing. I was waiting on what the big thing was.
Lol remember what year we're living in nowadays. I guarantee very little washing gets done by hand in my home. I'm the least domestic woman I've ever known. In the modern era, I can be a slob and not be sufficiently socially pressured to have a nice house. (And then I spend years trying to figure out this lost knowledge 😅)
🤣🤣🤣 yesss.
im glad I found the comment im really confused that people dot know this is the proper way of washing cloths. smh. this is done in the carribean
Pro tip! Put the soap powders directly into the water before laundry and stir easier to dissolve
I was thinking the same thing, not sure the 2nd time around she didn't figure it out.
even better if you put it in when the water is running. Put it in the spot the water hits and it mixes itself.
I agree. Run the water and add boosters first. Then add clothes. Also, pull out the laundry so you can see the actual dirtiness of the water and then drain the tub.
I would have put it in as the water was running.... under the running water...
Your right its
Much easier but u can do it the other way too just make sure to mix it well so all the cleaning agents are evenly distributed
Another tip- NEVER fabric softener your towels. The softener leaves residue that makes them less absorbent.
True. I found this out about 5 years ago. So ive been doing it wrong for 20 lol
Nah. I like soft towels. I bleach my towels anyhow, so they are pretty "stripped" already. I have only white sheets and only white towels. I love bleach! Whenever I have used colored towels at someone elses house, they smell like mildew. My towels actually smell clean. Also, I think people are packing their washers too much. The washer can't do it's job if the clothes can't move around freely.
@@audreymai2773 I bleach mine also- even colors to some degree. However using bleach has nothing to do with absorbency- it’s still compromised with fabric softener or sheets. But to each her own!😊
@@audreymai2773 my husband and I only use white as well so we can bleach every time
When we had colored towels, after a while, they would get an odor about them that you could never get out. Finally we decided about 7 yrs ago to go white so we could sanitize w/bleach. No problems with smell since.
Unfortunately, these new fangled washers only use about a cup of water to do a large load. Lol! How do the manufacturers expect them to clean clothes?
@@christinanorton5822 Smart lady! I put mine on the "bulky" setting. It fills up nice :)
I am 59 and can recall my mother doing this all my life and I do this fairly frequently. At one point we had the washer where you manually fill it up and it pumps out the water and you had to put the clothes through the wringer on top. THAT was the most effective way to do laundry other than "stripping" in my opinion because the dirt was literally squeezed out of the clothing. But we got lazy and ended up with today's washers. It is much easier with a top loading washer because you can just leave it soak overnight, drain, then put through your favorite wash cycle. It is a tough job when doing it in the tub but works. This is a great process to do, especially if you have skin allergies and sensitive skin. Thanks for sharing this!
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right old top loaders were awesome for soaking but the new ones drain the soap and water if it sits too long😕😡😡
@@firstjohnfourandone4930
Don't you hate how smart they made our washing machines?
My LG top loader, I can open the lid and it will pause the timer or chip or whatever advances its cycle so I can soak over night or ? It also has a pause or stop button, but I don't think it always works. If it's paused to long it resets itself and starts over by throwing all my soap and inhancments and hot water😢 down the drain. I've tried to resist it by unplugging it and that doesn't work must have a capacitor that stores energy and is programed to not allow me to hack my own machine. Who's behind the energy star😶
Just lift the lid.
With my old dumb W M I'd turn it on dump all soap excetra while water was filling up , I'd gather laundry and wait for agitator to desolve in water then put my items in and turn it off while items became saturated them I'd turn it on and watch to see if clothes were moving freely or did I need to add more water. Then let it run its cycle or pause it to soak.
These new machines don't even seem to use enough water it seems they work by wicking water and soap. That's why they have a shut off switch when we open the lid, just put your strongest refrigerator magnet in the corner of machine where the lid where the lid lock switch is located and we can look at machines operation. I don't know why they don't want us to look, how else are we sapposed to see if they're working properly? At least when we wash in bathtub we can use our brains. I used rain boots to walk soap and water through fibers.
Wow just thought of sound waves will lose dirt from fabric and we'd need no soap😊 do that in bathtub then let water run from clothes all night, put in wash machines and spin out 😎
His face! Bahaha 13:31
@firstjohnfourandone4930 Seriously! I used to work at a restaurant that required white button downs- so I used to soak my stuff for hours! Now, good luck finding a washer that will even allow you to do it! So upset I gave my old washer to my mother in law when we moved thinking the new ones were better.
Everyone in the comment section who grew up broke, is just looking at each other in amusement right now.
Oh these rich folks discovering our survival tactics from back in the day lol
So true .
Rich folks? Lmao, I wish.
first of all...that oven's also a damn heater! 🤣🤣🤣
And! Yes... lol
We never had a washer AND a dryer working at the same time. Shout to those triceps for wringing out jeans!!
If you decided to do this on a regular basis you might want to get a simple, old fashioned plumbing plunger that is dedicated to laundry purposes. One of the brick red, cap style plungers. You use it to plunge your laundry down into the hot water. It forces the water thru the fabric as you plunge it and it keeps your hands out of the hot water. You might also want to have a bucket that you can dissolve your dry powders in and then add them to the laundry. The bucket is also handy for moving wet laundry from the bath to the washing machine. I don't own a washing machine or a dryer and this is one of the ways that doing laundry at home by hand can be accomplished.
I find the new laundry machines don’t wash well, the old ones with the middle arm use to clean well.
The new machines that are eco friendly so called , just look pretty , they don’t wash because they don’t agitate well and use enough water . I wish I had my old washing machines back .
I hear u ... my landlord bought a new eco use so much more water also twist my clothes up once it’s done spinning. So I purchased a muni washer for myself & I use my Alhambra water my close smells cleaner. With this Covid-19 I don’t want to share anything.
i hate the new washing machines to, My grandmother has one and my landlord put one in my house. I like the old ones that agitates ur clothes around, I think they clean sp much better
I absolutely agree! I really wish I’d kept my old machine with the agitator. I add a bit of white vinegar to my detergent. Seems to help freshen them.
