Before each wash, instead of purchased chemicals, I add vinegar - I tell you what its advantage is.
Firstly, by using vinegar to wash clothes in a washing machine, you keep the color of the washed items in their original form. Even a new thing is enough to soak in a solution of vinegar for about ten minutes, and after soaking, you can safely wash it with other linens. Washable items become much softer.
Vinegar effectively removes the most stubborn stains, yellow stains, perfectly whitens bed linen, shirts. In particular, the most problematic areas: sleeves, cuffs, axillary area.
Easy to shed stubborn stains
leave with vinegar for 10-15 minutes. After that, soak and wash.
Important point! New clothes should be soaked in as cold water as possible. And when using vinegar, the powder can be omitted.
In order to remove especially severe consequences, from the smell and dirt, you can boil things in a solution of vinegar, then load them into the washing machine and wash them as usual. Especially useful when washing dirty towels or greasy tablecloths, etc. The type of fabric does not matter.
You can use vinegar along with baking soda. Another quite effective way to remove heavy dirt, greasy stains, blood stains, juice, ketchup, mustard.And no stains on the fabric!
If you use a vinegar solution when rinsing, the washing powder is rinsed out better, preventing the appearance of white streaks (a very unpleasant consequence of a bad rinse).
Secondly, the vinegar solution removes scale from the heating elements well.
To do this, pour 3-4 cups of acid into the washing powder section, turn on the washing machine (you can use any washing program, but it’s better at 60-70 degrees. And we drive the entire cycle without laundry. All scale will be removed. For prevention, it’s better to clean in this way washing machine at least once a month.
Using vinegar to wash clothes in a washing machine, you soften the water, which prolongs the life of your appliances, because. It is hard water that causes unpleasant consequences for its parts.
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Another nice bonus is the low price of the product with its rather high efficiency.
This is easy to check. Judge for yourself: the average price of 1 liter of branded bleach or stain remover in supermarkets ranges from 150 to 550 rubles. Add here the cost of fabric softener (on average, this is another $ 150-2 per liter of product). The price of one liter of 9% vinegar solution does not exceed 80 rubles.
Of course, it is not at all beneficial for manufacturing companies that people use such a simple, cheap and effective tool. It is for this reason that commissioned articles appear on the Internet, telling us about the alleged dangers of using vinegar to wash clothes. It's just that manufacturing companies have their own interest.
In fact, a vinegar solution is an excellent replacement for any branded bleaches and decalcifiers.It copes with stains and dirt no worse than popular household chemicals, but at the same time it costs much less. Great for saving the family budget.
In fact, a vinegar solution is even used to wipe the rubber seal in the hatch of the washing machine. This is an excellent prevention of the appearance of mold, harmful bacteria and other rubbish. Especially at the bottom of the rubber seal, where moisture accumulates after the washing machine has been running.
Thirdly, the vinegar solution destroys any strong odors (sweat, urine, cigarettes, gasoline, etc.).
Fourth, vinegar is an excellent remedy not only for odor and dirt, but for disinfection.
Vinegar has a very valuable property
it perfectly copes with various bacteria and fungi, which is especially important when caring for clothes for babies.
Another plus: vinegar is a natural remedy. It is unlikely that it would be correct to use, for example, an aggressive bleach for newborn clothes. Vinegar, in addition to its whitening properties, is also hypoallergenic: no rash, no itching, no irritation. Also the sanitation is excellent.
IMPORTANT: In order to disinfect fabrics, vinegar must be used WITHOUT washing powder. In rinse! If bleaching is necessary, then the vinegar solution is poured into the detergent compartment. No more than 150 - 200 ml.
Fifthly, clothes washed with the addition of a vinegar solution cease to stick to the body, as the vinegar solution neutralizes the static charge from the washed items. You just need to add 100 ml of vinegar solution instead of the usual conditioner in the appropriate compartment of the washing machine.
Perhaps the only disadvantage of using vinegar to wash clothes in a washing machine is the smell of the vinegar itself. After washing, the smell is really present on things.But! In order to get rid of it, no complicated manipulations are needed. Everything disappears without a trace in a couple of hours.
The same goes for the washing machine. Just leave the hatch open for a few hours. There will be no trace of the smell of vinegar.
