Photo by Heather Ford on Unsplash I haven’t posted much, the past few weeks because I’ve been moving between residences, doing some marketing, and hosting some classes on how to make your own supplies for doing your laundry holistically. Making my own laundry tools and using essential oils are all new ideas to me, butContinueContinue reading “It Works: Holistic Laundry Practices”
Category Archives: Laundry Pretreating
It Works! Rubbing Alcohol For Laundry Boo-Boo’s
Even laundry gets boo-boo’s from time to time… When you were a kid, your mother or Nana likely used rubbing alcohol to help to disinfect your cuts and scrapes, helping your boo-boos to feel better. Just like your scraped knees and cut fingers, rubbing alcohol is also great for treating laundry boo-boos. Most notably, rubbingContinueContinue reading “It Works! Rubbing Alcohol For Laundry Boo-Boo’s”
It Works! Hydrogen Peroxide Pretreater
If there’s bubbles, it’s working! Oxygen cleaners and pretreaters are all the rage these days, but nothing beats the real thing, hydrogen peroxide, for those pesky biological stains. A toothbrush and a bottle of hydrogen peroxide can help eliminate a multitude of biological stains including blood, grass, coffee, wine, chocolate, and other food stains. ItContinueContinue reading “It Works! Hydrogen Peroxide Pretreater”
It Works! My Favorite Pretreater
My beauty secret get rid of makeup! Everybody who cares, and does a lot of laundry, has a favorite go-to laundry tool that they cannot live without. Some people won’t do laundry without Borax or without Grandma’s Bluing Agent or Dawn dishwashing detergent (I’ll tell you why in a future post). My favorite, go-to, can’tContinueContinue reading “It Works! My Favorite Pretreater”
It Works! Hairspray As Pretreater
Hairspray is for more than just big hair! The tip: Use hairspray to get out pesky ink stains in your clothes. The trick: Works best on fresh ink. This trick is not reliable on set in stains, although it may help to minimize the stain. Why it works: The secret is the isopropyl alcohol. HowContinueContinue reading “It Works! Hairspray As Pretreater”
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