We had a front loading when we moved into our new house. I loved it at first because I felt like it didn't cause as much wear and tear on my clothes. *However,* it broke several times and my husband fixed it. His mom let us have her decades old top load washing machine and I was so excited. That thing is a WORK HORSE! It's super easy to fix when it does break. They seriously don't make them like the used to. Oh, and I realized how dirty our clean clothes really were once I started using a top loader again. The water was so murky. Yuck.
That's why I still have one of the older machines. The new ones don't even have an agitator in them. Clothes aren't going to get clean just sitting there, they have to be agitated. Also, don't want all the sensors, just more to need repairing. Then, there's the water issue.
U need detergent but u also have to have (enough) water for the clothes to agitate too.
I'll take my older machine over the newer pretty ones any day of the week.
My mom always has cleaned certain items like this in the sink from time to time.. only difference is she always has used boiling water. She literally would make my brother's hard wearing things look & smell brand-new. I love this video because it was a reminder of that & now I'm definitely on my way to Walmart to extras clean my towels this weekend. Thanks!
We don’t have a washer and dryer. We used to go to the laundromat, but not since the pandemic. We have always hand washed smalls, but then we started hand washing bedding and towels as well and we often soak it most of the day before we rinse and take it outside to hang on the line. I see the same results with our laundry . I rinse and rinse. There’s nothing like line drying to give laundry that fresh as nature smell and feel. You have no idea, how I have wished for an old fashioned wringer washer🤔💕
@@helenbugsynelson Oh nice. My mom grew up hand washing with those boards & didn't have washer and dryers either. That's probably how she knew how to do my brother's load the right way. Old habits die hard. ❤️
Yes, I've used boiling water but only in a steel sink or plastic tub. Boiling water can crack your bathtub enamel.
A tip for anyone who works in a oily/greasy environment (ie factory, car shop, restaurant, etc)...Dawn dish soap is a good thing to add to the soak. It does a great job on the really heavy oils. I do this with my work clothes every few months.
I had to try this! I pulled ONLY WHITE towels out of my linen closet just to eliminate the potential for dies leaching into the water causing discoloration of the water. The next morning the water in the tub of all white towels was solid medium/dark gray in color! I was really surprised. It is a very satisfying task. I also noticed that the towels that had been stripped smelled much better after machine washes, losing a somewhat musky smell.
Dyes
That is good to know. Especially the smell part. I always have been annoyed at the odor that some shirts retain in the armpit area of course even after laundering, and how a lot of it is probably trapped because of , wait for it, the deodorant being used to prevent odours and staining! this might be useful for those undershirts that take the brunt of the funk. LOL
@@marigolds49 Thank you, I couldn't for the life of me remember how to spell it correctly and was too lazy to look it up! lol I'm decent at grammar, but spelling? Not so much.
@@Metqa I thought the same thing about those wicking shirts. Another set of items to test for fun! :)
Thanks - good to know
I tried this on my sheets and was absolutely grossed out by the water. It helped my allergies. Sending love and gratitude. Be safe, be well.
ooof that's enough to get me to try it
Because we detox out toxins in clothing and bedding and like she mentioned mold and mildew cling to fabric. I let them soak in my washer and only use individual natural products to wash like borax, vinegar, baking soda, ammonia.
You can do this in a top loading washing machine as well. Put your laundry product in and and add your clothing. Set your washer to super hot super high water setting then let it run for a minute to agitate the clothing. Hit pause on the machine and let it run for a minute every hour and pause again. Continue to do this for a couple hours until it has soaked. Then run the rest of the cycle.
Yeah I was thinking the same thing, but she didn't agitate the towels or bed sheets. If it was done her way, you can just put it in a top loader washing machine and unplug it, while manually trying to agitate it?
We done this 4 times a year with all our clothes when we lived with my Grandmama. We used Regular Dawn dish soap, washing soda, borax, and a giant pot to boil the clothes , sheets, towels, and blankets in. This is how our grandparents cleaned and sterilized the clothes back in the day. Its good to do it every 3 to 6 months. Grandmama used homemade lye soap when we were growing up. 🙂
lye kills the bed bugs etc, not saying you had them
Does the hot water shrink clothes?
Personally I'd put the washing soda, borax and tide in the tub while you're filling the tub then add the clothes...
Great idea!
Don't even need the tide.
I was looking for this comment. I agree 💯
I would also take the clothes out before draining the water.
But that doesn't really work with a front loader. I hate that I can't get a good soak, my next washer will be a top loader.
@@candisharding4109
We're talking about her laundry stripping in the tub.
Never put softener on towels , it stops the towels from getting fluffy and more importantly stops them absorbing water when you use them on yourself . Should wash them at 60 degree celsius wash to allow biological soap to break down proteins, oils etc , if you put a cup of white vinegar with the soap it will strip the wash as you go = no gross buildup. I will wash them at 95 degree celsius occasionally to deep clean them add colour catcher sheets if they are coloured i.e. old school soaking is not necessary , besides most machines have soak cycle if you just want to automate the whole process. Another pro tip a few drops of euclayptus essential oil in low temp bedlinen wash will kill dustmites , less allergens in bedroom and clean linens win- win
Amazing 😄 Thanks!
I wash towels with detergent and ammonia on HOT. No softener.
If you use fabric softener, you can every 3 to 10 washings strip the old oils out of the towels.
My mom came to visit this week and I told her about telling my youngest not to use softener and you would have thought I killed her cat! She went on to talk about how her clothes turn out great. Plot twist for her, I did her laundry and her shirts were so stretched and misshapen from overuse of softener.
Love the tip about EEO and dust mites!
Just a couple things.
1. After doing a stripping you should not use a detergent for the rinse as you are literally doing the stripping to remove built up detergent residue.
2. Stripping clothing/linens should be scheduled by both the use of (Work clothes/gym/outdoor play vs casual/occasional ) and seasonal, a stripping at the beginning of the warmer months (May/Jun) simply to remove built up residue and skin leftovers from the winter, and then one at the beginning of the colder months (Oct/Nov) to remove residue buildup and sweat leftover from the hot months. (obviously reverse the months if in the southern hemisphere).
