I use a big spoon (that will never be used for eating or cooking ever again haha) to stir everything up, and then I throw in all of my laundry that I want to strip. I would caution you in attempting to strip dark or colorful fabrics, as their colors could bleed and might not be as vibrant once you’re done!įill up the tub with hot water and add a full cap of detergent, a scoop of Oxi-Clean, about 1/4 cup of Borax, and about 1/4 cup of washing soda. Since I mostly strip light colored items, I use hot water. A large spoon (or something to stir the laundry with).Detergent (Personally I think Tide is superior, and I tend to go for the Free & Clear one to avoid dyes and perfumes).Arm & Hammer washing soda (Or you could just use regular baking soda).Now that I have attempted in about 5 times on various items, and I see how satisfying the cleaning is, I wanted to share with y’all how to do it! I let my laundry strip in our bathtub for about 5 hours generally, but you could do it for probably up to 8! You can see the video I made where I stripped our couch cushions here!: forbidden tea with laundry stripping ☕️ ♬ Monkeys Spinning Monkeys – Kevin MacLeod But it turns out, that a build up of laundry soaps and detergents can build up and hold onto dirt and keep your towels from being as absorbent! Through the Instagram page GoCleanCo, and various cleaning TikToks during quarantine, I’ve learned about “laundry stripping” using detergent, baking soda, oxi-clean and borax to remove build up from linens. I have a lot of white sheets and towels in my house and have always added OxiClean to the laundry cycle to try and keep the whites brighter. Is a cleaning series in the future of this blog? Not too long ago, I shared how I deep clean my dishwasher and now I’m blogging about how I do laundry stripping? Go Clean Co and TikTok cleaning videos have clearly really taken over my brain space, and with still being in quarantine, what else am I going to do other than strip every single couch cushions, towel, and sheet in my home?
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