The other day I received a HUGE blessing of baby boy clothes! It was more clothes than I even knew what to do with! The only problem was the person I got them from used very strong laundry detergent and I wasn't a huge fan of the smell.
I washed the first load and used a little more than normal amount of laundry soap, and they still smelled. So I washed them again using soap, and still nothing changed. Then I went and washed them without soap to see if rinsing would work. Guess what?... Nothing! So I turned to handy dandy Pinterest and read some articles and decided to try using vinegar. I was VERY skeptical because come on, who wants there new baby to wear vinegar smelling clothes?! Not me.
But the articles did say that the reason why vinegar works is because over time, detergent and other smells build up in your fabrics and cause them to have a strong detergent smell, or even a musty smell in your towels.
So I fill the washer again, pour in one cup of white vinegar and hope for the best. And low and behold, I was amazed!! The clothes came out smelling like nothing! There was a little bit of a vinegar smell, but once I dried them, that smell was gone!
Needless to say, not only did I wash the baby clothes like that, but I also washed two loads of towels. My towels had just been smelling "off" lately. But now they smell so nice and fresh! I am in love with using vinegar in the laundry!
On a side note, we are pretty sure we are going to be cloth diapering our baby and so I found this to be interesting. In one of the articles I read, they said using vinegar in the rinse cycle of the diapers will take out any left over detergent that is left in the diapers. This will cause less chance of diaper rash and less skin irritation. So just something to think about!
So try vinegar in your laundry and I hope you are as pleasantly surprised as me!
That's all for now!
Cassandra :)
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