3. With the exception of living in a high dust area or have severe pollen allergies, I would recommend taking every chance on sunny breezy days of hanging out linens (especially sheets and blankets/comforters) on a line if you want to experience a wonderful smell. The days don't even need to be hot or exceptionally warm, even a reasonably temperate clear day in winter can work with a breeze. Also if doing this with Quilts or comforters, make sure to hang them early around 8 to 10 as they are more bulky and take more time to dry.
Thanks for the tips!😄👍
Didn't think she read the directions right, I would of never added soap again in the quick cycle. Just needed the rinse and spin, no wonder the sheets didn't feel clean.
Amazing tips, thank you!! Sounds like a pleasant holistic routine you have going
@@lindaewanchuk6549 no
If you add washing soda to your top load washer the water looks exactly the same, the washing soda binds to hard water, so that's what a lot of that discoloration is, it's not all gross dirt left in your clothes...and it works in the washer, no need to break your back over the tub.
I cant believe this is actually new to some people. We just called it hand washing clothes (which i hated😂) cause we werent fortunate enough to go to the laundromat at times or get a washing machine. This really shows how blessed some people are and how you should be thankful for some things.
Now you know you were "stripping"
You're welcome 😅
Jean's are the worst, and blankets. Everything was fine. Just time consuming (and had to be careful about your back)
You'd be surprised the things that are no longer taught to the upcoming generations. Society has started to go backwards.
Right now I'm washing laundry by hand cause my washing machine went out
@@andreacory6888 Mine too! Handwashing flannel sheets is no joke.
Basically washday growing up in Nigeria 😂. you soak the clothes Friday evening overnight Saturday morning was washday and then you hand washed every single item. Soaking was to avoid having to wash items twice on wash day thereby ruining your hands 😩
Good idea.
Same in Madagascar
EXACTLY.
Same thing in Uganda
I can't believe I watched someone do laundry in their tub for entertainment lmao!!!!
Right
Pandemic problems
Ikr but she was having fun i would too considering i like doing laundry anyways but wait 5-9 hours for those loads thats way too much time and she could get a plunger to agitate them once a while which could be helpful in moving the clothes around especially when water is super hot . 😂😂
Me too! My husband calls me clean freak
bro Asian people always do this
Pro tip: Laundry 'stripping' isn't necessary if you skip the fabric softener and use the recommended amount of laundry detergent (only a couple of tablespoons of concentrated detergent). This will also keep your washing machine cleaner, preventing collection and redeposit of dirt, soap scum, mold, mildew, etc. If you feel that your washing machine isn't getting your clothes clean with the recommended amount of detergent, you may need to look into making sure the machine is clean and working properly, and reexamine your routine (get rid of softener, reduce the amount of detergent, etc.). On occasion there may be an item or two that requires a soak because of a set in or tough stain, but overall you shouldn't need to do all of this extra work. All of the "dirt" you're seeing in these videos is likely from the aforementioned reasons, as well as from the soap you're using in this process, and from the dyes in your clothes. And if you feel like you really need something to get your clothes softer, adding a couple tablespoons of white vinegar to your wash will actually make your fabrics softer without leaving wax deposits behind on your clothes and washer.
Good Housekeeping may have been a good resource in the past, but like many other print media companies that were reputable in the past, they manufacture click bait to survive now. Their 'science lab' or whatever they called it is probably some underpaid writer doing the exact same level of experimentation you are at home. It used to be common sense that the earth was flat, but that doesn't make it correct. Lots of people doing or believing something in the past doesn't make it right today. People in the past had also had very different equipment than we do today, so even if what they were doing was correct, it might not be relevant today.
You're so right re fabric softner. I noticed many people with front loaders complain about mold build-up. I NEVER get this because I don't use softner and I keep the door ajar. If I ever feel like giving my laundry a deep clean I use the allergy wash programme. Clothes come out completely clean and deoderised. I don't like my clothing smelling sweet so if that is your preference this is not for you.
Charles KILLS ME any time he's on camera. He gives the best "oh god what has she learned on the internet?" Looks 😂😂
Lol! Right. In tears 😹
He gives the exact same look my husband gives me, and I just busted out laughing when I saw him! Alas, long-suffering husbands.
Omg his reaction was awesome
YESSSSSS!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂 my husband has that same reaction when I want to show him something I’ve learned on RUclips. Men! 🤣🤣
Your husband’s reaction was priceless. Lol.
The slimy feel is the borax.
If people got to strip their fabrics after a wash then these appliances companies are doing something wrong.
it's not necessarily the companies of the appliances but rather all the detergent and fabric softener companies. We've been brainwashed so bad into using their stuff in excess. Nothing more inutile than fabric softener, believe me white vinegar does the best job! So soft, so clean, so cheap and no smell.
@@birdgirl8390 Yes, and so does rain water. I hang my clothes out, and if it rains, they get so soft.
@@birdgirl8390 stopped using softener 12 months ago, don't know why I ever used it before
@@picklecat4819 I gave up fabric softener YEARS ago. I love wool dryer balls to soften up the clothes in the dryer.
@@birdgirl8390 I’m so glad to know this! We are finally wising up to these bottom dollar companies!
Grandma always taught me:
1. separate your clothes into similar hues to prevent color leeching (now I just use color catchers)
2. let your soap dissolve and agitate in washer for a bit before putting in clothes. It helps pull more dirt off your clothes and reduces the chance of your clothes feeling powdery.
3. Let clothes that have heavy dirt, sweat, or grease build-up soak for 1-3 hours in warm soapy water. (might need to change out water 1-2 times depending on how dirty the water gets)
4. Always do an extra rinse, with no products, to make sure all that detergent gets rinsed out. (my family is sensitive to detergents, bleach, and fabric softener)
5. Lastly, DON'T OVERFILL YOUR WASHER!! Medium sized loads are always best.
and these are all the reasons why I refuse to get anything other than a top loader washing machine.
I'm sorry, but as far as I'm concerned you guys pay extra for the "eco-friendly" sticker, most of those front loaders are crap.
I prefer a good top loader over a front loader anyday! I never felt like our clothes got clean in the front loader and I was happy when it broke down! It is now (the drum from the front loader) an excellent burn barrel :)
ICAM! I was talked into buying a front loader, and hated it: the clothes didn’t seem as clean, and the battle to keep the front rubber clean and dry (to prevent that mildew smell) are two things I don’t miss now that I’ve got a top loader.
