Doing laundry is one of the most frequent household chores and almost all of us have to do it at least once a week. For many of us, it is not a pleasant thing to do and it can “steal” a lot of our time.
Fortunately, there are a few tricks that can make laundry easier and faster to do, allowing us to achieve even better results.
Below we list 12 laundry hacks that can make our lives easier and save us money.
- Solution to clean the washing machine
A clean washing machine is essential for clean, smelling clothes. First, pour baking soda into the detergent basket, then add vinegar and run a full wash cycle.
- Soften laundry with tennis balls
This trick is very little known but really effective to have softer and less wrinkled clothes after washing. Just throw a few tennis balls in the washing machine and start a wash cycle.
- Prevent clothes from shrinking with conditioner
Do your laundry as usual, then soak it in a bucket filled with warm water and a few tablespoons of conditioner. After about two hours, you can remove the garment, wring it out, and hang it to dry.
- Remove dye stains with hairspray
A simple and effective trick to remove hair dye stains from our clothes. Apply a little hairspray directly to the stain and leave it on for 10 minutes. Finally, you can wash the garment as usual.
- Avoid wrinkled clothes with ice cubes
Simply toss 4 or 5 ice cubes in the dryer to get wrinkle-free clothes that don’t need ironing.
- Sweeten and flavor with vinegar
Vinegar is a great substitute for fabric softener that not only softens clothes, but also gives them a wonderful scent. Add the vinegar directly to the fabric softener basket.
- Protect black clothes with coffee
Pour black coffee directly into the washing machine and run a normal cycle. Coffee helps protect and preserve the black color of our clothes.
- Whiten laundry with lemon
Bring a saucepan of water with 3 or 4 sliced lemons to the boil. Once boiling, let it cool and then soak the whites for an hour.
Finally, dry the clothes in the sun and you will see that they will be perfectly white.
- Beware of items that should not be placed in the dryer
Anyone who owns a tumble dryer knows how convenient and practical it is. However, not all clothes can be dried in this appliance. Read the labels carefully and make sure that the garment can be put in the dryer.
- Use salt to protect colors
Adding a handful of sea salt to the wash cycle will help protect the colors in your clothes and prevent them from fading.
- Use chalk to remove grease stains
Cover the entire stain with chalk powder and let it sit for a few minutes before washing the garment. Grease stains will come out very easily.
- Put a ball of aluminum foil in the dryer
Wrap aluminum foil tightly and put it in the dryer. The laundry will dry better and faster, which will save us a lot of money.