![]() The water did look a little dirty as you can see in the picture. I think I left my laundry to soak for about 4 hours. The instructions say this mixture is suppose to soak for 4 to 6 hours stirring every so often. I used a long broom handle to mix up my sheet soup. Then I swished around the mixture of powders into the hot water until it was dissolved and dumped in my pile of white sheets. Then I filled my tub with water as hot as I could get it. I gathered up about 3 sets of white sheets to do this experiment on. Whew, didn’t think I was going to give a science lesson! Laundry Stripping in Action It works very much like washing soda by increasing the PH of the water (washing soda has an even higher PH) allowing the detergent to break up stains easier. I have used borax before in my laundry and for other cleaning in my home. The next ingredient is Borax or sodium borate or sodium tetraborate. This helps the actual detergent to really get into the fabrics and remove the dirt and suspend it in the water ready to be rinsed away. Don’t confuse it with sodium bicarbonate. What is washing soda you ask? Well I had to do some research to find out. It has made such a big difference in my laundry. I have recently gone back to powdered tide and LOVE it. It has slowly been taken over by liquid laundry detergents. ![]() Powdered laundry detergent is hard to come by these days. The RecipeĪfter some extensive research otherwise known as a google search I found the recommended laundry stripping recipe:ġ/2 cup of tide powdered laundry detergent Not to seem gross but the pillow cases start to get a little yellow too. Just like sleeping in a hotel! Even though everyone says white sheets are the best because you just need to bleach them to keep them clean and white eventually they just seem to be dingy no matter how many times you bleach them. I thought I would give it a try and see what all the hype is about. To do this you are supposed to soak your laundry in extremely hot water and several different powdered cleaning agents. ![]() Stripping your laundry will supposedly remove, detergent residue, fabric softener, hard water minerals and body oils. The premise is that to get super clean whites, or any super clean laundry for that matter, you need to strip your laundry. Have you heard about this new cleaning trend going around out there called laundry stripping? I’ve been seeing it everywhere.
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