I agree completely. Top loaders with a center agitator are always far superior to the front loaders.
I never understood the obsession over front loaders. I remember seeing them and thinking "But doesnt that just make it more likely to leak and flood your house?". I was not wrong, my mom had some that went for 4 years then something failed and flooded half of her house while she was out running errands. I have an LG toploader with the control panel at the front so I dont have to reach over it to mess with settings. Its also eco friendly, it has sensors, it spins a few times at the start of each cycle to figure out the weight and height of the pile of clothes inside then it only uses the amount of water needed to wash what is inside. Had it 10 years now with no problems at all and I love being able to wash whatever size load I need whenever I need to wash it. I can also get it to fill the drum for me with hot water and I can dye things, wash dyed items, strip towels and sheets right in the machine then have it drain and rinse them for me.
I respectfully disagree with the negativity regarding front loaders. I'm obsessed with clean laundry and have used a front loader for 12 years. Poor results usually result from overloading the machine and a musty odor will develop if you shut the door on a damp interior. I simply leave the door open at night and close it every morning--no odor. For front loaders to be effective they must be correctly loaded and use a HE detergent. It's weird, but you actually get better results using the minimum amount of detergent instead of the maximum. I mix the stripping ingredients in a jar and use 1/8 cup with every load. Rinse with vinegar and you couldn't ask for cleaner laundry. To each his own, but front loaders are a good option for lower water and energy costs.
As a kid most of the time we didn't have a washer. Too poor. We hand washed and soaked in the tub. Line dried. Those clothes were so much cleaner than what's coming out my machine.
I'll admit it's better than my thousand dollar washing machine
Yeah I've been through my ropes on washing clothes I've done it all but I have dogs and I don't want to put their dirty dog blankets in the washer so I started taking it to the laundry mat they still stunk I hand wash it & it came out to be the bomb so I guess I'm old-school in it. Honestly I didn't know I was stripping my fabrics because I would put them in a bin and walk away for several hours and get around to it when I could😜😮
Yup! Ya too.. I always remember my Mom doing this since I was little. I’m 40 now
Cleaner clothes AND they always smelled so nice coming in off the line! Nothing like good ol' sunshine to freshen up the laundry.
@Honeysuckle Blossom maybe they don’t have running water? Lots of children across the us live in poverty...
Vinegar, cleaning type or not, will counter act against your detergent, it neutralizes the detergent. That’s why the fabric feels fluffy and soft. Only add vinegar to rinse cycle, after detergent is rinsed out, don’t add vinegar at same time your detergent is working.
Your husband is so sweet. I’ve seen that reaction at my house. It’s like, “ ok, NOW what is she up too” lol!
Crap, I’ve always thrown vinegar in with the detergent at the beginning 😂 why shouldn’t I do that? Also, I don’t have time to be stopping the cycle or watching where it’s at. I have four kids, lmao.
I use cheap vinegar in the rinse as well. It's brilliant. Gets all the residual soap out. Also don't forget to clean your washing machine filters often.
Thank you for that. I don't know.
@@katesims8028 I put vinegar in the rinse cycle part part of the machine every machine should have 1 or where the fabric softener goes
@@katesims8028 put it in the fabric softener compartment
Add your mixture to the water while its running b4 adding your clothes. It helps get your ingredients blended well .
Great tip
I went to boarding school where we had to wash our clothes by hand and they taught us how to scrub our clothes and so since aged 10/11, this has been something instilled into us.
I got married in 1980, my wedding including rings, clothes etc cost us £350 and we couldn't afford a washing machine. So I soaked my clothes over night in the bath, stepped into the bath and gave it a good stomping on, rinsed, filled again with detergent and washed through the next day and they were definately cleaner than machine washing today. Washing was done around working hours as best as we could. There is far too much waste nowadays and I'm glad we learnt to live on very little and become debt free. So everything we did save up to buy for was an exciting buy and we were so grateful for it, we looked after it and they lasted. I put the powder in first with the water, waited for it to fill, mix it until I could feel it dissolve and then I put the clothes in, etc. Depending on your bath, you may be putting in too much powder. If you have dirty socks, put a sock on each hand, put some (hard soap is easier) and scrub them on each other, move them down and do the same, etc until it is at the end. Same with large items, put the solution on the dirty part, get a clean part and scrub the dirty part and it works wonders, if you have a corrugated drainer, that works even better. Just like the 40's and 50's.
Also, when trying to empty the bath, pick up each sheet as best as you can, fold lengthways, twist them to get as much water as possible out of it, leaning the drier part on the side of the bath until you come to the end. Get a large silicone tub with handles to use just for laundry and make it easier on yourself:)
Me doing my laundry in my clawfoot tub at 18 with no washer and dryer living as a waitress working at Big Boy. Washed my uniform every night.
This was called soaking the clothes before washing, fron the 50's, 60's, 70's.
Honestly people come up with such gimmicks but this is nothing new. Personally I think she uses way too much detergents. For most normal people who are not working as mechanics or some other dirty job, you don’t need that much detergent.
@@Maddie9185 true2x, we only just use a few spoons of detergent too even for the most stained clothes (and only detergent, none of those other ingredients mentioned)
This is basically how I grew up washing my clothes in the Caribbean! Soaking them first then hand washing and rinsing 😂😂
Earlier than that.
We still do this in Kenya. I'm shocked people don't now about it.
Girl! Use the water jets and see how much more will come out! Then twist the sheets with your hubby, one on each side.
You really can’t with my jetted tub anyway because of where it sucks the water in for the jets. I’ve tried.
That's a terrible idea. Jet tubs aren't meant to use laundry detergent, all that aeration will cause a sud tsunami and may even destroy the pump inside the tub.
