Laundry Tips!~Let's share!
 

This is the place to share laundry tips! Goodness knows there are some secrets out there that could benefit us all! I only have a couple and the best tip I have my grandpa taught me years ago:

Use cold water on blood (hot water sets the stain!)

Putting anything in the dryer sets the stain.

Use Lavender Oil (or similar) to get out oil (car, motor boat, etc.). On a cloth botch spot.

Please add!!

Pour some salt onto that blood stain along with cold water and rub. This helps tremendously. Shout is also an awesome product. Love Oxy Clean too. Hairspray works on any ink stains. I told you guys I love laundry. I am pretty good at getting out any stain.;)

Just thought of another one.... Adding a cup of vinegar to your whites keeps them from yellowing. The smell goes out fast if you use dryer sheets.

Here is a link to a video on how to fold a T-shirt very fast:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...3&q=shirt+fold

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For our daily showers I keep only white towels, since white can be bleached to stay fresh looking.

When the kids were young I kept red washcloths on hand too in case they got a "booboo" since blood doesn't look near as scary to a child when it's on an already red cloth' and if they stained it hardly showed! ;)

I learned this from my grandma last year.. I had some grease spots on my jeans from work and she mixed vinegar with dish soap and scrubbed that into the stain using an old toothbrush. After washing again the stain was gone!

Great thread!!! I don't have any tips, but want to keep this one going so we all can learn!!

Great laundry tips ladies! :thumbup: I don't have any tips. I hate laundry worth a passion. :o

that's really good idea...my dtrs both get nosebleeds alot esp. in the fall and winter because fo their allergies and i swear it looks like they are losing two pints of blood- scares me and them although i know it's not that bad!!!:D guess it's time to start stocking up on humidifiers.:)

Simple Green (in the automotive section) helps with grease based stains (spaghettie sauce, pizza sauce, french fries - you know, eat a few, wipe your hands on your pants, the boys do that all the time!)

I've used Cascade Dishwasher Liquid in a load of stained baseball paints and it helps "boost" the Shout in getting the stains out.

Forgot to add your liquid fabric softener? Don't worry - take a damp washcloth, pour the amount of softner on the wash cloth, let it soak in, then toss in the dryer with your clothes!

Have your husband do the laundry! :rolleyes:

blood is easy soak in cold water & the blood comes right out. Then wash. I had a bloody nose everyday of my life until I was in the 3rd grade. Every picture I have from when I was little if you look close I have blood on my shirt.

Tide sticks actually work, they took grease right off of my favorite khaki capris (don't ask me how I got grease on them because I do not know).

Goop will remove grease & manure stains

The way I do my laundry has always worked for me. I wash all towels, underwear, socks, anything really "dirty" in HOT water and dry it in the dryer. I was all t-shirts, pants, jeans, bras, delicates, blouses, ect. in COLD water and hang everything to try except for the t-shirts. I just think it's icky if you don't wash your underwear, towels, and socks in HOT water, but like I've said before, I'm a germaphobe. :rolleyes:

Here's yet ANOTHER instance when I need the LOL smiley that is laughing with tears!!!! Instead, I guess I'll just use this one:

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