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1. #Go clean go laundry stripping how to#
2. #Go clean go laundry stripping full#
3. #Go clean go laundry stripping series#

I think it even makes my laundry a little softer!įor the couch cushions, I let them air dry (because the care instructions recommend against putting them in the dryer), but the towels I put in the dryer like normal. I’ve recently been adding vinegar to all of my laundry cycles to help deodorize my laundry. So, once you get the now-stripped laundry to the bucket, I take it to my washing machine and wash it on a hot cycle, and add detergent and about 1/2 cup of white vinegar. I normally drain the water out and then squeeze each item out of water as much as I can before I throw it in the bucket to take to the washing machine, but for the purposes of blogging, I took all of the laundry out and left the water so you could see how much dirt, grime, and nasty was left behind…. Here’s about 5 minutes of stripping our white sheets and towels…… I’m mortified sharing this) This was after about 5 minutes of stripping our couch cushions:

I use a big spoon (that will never be used for eating or cooking ever again haha) to stir everything up, and then I throw in all of my laundry that I want to strip.

#Go clean go laundry stripping full#

I would caution you in attempting to strip dark or colorful fabrics, as their colors could bleed and might not be as vibrant once you’re done!įill up the tub with hot water and add a full cap of detergent, a scoop of Oxi-Clean, about 1/4 cup of Borax, and about 1/4 cup of washing soda. Since I mostly strip light colored items, I use hot water.

#Go clean go laundry stripping how to#

Now that I have attempted in about 5 times on various items, and I see how satisfying the cleaning is, I wanted to share with y’all how to do it! I let my laundry strip in our bathtub for about 5 hours generally, but you could do it for probably up to 8!

You can see the video I made where I stripped our couch cushions here!: forbidden tea with laundry stripping ☕️ ♬ Monkeys Spinning Monkeys – Kevin MacLeod But it turns out, that a build up of laundry soaps and detergents can build up and hold onto dirt and keep your towels from being as absorbent! Through the Instagram page GoCleanCo, and various cleaning TikToks during quarantine, I’ve learned about “laundry stripping” using detergent, baking soda, oxi-clean and borax to remove build up from linens. I have a lot of white sheets and towels in my house and have always added OxiClean to the laundry cycle to try and keep the whites brighter.

#Go clean go laundry stripping series#

Is a cleaning series in the future of this blog? Not too long ago, I shared how I deep clean my dishwasher and now I’m blogging about how I do laundry stripping? Go Clean Co and TikTok cleaning videos have clearly really taken over my brain space, and with still being in quarantine, what else am I going to do other than strip every single couch cushions, towel, and sheet in my home?