Use a mangle!! 😆
I was thinking the same. And yeah, I don't have one either lol
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I have a front loader and here is my version of stripping. It's a little different. A couple of basics first: don't stuff the washing machine. It's the agitation of the water that cleans the laundry; second, I rarely use hot water, maybe a once or twice a month on my whites. Here goes! Load the washer and add a tiny amount of laundry soap (about 1/4 of what you'd normally use). Fill the washer and put it on the soak cycle, let sit. I usually soak for about an hour. Then spin and drain the washer. Fill the washer again. I add oxyclean (a laundry booster available a Walmart) and laundry soap, I'm current using Arm and Hammer. Hint: read your detergent's instruction. Your probably using way too much detergent and that adds to build up. Next run it through the cycles like you usually do. When it's done, put it through a second rinse and spin with about 1/4 cup of organic vinegar - the kind made from apples not the clear vinegar which is a petroleum (oil) product. I don't use liquid softener; I use a dryer sheet in the dryer also to cut down on buildup.
I came upon this method by accident. My washer drains into an old-fashioned laundry sink so I can see my rinse water. I saw it was dirty even the after the final rinse. I did a little research and developed this method. I should add that no one in my household has a really dirty job nor are there any athletes that get muddy like football players. Further I buy mostly natural fibers, very little polyester. I think the synthetic fabrics hold on to odors and oils much longer than natural fabrics do.
I enjoyed your description but I think that fabric softener sheet might be reconsidered. It would add stuff back into the fabric and they are known to be very toxic.
If u use vinegar you shouldn't need any fabric softener, liquid or sheets
Adding to the two previous comments, I understand that dryer sheets aren't good for your dryer - I think because they clog the filter by putting a film on it. Otherwise, great description and process for front load machines!
Synthetics use synthetic fabric softener and natural fibers use vinegar. I have sheepskin rugs and one polyester fake fur rug. I use fabric softener on that fake one. That's about it. I've always used baking soda, washing soda and borax. Used to make my own diy soap.
I bought a plunger to do my laundry in the tub. Makes it way easier. Of course it's a separate plunger than my actual toilet plunger lol
Good idea. I just use an old wooden axe handle, it has served me well
You should look into one of these.
www.amazon.com/Breathing-Mobile-Washer-Portable-Efficiency/dp/B089SZP3KS/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=plunger+washer&qid=1608155461&sr=8-2
I used one when I lived at my old apartment that didn't have a washer. Worked well with a 5 gallon bucket.
@@johnjacob688 well a regular plunger is less than 2 dollars, and seeing as I was only doing my laundry because I couldn't afford it in the first place I don't think that's a much better option lol
@@dannahbanana11235 lol, I feel you.
I use a free paint stick the largest one from Lowes;-)
You automatically know this if you’ve ever hand washed your bra!
Yes!!! Your sooo right! I’m very old school about my under garnets ..
I only wear sports bras and those suckers get tossed in the machine
Yes! I have always washed my bras by hand and its the same process. Soak in hot water and detergent, rinse a couple times, then put in washer and hang to dry.
@@shutyourfaceup6166 why wouldn't you just continue the hand wash process? Or just throw your bras in the washer to start and finish?
@@Harlow_Khmer I put in the washer for the spin cycle to get the water out so they're not soaking wet when I hang them to dry.
I’d use the washing soda and borax but not the tide. Soap is how you got there. My humble opinion
That’s a fact tho, you’re absolutely correct.
Exactly! All you have to use is a little Borax or calgon water softener treatment and a tub of water and it will strip all the old soap residue and wax and paraffin that is in powdered detergent and about the only thing you really need to clean your clothes with is baking soda and cold water I can't understand how people don't know these simple things to get your clothes cleaner we are so manipulated by commercials and what we should be doing instead of what we've been doing for hundreds of years to get our clothes clean. I just don't understand why people waste their money on stupid products that don't even get your clothes clean just cause buildup.
@@michelleeasterday1781 I agree with you. I think the wisdom of cleaning-doing laundry has not &/or doesn't get passed on to young boys/men & young girls/women. Yes, I said boys & young men. I taught my boys to do laundry at a young age & hang laundry (no dryer allowed in apartments). My son's complained; they asked why they were the only kids hanging laundry. I told them, if the other kids were my children, they would be doing their own laundry.
@@betsychavez2914
Bravo for you Mama!
My sons (3 of them) know how to do their laundry, cook a full meal (not just soup or mac and cheese) and they know how to PROPERLY sweep and mop as well as load the dishwasher.
As well as my daughter.
They all also know how to change a tire, spark plugs, oil and the battery in the car.
We should be teaching our children to actually enjoy the fulfillment of doing these things efficiently for themselves.
We live in such a disposable and convenient society that we take so so much for granted and actually make things more complicated and difficult.
Sorry, you touched me with your comment. It makes me sad that parents (people) like us are so rare now days.
Unfortunately people just let "the machine" do all the work for them.
@@michelleeasterday1781 Right on! Ditto for my son's, meals, house cleaning ( that includes manually cleaning the oven), etc. I couldn't give them my experience growing up on a farm- learning to irrigate, grow a truck garden, raising/caring/slaughter animals (sheep, beef & dairy cattle, chickens, goats, horses, pigs), work in the family business. So, I taught them what I knew & put them in 4H, Boy Scouts, martial arts, church, Awana, sports & whatever else was available; to enrich their lives & give them great skills & lived experiences. There is a confidence that children gain from mastering skills that sets them up for success because they know they are capable.
I was reading an article about washes where you should NOT addd fabric softener and you might be surprised. It’s quite long and one of the washes is your towels( don’t add softener). My mum never added softener to her washes and her clothes always smelled lovely. I think we go too far with adding stuff and yet process the washes on a shorter time scale so they get left with a coating. Great video. Thank you.
I do this but never heard it called "stripping". We just always called it handwashing.
Go to a dollar store and buy you a mr clean mop that has the sponge mop. Pull that sponge off. And use the flat end (where the sponge was) to agitate your clothes in the tub, use a plungin motion to do it occasionally for 3-5 minutes throughout that first really long soak......you will get WAY more dirt out than what you are getting out in the way you are doing it [in the video].
Then I always do 2 rinses that were also a soak for 1 hour each and occassionally agitating for 2-3 minutes using that mop.
You won't ever need to add vinegar for softening either.
if you don't rinse well enuf and your hang drying your clothes will dry stiff. Some people think hung dry cothes that dry stiff is normal, it's not. It is because there is still soap in them.
