I think getting them softer would take banging them against rocks in a creek or an old fashioned washboard.It didn't take long at all for the dirt and grime to start seeping out of the blanket. I saw a lot of grey water go bye bye so I’m confident that a bunch of chemicals and other junk soaked out. They’re done, stiff but not as horribly stiff as before, no vinegar odor. Hubby dislikes the smell of vinegar, though after this stripping load neither of us could smell it.ħ. I’m willing to try vinegar but I‘m not convinced it’s going to work. Hubby is convinced that the friction wears out his clothes, particularly his favorite flannel shirts, and he doesn’t like the bouncing ball noise.Ħ. I bought wool dryer balls a year or so ago, and didn’t notice if they work or not, but I’d like to think that they do. Plus the chemical fragrances and other junk isn’t healthy, and they glom up the inside of the dryer.ĥ. Never used it on towels – it works by plumping up the fibers with wax, and waxy cotton fibers aren’t going to absorb water.ī. Just me and hubby, neither of us is particularly sweaty or oily, no dirty work clothes, no workout clothes, and no kids.Ī. The most recent set (Amana) came with samples of Arm & Hammer pods and we liked the convenience so have been using them.ģ. We’ve always had top loaders, and l like a high water level so I can see and hear the laundry slosh around. Now the very stiff wet sheets are in the dryer on high with wool dryer balls.ġ. On the last try I put vinegar in the softener dispenser, and set it for a double rinse. So I kept refilling it and putting in the ingredients, letting it do its thing, rinse, drain, repeat. I figured once I filled it up and let the sheets slosh around for awhile and hit pause it would just sit there and let the sheets soak, but periodically it completed the load. I didn’t soak them in the bathtub upstairs, as lugging wet sheets down to the laundry room didn’t sound appealing, so I used our top loading washer, which has a deep water option. I didn’t have washing soda so I used baking sodaģ.ĝidn’t have Tide, the only powdered laundry detergent I had was a travel size Surfĥ. So, stripping the laundry per your instructions seemed in order to get off the manufacturing chemicals and sizing. For now, I’m using nice soft vintage kings on the queen bed with sheet straps on the fitted sheet corners, and it doesn’t matter if the flats are a bit too wide. I washed and dried, no fabric softener, still stiff stiff stiff. I know manufacturers put sizing / on new products to make them look crisp and non wrinkly and new, but they were unusable as is. Never had a stiff set of sheets before these. We downsized from King to Queen so I bought a bunch of new Queen sheets – same brands I’ve been buying for years, in various blue and white florals, toiles, batiks, etc, to mix and match. White with small light blue floral pattern. High quality 100% cotton, moderately high thread count, and so stiff they seemed like they could have stood on edge all by themselves. I came here because of expensive brand new sheets that were very stiff right out of the package. Late last year I tried laundry stripping for the first time and after seeing the nastiness it got out of our sheets & towels, I was hooked! It’s really simple to do (and honestly kind of addictive □) so today I’m sharing the laundry stripping recipe and the step by step for getting the job done! (post includes affiliate links full disclosure statement available
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