OMG! These have been around for over 50 years and now the young people discover it? Just mix Borax and Arm and Hammer laundry boast together and storage in a container. I prefer Perscil as my detergent and add 1/4 to 1/2 cup, depending on load size, of the powder mixture to my machine. The gunk in the water is because people put too much detergent in their clothes.
Thats what i use percil borax baking soda and washing soda and for work clothes i add 4 cups amonia cause the clothes have oil from car parts
Aint it crazy that these kids just realizing this stuff 🤣. I didn't even know there was a name. I just thought I was pre soaking.
I use about a quarter of recommended amount of detergent. I occasionally run washer without soap, to rinse out residue.
This is how I washed my clothes when I was younger and could not afford a washer. I just called it hand washing. The amount of dirt was always surprising to me.
My dad but it's also a Island ting
Yes, that's what we do in the islands...😄
My mother even had one of those wash boards, for if you wanted something specific clean before wash day.
Ms. Andrea...right!
Exactly
I love this! I used to wash all of my families clothes by hand because I didn’t have a washer. Your husband just cracked me up, he made me think of my husband.
As a single man finally living on his own, your channel is MUCH appreciated! Cooking will never be an issue for me. BUT cleaning?! It’s confusing territory for me.
Then you tube is your best friend. You can find oh so many videos about cleaning. Its good i inspiration.
Good on you for taking the time to learn
Should have NOT watched this while folding “clean” laundry 😂😂😂😂
LOL
Being a baker it was killing me to hear you keep saying baking POWDER when it was baking SODA. They are so different in baking that it is so important to say the right thing lol. I knew what you meant but to hear it was killing me 😂. Loved the video
Me, too. I hear that mistake a lot with the younger generation.
I always used washing soda, not baking soda
Me too
Me too!!!!!!
Yep before I read your comment I wrote not powder, SODA. Some just don’t know I guess
Wow! I've never seen this before! Ty. I know you posted this several years ago but your still educating people! I'm 61 and growing up with all the new gadgets I guess we lost our way for simplicity. I now live in an elderly building so I have to share (yuk!) the w&d's. I can only imagine the filth that will come out of my laundry...
When I was small I remember my grandmother boiling her sheets and towels in a black wash pot outside. She used soap but not sure what type of soap.
probably lye, to kill bugs
This is extremly common in Africa. It is known as 'Soaking'. It is even done with cooking utensils👍
In Romania as well , along time ago we didnt have a washing mashine ,and before hans washing we would soak the clothes in the bathtub . And some time the color will come out its not always dirt
I am from the Caribbean and that’s how we wash our clothes. We call it soaking also. Then we would change the water then scrub them with our hands and a brush.
My family is from scandinavia and Brazil and both sides do this with everything lol
Glad we migrated lol
In Haiti too.
As a child we had to hand wash our clothes. I still do for delicate items. We used the cheap detergent and let it soak. We would let the water out of the tub and add more water to get the detergent out. Then use a bar of soap to actually clean the clothes. When finish with that you would run more water let the clothes soak to make sure you didn't see anymore dirt. Squeeze all the water out hang to dry. Soaking your clothes brings out all the dirt anyway even if use that cycle on your washing machine. I guess stripping your clothes is a new trend for hand washing clothes is what my family called it. I loved watching you and your husband reaction though, priceless! Lol.
My family did the same thing! We help our mama hand wash too!
@@Saras_place i was about to write a similar comment. there is nothing new. I am still doing it with my soccer clothes and my work clothes. When i was a kid we used to wash clothes like this.
This is literally so satisfying to me I love this type of stuff and shampooing the carpets just to see how much dirt I can get out
The scientist in me immediately went into what are the variables mode and i want to do a test in the tub withoit clothes to see if its just the oils from the tub and also buy a bin and just test the water with the powders to compare hard /soft/distilled etc to see of its just a reaction to the hard water etc before even testing the clothes hahaha but thats because i reallllllly want to know if that dirt/oil is really from the clothes!!!
But did you do it?
@@sydneyfarwell3923 lol right
Keep us posted.
And use fabric that hasn’t been dyed so there’s no dyes leaking out.
I want to know too!!
BROOM HANDLE. GET YOUR BROOM HANDLE!! Literally hollering at my phone like this didnt happen over a month ago and def not live....
me too, me too
Omg, same here.🤣😂
I was yelling the same thing. I know she has to have a broom or some kind of mop.
I tried this on all my towels. Result is amazing. I have these towels that i have been using for 3-4 years (i have like 4-5 towels so i switch them every 3-4 days). I noticed after 2 uses , the towels start to have these weird smell that linger on your skin after using, tried washing them but situation occurred again after 2 uses. I hated it. Tried stripping them, towels don’t smell anymore even after 5 uses. Life changing
I love the concept. This reminds me of handwashing clothes. When I see the water it appears as though this is product previously used coming out of your towels….not dirt. My question is why not do this in the washing machine by using hot water and soaking. This seems like a lot of hard work to wring the towels and sheets. I love the idea but I believe in working smarter…not harder. I would not be able to wring the wet clothes. 🥰
If people just didnt OVER-fill their washing machine, this would not be necessary. Put fewer clothes in there, and the machine can do it's job.
I never overfill my washer but I have really hard water where I live. I have to strip the buildup from all my laundry, my hair, my coffee machine. The water really causes problems too
@@rainepanda Sounds like you need a water softener... you can clean up your machines of mineral deposits with Vinegar
Also use less detergent using a full cup of liquid is over doing it even large loads it doesn't ever wash completely out if you do. Home washers only need a quarter of a cup or so with liquid detergent and with powder you can put a little bit more then the liquid.
Favorite parts of this video: The Barbie boat, Charles giving you grief about sheet stripping, and then when you say, "I don't think it's necessary to have clean sheets".....pretty sure Charles says, "WHAT?"....Lol! Love your videos, thanks for keeping it real, you're literally one of my favorite RUclipsrs!
😂🤣😂
Ditto on the barbie boat! ...... hey, whatever works!! 😉
I was just minding my business and this popped up and now I’m mildly obsessed with this because I love having things deep cleaned
Like minded!
Buy white towels and sheets, wash with bleach and detergent. You will never regret it. Colored towels always stink.
I like the videos where they deep clean rugs/carpet. So satisfying
In my household we change our bathroom washcloths every day. So when I'm doing laundry I take the dirtiest items such as washcloths, socks and underwear and wash them first on a quick wash adding some type of antibacterial cleaner like Mr. Clean, etc. Then I rewash on a regular load and they always come out clean and fresh smelling. The added benefit is I'm running an antibacterial cleaner through my washer on a regular basis.
OK so YT quite literally sent me here from a stripper "day in the life" vlog (that I got sent to after a cruelty free deodorant review) and I am NOT mad about any of these detours ✨
That’s called “going down the RUclips rabbit hole”! You never know what you’re going to learn! 😊
😆😆😆 I'm not sure how I arrived but I did. These YT and FB algorithms be killin me 😂🤣
Sometimes, ya gotta go with the flow!! Makes life interesting!
🤣🤣🤣
The as triggered as people used to be by the suggested videos by youtube it's almost like an alternative reality. Now the youtube alogarithm knows us better than we know us .
But thenn there's always the random suggested evolution that you suddenly find yourself middle of the 3rd video deep on the dark side of youtube. You have no idea how you got there, but now you're invested in finishing to see what shows up next. It feels like an adventure and gambling all in one.
“Body oils” doesn’t refer to the scented oils but the oils from the body.
If they don’t know that something is wrong.
@@anthonygholston2468 lol well, let’s be honest... not everyone will understand that.
Lol bugged me too
Im thinking any oils because i use walgreens body oil brand & i can see that oil soaking in my clothes. Especially in the summer with thinner fabrics.
Your husband’s reaction stole the whole video😂😂😂😂 I have been dying to do this and now I really have to!!! TFS
I noticed you used baking soda and not "washing" soda, but you commented on your mistake. I read through the comments and got a lot of great tips, even after doing laundry for 50+ years! I never use softeners or additives because of chemicals, and being costly. I used to make my own laundry detergent, but many of those recipes contribute to leaving residue in clothing. I live in an apartment and don't have a washer and dryer, therefore I must wash my clothes at the laundromat. I'm going to have to rethink how I can make this work for me without breaking the bank in laundry cost. Thanks for posting your video.
You can soak a few items in your bathtub overnight, then rinse and squeeze water out, hang dry if you have the weather for that this time of year.
You can just do this in the washer. Turn it off to let them soak. Turn on a minute to move them every hour.😊
She said she has a front loader so she can't
@@Virginia_Gurlie And that’s half the problem. All washers hold residue and dirty water that can begin to mold over time, especially front loaders. They don’t drain completely and dry like the bath tub or a “wash bucket”. You have to clean the washing machine regularly.
That's what I do!
You have to clean the tub regularly as well. You don't add a new batch of clothes to a dirty tub.
It's more obvious to clean your tub when you see the dirt after a drain.
Washing machines are shiny.
Your machine has to allow it too. Not all do. Ours will drain the water if you try to create a soak cycle.
That was the most husband look of “girl wtf did you do?”
Right my husband used to make that face when he first learned that I make my own laundry soap🤣
No the golden moment was “u mean to tell me u washed them, let them soak for 9 hours, and now u want to wash them again” 😂
No this isn’t new it’s called we’re broke and don’t have a washing machine at home...
Exactly. Been doing this for a year after I retired. Laundromats are expensive.
Still doing it
Add having to boil lots of big pots for the hot water and that's my childhood lol
Now she needs a washing board and 🤯
Yep having to do it atm no laundromat or washing machine.
I have a very sensitive nose, and let me tell you- this MUST become part of every home's routine. Especially for sheets and towels. If you don't have time to soak your laundry often, at least add baking soda and/or vinegar to your wash loads
I do bleach or vinegar to where I can on laundry.
A washing machine will do the same, exact thing.
The products used are washing machine safe.
The only reason the clothes would still have gunk after washing in a machine is the machine is dirty.
Washing machines have 2 barrels, the one you see, the one you don't see.
Laundry additives, liquid fabric softener, builds up between the two barrels.
Until that build up is removed, the machine will not work properly.
This gunk also builds up on the dryer, on the side of the drum you don't see.
*I have had 3 front loaders.
Never again.
I will only use a machine with an agitator*
Yes and it turns dryers into fire hazards! Mine caught fire because of the build up in its insulation.
I clean down in my dryer, as deep as I can for the lint, but how do you get between the drum?
I have always cleaned my bras and panties this way since I was a teenager. I have underwear that look brand new after having them for several years. My theory has always been that a simple 30 min machine wash cannot get out all of the dirt and oils on garments that are the closest to your body that you wear more than 8 hours a day.
On certain days, u know u should change more frequently than 8 hours
I do this too! I soak my underwear before I put it in the laundry machine. Putting bra’s in the laundry machine is a bad idea anyways😅
Then you dry outdoors in the sun. Sweet smelling and the sun acts as a deodoriser as well.
I've always hand washed my undies and bras by hand. Taught to never mix outer clothes with foundation garments.
@@joybelljoybell8794 i was taught that too!
We cloth diaper, so I’ve been stripping clothes for years. It’s amazing how much detergent and randomness gets trapped in fabrics!
Same. Learned this from my grandmother and mom and I've just always done it.
Nyla Rose I was going to comment the same.
Ditto. Used by cloth diapering moms for generations.
I cloth diapered but never considered this with our towels . Definitely a facepalm moment on my part .
Same here
I can’t help but think that the additives clouded the water and the fabric dye (especially from the one rust colored towel) made it turn brown.
How much of that was really the color/dye. You should do this with all whites and see what you get.
The second load is all white.
Did you watch the video? She used white sheets.
@@KylaFuller there was also beige and gray in there it wasn't just white. Those were light colors, but not a load of just white sheets.
@@kyree816 some white sheets, some gray detail, and some beige sheets so no she didn't use all white because we can see other colors.
Was thinking that too....
I add borax to my wash everytime. It is the truth. I do let my clothes soak in the washer.. but I jave an old school top loader, which for me is the best.
Same!
Keep it forever. When mine died I bought a 15 yr old used direct drive top loader.
Best machines ever made, the new ones are total crap.
I use both borax and the washing soda every wash (top loader also) and white vinegar as the fabric softener. So I'm wondering if I'm stripping already....my fiance is a tradesman and his clothes are a different kind of dirty....so I fill up the machine with borax and washing soda and vinegar and let his clothes sit....for a few hours ...rinse that then wash them normally....and yeah I add more borax washing soda... mainly because it's habit and I grew up with my mom doing our laundry like that so I always have🤷🏾♀️.... I've never used traditional fabric softener only white vinegar as a softener.
I’d like to see this done with whites. That would be a more accurate test to see if this is color or dirt coming out. I think HD washers contribute to under washed clothes because they don’t use enough water per cycle. If the water doesn’t cover the load I add more with a plastic pitcher I keep in the laundry room. I also use a little more detergent than recommended. Some people tend to crowd the washer. I always pre-wash and then soak my clothes and give them an extra wash (especially my towels).
Me too...the whites would impress me
I did this with whites, and it definitely worked! The water was nasty 😳
Try cutting WAY back on the amount of detergent you use. I still get clean clothes, and my washer smells way better, so my was does too.
You didn't watch all the way through, did you? She did do a batch of white sheets. Same result.
thrive1111 try leaving your washer door cracked open. I heard it helps with the smell
Iv done laundry this way after I cleaned the clothes in the washer and the water STILL came out dirty! It was gross after scrubbing,and rinsing for a while. My clothes smelled clean and no more dirty water! It gets them wayyyy cleaner than the washing machine! This is a must do and it's a great arm workout free!! Good luck!!
It makes you realize how the back in the day methods were much more work but much better quality results... it made me think of wash boards and beating laundry on river rocks lol
Of course! Everything required more work and was better quality! Food, items, geez. i wish there was still value in hard work and its results
My mom used old rigger washer when I was in cloth diapers. Dad was E1 just enlisted & they were broke...
@@FlorenceFire That's why we have laundry day, ironing day, baking day, etc. Everything takes most of the day to get it done.
@@triplehornsheep2419 I know, I know. I work 9-5 most days but when I got time I am really happy to devote my day to doing stuff around the house. The satisfaction? Jesus. So big it goes through the roof
We pay for convenience not quality :/
I frequently wash my actual washing machine. I buy a product that gets rid of all the build up.
I’ve been scrolling the comment section looking for this comment! So you mind sharing the name of the product? Or do you think I could use the same products that she has used in the video?
You can use this same mixture for that, just sub vinegar for the baking soda
@@autumnwysh8713 thank you!
I just sprinkle baking soda in the bottom of mine and put vinegar in the laundry chamber and run a quick cycle, works great 😀
Once a month I use the Tide washing machine cleaner. I thought it was bs but a repairman made the recommendation and the washer cleans better, smells better, sounds better. I ran out and used baking soda, oxyclean in the drum, and vinegar in the softener drawer. Worked well. But my mental ness felt better using the packets
15:16 We do this in Zambia 🇿🇲 pre wash (which we do by hand traditionally by the way) and it makes EVERY BIT OF SENSE TO DO IT EACH TIME YOU WASH. WE ARE VERY CLEAN PEOPLE. JUST SAYING. There's nothing crazy about being CLEAN.
Absolutely 👍🏻
those sheets are CRISPY 😍 i gotta do this with mine
I’d be curious to see an experiment: clean sheets in tub with just hot water for 6 hours. Also just hot water with tide, washing soda and borax but not clothes. Curious what the water would look like in those experiments.
Great idea!
I was wandering the same thing!
@@MarriageMotherhood do it Jia! Debunk this myth...before I spend money and time doing it. 😂😂
Agree because a lot of what your seeing is build up of soap and softener. I’ve always used vinegar in the wash because it helps prevent residue build up.
I hope you do this and post a follow-up video.
I’ve done this and I think the film, greasy feeling with the towels was just body oils in the water. When I take it out I just run it through a very hot rinse cycle and use vinegar in the rinse cycle. You don’t need more detergent because there was already so much in the tub. The vinegar really softens towels and clothes. Once dry you cannot smell the vinegar.
Do you just put the vinegar in the fabric softener slot???
youaintneverlied that’s where I put it
@@youaintneverlied yes i do . not much detergent hardly any .It messes up you clothes. I love vinegar.
@@trinapeddicord - thank you!
Should have put towels in, for a second soak, in the “stripping bath“ after they we’re soaked and machine washed. That way, you could see how clean they were.
I put baking sodA and vinegar in top load machine with hot water to degrime the washer once a week
That film on your hands is probably just the feeling you get when you have a strong alkaline on your skin. It's kinda viscous and slippery. I get this feeling when I add baking soda to my dish liquid. I use a no fragrance no color dish soap and add baking soda to boost it so I may use less soap overall. I then rinse the dishes and my hands with acidfied water; I keep a pump bottle full of white vinegar near the sink and i just push a pump into a bowl or cup, fill with water and pour that over as the last rinse of whatever I'm washing. i also make my own dry laundry detergent by mixing crumbled grated ZOTE cleaning bar, Washing Soda and Mule Team Borax and any clothing I hand wash gives that same "film" sensation you might be experiencing. Use vinegar to neutralize the Alkaline from the soap and help rinse the clothes faster and easier.
BTW, some people claim they make laundry booster by baking their baking soda at 400 degrees for 30 min because the strength of the booster is in that the soda has liberated more water molecules from the powder. so if you are in a pinch and need washing soda, look up how to make it from baking soda.
Also, Do they REALLY feel and smell better? Go look up Confirmation Bias, just saying. Very entertaining video ! just so you know, YT has been recommending this to me for over a month, every day. so i finally watched it.
That viscous feeling is because bases (alkaline chemicals like baking soda) cause what is called saponification. They react with fats and change their chemical composition-it's the same process used for thousands of years to turn lye water and oil into soap which is why the process is called saponification. Any fats in her towels were also saponified after soaking, so that's why water feels a bit slippery.
Man took me back to my childhood at granny’s house. She would buy a new washboard from the Watkins man and I knew it was on😩...chiiilllee 🤣🤣🤣
this is something i thought everyone did .... im sorry my family is from the caribbean ..everybody does this from there
eexxaccttllly! western culture is sum else. if technology dies half the world would be clueless.